It's incredible that a RL city the size of Brisbane, remains with the sole NRL side.
Well Perth is 40% the size of Melbourne & only has 2 AFL teams. Thats nearly as silly.
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It's incredible that a RL city the size of Brisbane, remains with the sole NRL side.
Pathetic crowd for the Sydney derby. C7 and Foxtel have paid way overs for the cricket.I think it's pretty safe to say the Big Bash bubble has bursted a little.
What does everyone else think?
Pathetic crowd for the Sydney derby. C7 and Foxtel have paid way overs for the cricket.
I dont think Xmas eve is a good day for the BBL People have much more to do than sit around to some very ordinary players running around.Its just as well that 7 and Fox arent paying for the crowds then
Don’t we say this at the start of every season then January it really ramps upI dont think Xmas eve is a good day for the BBL People have much more to do than sit around to some very ordinary players running around.
I feel the BBL has certainly lost it gloss = not enough star power. Still the crowds are mostly way better then the A League.
The A League are nothing special either Not a big crowd at the G today either.BBL crowds are way down (excluding Perth) so far. Why is this?
BBL crowds are way down (excluding Perth) so far. Why is this?
CA would want to keep an eye on this as some sports in the past have gone for overkill and the money only to find it backfires very badly.
Thunder moving is the silliest idea I've ever heard. They've been filling Spotless ever since their inception.Hobart's crowds have completely fallen off a cliff. Two seasons ago I think there was 4 BBL sellouts. Now, half full. The Launceston ticket sales are well down on last year too.
If it were up to me I would make the following changes:
I think these changes will make the BBL a sleeker outfit and hopefully fix some of the problems in Melbourne and Sydney. Potentially, this could mean both cities average 35k for their home matches, like Adelaide and potentially Perth.
- Keep the Home & Away Fixture; but..
- Remove the Renegades. Melbourne's crowds (especially the Renegades) have been very disappointing and the two teams have diluted the tribalism seen in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart. This would trim the amount of matches and the season by 5-7 days.
- Move the Thunder to Canberra and trial 1-2 Sixers matches at Spotless. Geographically two Sydney teams makes sense, but crowds for both Sydney teams have been poor. Once again it hasn't worked. Clearly with less than 9k turning up to the Thunder game, Canberra hasn't embraced the Thunder. Maybe they would better with their own team and I think it's the best location for a team outside Australia's capitals.
- Excluding the trial for potentially 2 Sixers matches at Spotless, play all bar 1 match at the team's primary home ground. For instance, Brisbane has seen good crowds for a long time, yet for their first game on the Gold Coast their crowd was terrible in comparison. I'm not sure the 2nd will be any better.
[*]Move the Thunder to Canberra and trial 1-2 Sixers matches at Spotless. Geographically two Sydney teams makes sense, but crowds for both Sydney teams have been poor. Once again it hasn't worked. Clearly with less than 9k turning up to the Thunder game, Canberra hasn't embraced the Thunder. Maybe they would better with their own team and I think it's the best location for a team outside Australia's capitals..
That's a fair call - but that's something they can only blame themselves for. The BBL has always been sold as an entertainment product first and foremost. As a result they're not going to get the fan loyalty you see in other sports, and if the entertainment value disappears (something which is highly subjective) then the public interest is going to go with it.
In saying that, I don't think you're going to see the BBL drop too far, but big swings in crowd numbers aren't going to be uncommon. If they wanted to sell it as a serious sports competition then they might get a bit more consistency, but that would require a big change in attitude towards it by CA. It's probably the only sporting comp in the country that could get away with running a 2nd (or even 3rd) division.
Of course Thunder fans would never consent moving to Canberra.
The average crowd is 16,726 per game at Spotless. Or about 76% of the ground's cricket capacity of 22,000. Their crowds are significantly worse than every team except Hobart. They are the weakling of the competition when they really should be the engine room. For such a small capacity ground, every game really should be a sell-out. The Thunder have the most work to do with fan engagement.
Anyhow, it's just a thought bubble.
Reference for those stats? I just dont believe them at face value.Of course Thunder fans would never consent moving to Canberra.
The average crowd is 16,726 per game at Spotless. Or about 76% of the ground's cricket capacity of 22,000. Their crowds are significantly worse than every team except Hobart. They are the weakling of the competition when they really should be the engine room. For such a small capacity ground, every game really should be a sell-out. The Thunder have the most work to do with fan engagement.
Anyhow, it's just a thought bubble.
Of course Thunder fans would never consent moving to Canberra.
The average crowd is 16,726 per game at Spotless. Or about 76% of the ground's cricket capacity of 22,000. Their crowds are significantly worse than every team except Hobart. They are the weakling of the competition when they really should be the engine room. For such a small capacity ground, every game really should be a sell-out. The Thunder have the most work to do with fan engagement.
Anyhow, it's just a thought bubble.
Hobart's crowds have completely fallen off a cliff. Two seasons ago I think there was 4 BBL sellouts. Now, half full. The Launceston ticket sales are well down on last year too.
If it were up to me I would make the following changes:
I think these changes will make the BBL a sleeker outfit and hopefully fix some of the problems in Melbourne and Sydney. Potentially, this could mean both cities average 35k for their home matches, like Adelaide and potentially Perth.
- Keep the Home & Away Fixture; but..
- Remove the Renegades. Melbourne's crowds (especially the Renegades) have been very disappointing and the two teams have diluted the tribalism seen in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart. This would trim the amount of matches and the season by 5-7 days.