01 Jul 2024 20:19:06
I think it’s a mistake for elite clubs - wherever they’re based - to underestimate fans.
They have a business model, it relies on TV income. TV games are not the same spectacle with no crowds.
The pandemic highlighted that. If TV audiences go down, advertisers are turned off, suddenly the money goes down.
I don’t think it works. You need fans, you need rival fans, you need banter between fans.
Good luck to them if they desert the fans, they’ll need it.
01 Jul 2024 21:03:54
Is this in response to anything in particular I may have missed?
01 Jul 2024 22:04:52
Ron, I'm not sure if your post is a response to something or not, but my view is that no club is incompetent or stupid enough to discount or disregard the fans. Because whether it involves TV money or commercial sales or whatever else source of revenue there is, it all starts at the grassroot or base level which are the fans in the stadium.
All sources of revenue are part of a chain which are linked together. But the heart of it are the fans in the stadiums. No teams' TV money, all those kit, airlines stadium naming and various commercial sponsorships, would remain the same if the screaming, shouting and singing fans were gone. The image, reputation and commercial attractiveness of any club would be greatly affected.
02 Jul 2024 00:23:50
Hi guys, I don’t know how I managed to post it here but it was meant to be a reply to the thread in “rumours” on European super league and home grown players.
02 Jul 2024 13:52:24
Man City doing well with 'no fans' ??.