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Message: [QUOTE="Guest, post: 2082989"] The AFL has just marketed their brand better then the NRL has for too long. The NRL have finally caught on and playing the catch up game. Yet there is a lot of money that needs to be spent to get the national presence of the sport up to the level of the AFL and it just isn't there. The super league war may be a blame but it may also been a god send as well. We just to get back all the supporters to spend their money at their clubs in membership, merchandise, sponsorship and get to games. The NRL has only realised just recently that this is what needs to be done for NRL teams to survive and gain a profit. For too long all NRL clubs and juniors rugby leagues clubs have been living off the profits from pokie machines. They also woke up to the fact that sponsorship also only goes so far as well. It is the idea if you want to see a good show you have to pay the money. You look at Brisbane as an example the only club in the past few years or more from the NRL that has made a profit and it was a pretty good profit. Like 5 - 11 million (someone confirm that please). Where all the NRL clubs in Sydney are running at a loss, Souths lost 4 million last year due to the massive upgrades PHAC and Crowe put forward. Parra and Penrith also made a loss (2 million) but their leagues club just pump that hole over anyways. Geography also has worked wonders too for the Vic's. For the Melbourne based teams they all only play out of the MCG and Telstra Dome (again can someone confirm). With Sydney teams pretty much everyone has their own home ground and the facilties at these places is just not enough to draw large crowds of the big spenders but does attract the general punter who likes the atmosphere of the small grounds. Upgrade the grounds will help to a degree. Brisbane and the rest of the QLD based teams have always had luck due to the isolation of supporters that if you want to see rugby league live you need to end to Suncorp. Plus the success the club has had and the players the club has produced over the past 20 years has also an effect on that too. So for NRL to move forward and clubs too we need to join our clubs. For too long supporters have not bought the concept because no-one has ever explained it correctly and finally clubs are starting to do that as most clubs are all increasing in both ticketed members (season ticket holders) or non ticketed members (your basic package members). [/QUOTE]

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