I personally hope they have the WCC in Vegas next year as that's the fairest option in my opinion,
Fairest option for who?
I personally hope they have the WCC in Vegas next year as that's the fairest option in my opinion,
I don’t think this game should be at a neutral venue.kitt green warriors wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:02 am Both sets of supporters as it's half way for both teams plus shouldn't a final be at a neutral venue?
Its true about being expensive. But is it fair if you're - say - a NZ Warriors fan and your team won its once in a blue-moon grand final and the WCC is in the UK you can't go due to expense. Its your one chance to see the game and you can't go. But the home team fans can go cheaply - that's not fair either. So a venue half way is more "fair" for both sets of fans. However, I admit, its also basically pricing everyone out, but there is no solution to make it cheap for both sets of fans.josie andrews wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:23 amI don’t think this game should be at a neutral venue.kitt green warriors wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:02 am Both sets of supporters as it's half way for both teams plus shouldn't a final be at a neutral venue?
It has been amazing the three times when played at the home of Wigan Warriors & I’ve been to all three. I enjoyed it at Anfield but not as much.
I enjoyed watching St Helens v Sydney Roosters at their stadium too.
A lot of fans can’t afford trips, for one reason or another, to another venue never mind to Las Vegas of all places!
The city at the geographic halfway point from Wigan, United Kingdom to Sydney, Australia is Yibin, China.kitt green warriors wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:02 am Both sets of supporters as it's half way for both teams plus shouldn't a final be at a neutral venue?
Googled "GDP per capita" for Aus and UK:WarriorWinger wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:20 amThere is random talk of it yet SL have denied even knowing anything about it, it was Matty Johns I believe who first mentioned it with no substance.Mike wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:16 pmI mean there is talk of an ownership deal from an organization with 10x our revenue. Wouldn't it be a bit odd to not even explore that? I imagine IMG would want the SL to have representation at this event.
BTW I think average income in Aus is less than in the UK. No idea how that equates to cost of living etc. but I imagine travel expenses to a Vegas game will be somewhat similar in terms of proportion of income. Not a trip most can do every year on either side of the world I wouldn't have thought.
Unless the NRL suddenly want to just inject loads of cash into our game for no reason in particular what would we hope to gain, we would be dictated to be the NRL, potential move to winter rugby, our players going over there and never having an off season (leading to potential burn out), all these have been mentioned, so what is our gain, we may have more cash to spend but what will we spend it on?, giving our players more money will not all of a sudden turn them into far superior players.
What do SL gain from having someone there other than to see how it should be done, but isn't that what IMG are supposed to be doing, unless I have misunderstood their involvement, but SL reps can go there and see how a showcase weekend should look, but that will probably be lost on them with the budget they have.
I actually thought the average income was higher in Aus and also the cost of living was higher but I could be wrong, I did look into it many moons ago and thought it looked a lot more expensive over there.