GWS memberships now up to 7,143, well on the way now to reaching last year's figure of 10,241:

http://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/

can't believe 'mr football' has bumped this thread into its 25th page

but anyway gws giants memberships now offer free access to the sydney royal easter show on three different days. a one day ticket is like $40, so for someone who attends the easter show every year, my concession membership is already 80% paid off for a 3-game pack, so i might as well help out our struggling neighbours in homebush with increasing their "membership" numbers without the intention to go to any of their games.

Edited by williamn: 18/1/2013 05:03:55 PM

The 'official' attendance was a little over 5k :lol:

but anyway gws giants memberships now offer free access to the sydney royal easter show on three different days.

Edited by williamn: 18/1/2013 05:03:55 PM

Get one of those non-game memberships ?

can't believe 'mr football' has bumped this thread into its 25th page

but anyway gws giants memberships now offer free access to the sydney royal easter show on three different days. a one day ticket is like $40, so for someone who attends the easter show every year, my concession membership is already 80% paid off for a 3-game pack, so i might as well help out our struggling neighbours in homebush with increasing their "membership" numbers without the intention to go to any of their games.

So basically GWS are disguising the fact they are giving out free memberships both via the MCG membership (no game membership) and the Royal Easter show.

Then you have the $2.50 a month pet membership, the $2.50 baby membership plus many other no game memberships. The expenses will be more then the revenue on all of GWS's membership packages.

Really sad that the club has to go to these lengths.

Their lowest attendance for the season was their last game: 6,696.

I meant the real figure. Not the one the AFL give to idiots.

In one game last year 10k tickets for free were up for grabs. The 'official' attendance was a little over 5k :lol:

Stadiums control the attendance figures - not the AFL.

And let us all be honest here - if there is one sporting body that does not have to worry too much about its attendances, it's the AFL, as for the rest....

Edited by Mister Football: 18/1/2013 10:11:23 PM

The fact they give away ten thousand tickets and fuck all people even bother when it's free tells you enough.

All codes offer freebies. It's called smart marketing.

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But the AFL giving 10k away for free and about 3k taking them up on it is called embarrassing.

All codes offer freebies. It's called smart marketing.

You're trying to justify it's an even paying field out there :lol:

I don't think they go to the extent of the AFL with GWS

I don't disagree with any of your points. I just think many of us, including some journo's like Simon Hill have decided to stop being the victim and stand up for ourselves.

I also think one of the points i want to re-highlight is that i don't believe i've ever read an anti-rival code article by a football writer ever! I don't mean an article in response to an attack, i mean the sort of articles which come out of the blue as a criticism of their game, players or administration. If you can find one, i'll be surprised.

This is what i'm talking about:

(This photo isn't from this article-it's to show who he is)

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/afl-masters-art-of-window-dressing-as-nrl-suffers-for-its-transparency-20100730-10zr9.html
'Soccer is a joke,'' the most celebrated player/coach in AFL history, Ron Barassi, declared for the nth time at a forum in Hobart mid week. The occasion was the Ron Barassi Senior Memorial Debate, named for his father, killed at Tobruk.

The article is a non-football story but Barassi in typical AFL fashioned managed an unprovoked blast at football at an AFL forum. In spite of the fact the A League also works under a salary cap.

Even though it seems this thread veers off-topic at times, this is the nature of what the code war's in WS is all about. It's a lot about fear of football. Even though we sometimes think it's ridiculous that the AFL would be scared of the HAL, they are. They are probably more acutely aware of the rise of the game and the numbers that play it and the implications for their future than many football fans realise. You do not throw $200M and enormous resources at a region just to introduce a game. I doubt it's ever been done anywhere else in the world. $200M is $40M more than we got for our new television deal for the next four years.

Sure they did :^o :-({|= :roll:.

Got to love anti-Aussie Rules conspiracy theories :lol:. As bad and pathetic as the anti-Soccer ones.



Edited by Jeff W: 18/1/2013 11:55:16 PM

Academy just part of Penrith's bold plan to return to their glory days

Published: January 20, 2013 - 3:00AM




Bright future … Plans for a new Panthers academy will hopefully result in the region continuing to produce players of the calibre of Lachlan Coote. Photo: Supplied

The Panthers have unveiled their plans to create an NRL academy the envy of its rivals as part of a bold redevelopment of their precinct.

The Penrith Junior Rugby League competition is the largest junior nursery in the world, with more than 8500 participants every year.

Until now they haven't had the facilities required to properly nurture their talents.

However, a master document - obtained by Fairfax Media - outlines a strategy to create a world-class facility which includes playmaker and positional academies, an NRL gymnasium, a high-performance unit and state-of-the-art rooms for physiotherapy, medical needs and video/computer analysis.

The facility will also house two all-weather playing fields to cater for the training needs for the NRL, NYC and junior representative teams, to be located within the previous golf driving range and the existing ground to the north of the old golf facility.

"We compete in a national sporting competition which has global appeal,'' Panthers executive general manager Phil Gould says in the document.

''If we are to truly represent the biggest and fastest-growing junior league in the country, then we need to be the biggest and most progressive sporting franchise in the country - certainly Western Sydney.

"Our objective is to create the Panthers NRL Academy, an organisation with the tools to support, market, develop and grow all aspect of rugby league in Western Sydney and Western NSW, from juniors through to our national NRL side.

"It is Panthers' belief that our home base for the NRL Panthers franchise needs to be the most visible and recognisable sporting landmark in Western Sydney. This development will deliver this.''

The academy is the first step in an $850 million masterplan to redevelop the Panthers Entertainment precinct to provide a fitting community facility for one of the fastest-growing areas in the country.

It is understood officials have been working closely with all levels of government to ensure required funds are raised.

''We will also develop three additional community playing fields for junior league, school sports, recreational Tag football competitions and even for use by other clubs,'' Gould said.

''Stage II will include the construction of an indoor multi-purpose Community Sport Centre for Western Sydney including aquatic centre, public gymnasium, huge range of indoor sports which will be open 24 hours a day as a safe haven to get youths off the streets, outdoor cycling, walking and jogging tracks, exercise stations, Scouts Association and the sports sciences campus of the University of Western Sydney. It will be a huge healthy lifestyles precinct for the people of Western Sydney - the place to be.''

The other key to the Panthers' vision is their stadium itself. The NSW government released its stadia strategy last year, which signalled the prospect of a ''tier two'' stadium in western Sydney.

Penrith officials will lobby to ensure either a redevelopment of Centrebet Stadium or the creation of a brand new ground.

This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/academy-just-part-of-penriths-bold-plan-to-return-to-their-glory-days-20130119-2czzq.html

blah, blah, blah

Regarding that penrith. Nrl complex upgrade, and your mention of wanderers potentially moving there.

I think we should stay at parra. It is much more "alive" than penrith, in that there are cafes, restauraunts, etc for fans to go to pre or post match.

Regarding that penrith. Nrl complex upgrade, and your mention of wanderers potentially moving there.

I think we should stay at parra. It is much more "alive" than penrith, in that there are cafes, restauraunts, etc for fans to go to pre or post match.

I don't think they go to the extent of the AFL with GWS

GCU and the Titans are the only clubs I am aware of who completely opened their gates up to the public, for very modest attendances it has to be said.

Stadiums control the attendance figures - not the AFL.

And let us all be honest here - if there is one sporting body that does not have to worry too much about its attendances, it's the AFL, as for the rest....

Edited by Mister Football: 18/1/2013 10:11:23 PM