by RoyalBlue »
26 Jun 2007 13:50
T.R.O.L.I. working class hero So...1500 have been priced out. They will be replaced. But at what level do we feel we will no longer be able to replace those who fall by the wayside?
Considering the club has set the first level of royalty points at 301, I'd imagine they're expecting the tickets to go fairly quickly. As such, I'd imagine the level you question is actually a fair way down the sliding scale of points.
working class hero And are those who have dropped out possibly those who are on pensions or benefits but who have loyally stood by the club in less prosperous times?
And does the club give a flying one as long as cash keeps rolling in?
Going by the responses on here, those that are not renewing are from a wide cross section of the population of RFC fans and not just those who have "stood by the club in less prosperous times". And, no, the club probably doesn't "give a flying one" as a football club is now a business. That's life so get over it.
But being a business should work both ways. i.e. not expecting money for nothing, acceptance that customers have a right to complain when they don't get good service/value for money and no coming cap in hand for donations should the business hit hard times.
Those who live by the sword should expect to die by the sword but in reality football is not a real business (no other business enjoys so many customers with such blind loyalty) and only wants to be treated as a business when it suits it.
And those remarks are aimed at top level professional football as a whole and not just/specifically RFC.
I'm sure that there are a wide variety of reasons why people haven't renewed. Sadly those that I know personally have been price related. They scrimped and saved to make sure they could afford the first season at Premiership level but can no longer justify football featuring so high up on household expenditure when they are on limited incomes.
I'm also sure people have dropped out every year since season tickets were introduced but I would also suggest it is a pretty safe bet that the proportion of people in that particular category has increased since the massive price hikes of a year ago.
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RoyalBlue on 26 Jun 2007 13:56, edited 1 time in total.