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Re: amateur clubs and the bulls : Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:59 am  
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You would think it would but then the Bull's glory ( and larger crowd years ) where 95 to 05 after the amateur scene had started to shrink.


And it was widely acknowledged at the time that a lot of tickets were given out in schools throughout Bradford. The point being that for the majority of kids in Bradford after they went home they had very little contact with the game for two weeks until the next home match to keep them interested.

This is in no respect a criticism of Bradford as the club cannot financially support junior clubs but a point for discussion as how junior clubs are required to keep children interested in the game through teens into adulthood.
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Re: amateur clubs and the bulls : Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:24 am  
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And it was widely acknowledged at the time that a lot of tickets were given out in schools throughout Bradford. The point being that for the majority of kids in Bradford after they went home they had very little contact with the game for two weeks until the next home match to keep them interested.

This is in no respect a criticism of Bradford as the club cannot financially support junior clubs but a point for discussion as how junior clubs are required to keep children interested in the game through teens into adulthood.


Very good point - and shows this is a real issue for the game as a whole not just the Bulls.

Also it would be interesting to know how central sports funding/lottery funding works and what share the various sports get. You get the feeling - and I am not knocking it - that large amounts of cash go to sports where a handful of elite athletes can bring back a bucketful gold medals. But just looking at Super league alone you need about 350 players of high standard to support a 14 team competition. So it would be interesting to work back to how many juniors you need to be bringing into the game to support this as maybe 1 in a 100 would have what it takes even if they don't move to other sports or careers
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