Re: RFL Open Letter : Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:46 pm
bewareshadows wrote:
Very true.
But then that is a shirt and ground sponsor.
I've no idea what our deals with Typhoo and Langtree are worth.
If Langtree knocked a few million off the build price it could be just as big.
You would suspect not as it's that kind of announcement that would generate other commercial interest.
In the end though whilst sponsorship is part of the answer, the other part is having clubs that manage costs. Everyone can do simple maths, when you look at the cost of a SL squad, it can never top £1.6million.
At £200 a throw thats 8000 season tickets.
But you had clubs doing £99 season tickets. So then you are talking 16000 season tickets and no-one has ever got close to that.
Clubs have to be selfsufficient and have to charge the going rate, or have very very deep pockets, for a sustained period.
But then that is a shirt and ground sponsor.
I've no idea what our deals with Typhoo and Langtree are worth.
If Langtree knocked a few million off the build price it could be just as big.
You would suspect not as it's that kind of announcement that would generate other commercial interest.
In the end though whilst sponsorship is part of the answer, the other part is having clubs that manage costs. Everyone can do simple maths, when you look at the cost of a SL squad, it can never top £1.6million.
At £200 a throw thats 8000 season tickets.
But you had clubs doing £99 season tickets. So then you are talking 16000 season tickets and no-one has ever got close to that.
Clubs have to be selfsufficient and have to charge the going rate, or have very very deep pockets, for a sustained period.
Hmmm. It's early days yet but Barwick doesn't really say anything apart from he likes the sport and is looking at ways his expertise helps.
They should put him on the negotiating team next time the TV deal comes up.
With regards to the maths we need to add in the £1.28M p.a. that the clubs get from sky ( a bad deal very undervalued in my opinion).
As the top SL club exceed £5M in income and as the SC is £1.6M it doesn't look hard to actually make at least a small profit.
