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#Post#: 43221--------------------------------------------------
Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: Domestos
Date: May 19, 2020, 10:13 am
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--- Quote from: never sleep link ---
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> I am a little surprised that the club isn't coming up with
options for membership renewals for next season.
> Next season is likely to be impacted in some way - maybe small
- maybe big. Impossible to tell.
> My wife has a long term health condition and we will therefore
need to be cautious.
> So, renewing all of our memberships for the whole year is
something that I have to consider carefully as, even if there is
minor impact, there may be a scenario where we can't attend the
games anyway and the money is wasted.
>
>
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In the scenarios that you paint, I would have thought your best
bet would be to sit on your hands.
Which is what I intend to do.
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Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: never sleep
Date: May 19, 2020, 10:25 am
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--- Quote from: Domestos link ---
>
> In the scenarios that you paint, I would have thought your
best bet would be to sit on your hands.
>
> Which is what I intend to do.
>
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I agree - but, I don't want someone else to buy my seat. I sit
next to friends - so it would be annoying if I couldn't get my
existing seat as someone else is in it.
But, it is not worth paying lots of money to prevent it. I
would, however, be willing to pay a modest amount to prevent it
being available to other season ticket holders.
I like the idea of "country member". It is a common at other
clubs. At Richmond, you can become member without having a
season ticket. In fact, membership allows you to buy a season
ticket.
#Post#: 43223--------------------------------------------------
Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: May 19, 2020, 10:38 am
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[quote=LA Old Tim(e) Quin]I was fortunate enough to have been
... a 'Country Member'[/quote]
Yes, I remember!
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Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: LA Old Tim(e) Quin
Date: May 19, 2020, 11:16 am
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In the event that the sport, therefore the professional clubs,
were closed down for a considerable time I am sure that
membership incentives will be closely looked at by clubs. It
might be that to remain solvent they will need to compete with
other forward thinking sporting clubs, and revert to 'old style'
membership packages to retain/attract supporters. What Never
Sleep suggests seems a good common sense approach, a small
concession by the club to retain his support by allowing him to
retain his seat at a reduced membership option rather than loose
him altogether.
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Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: May 19, 2020, 1:30 pm
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Until theres a vaccine, which lets be honest will probably be
another 6 months away (and thats generous considering we didnt
even develop one for SARS), any form of entertaiment wether
thats sport or a music venue will be irresponsible to open.
Perhaps advances in near instant covid tests will help, as in
theory you could do tests before entering a venue might help,
but not sure thats possible currently.
Watching the Bundesliga with empty stadiums felt a bit like
watching a kickaround at GOALs. Frankly no sport should even
consider returning until the new year. Scrap all cup
competitions, and a compact season between Jan-May could be
possible, but even then thats wishful thinking. Putting profits
before lives is fairly poor, plus lets face it who wants to go
to a half empty stadium, 2 meters apart from everyone wearing
face masks?
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Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: Camquin
Date: May 19, 2020, 5:02 pm
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I suspect the Premiership will go back but not the crowds - so
we get to watch on TV.
Hopefully all games will be on TV,
That gives clubs TV and sponsors money, thus letting them
survive.
But the lack of gate money will cost say £3m.
Which means much reduced player wages - or deeper pockets from
the sugar dadies.
However, Championship and National League Clubs will have no
income - and many may fail.
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Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: D-Quins
Date: May 19, 2020, 5:10 pm
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I suspect the championship and National League will not run next
year. There is no money to pay for the precautions etc. Where
this leaves the Salary cheats for promotion next year no idea.
Would be sad if there was not promotion next year!
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Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: May 20, 2020, 1:27 am
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Football/rugby lower league teams would fall apart behind closed
doors, probably in football terms league 1 and below. If I owned
a team and was forced to finance an entire new squad and had 0
for gate money the decision would be fairly straight forward for
closing down. teams would also get some stream revenue, but it
would pale in significance to required to run a club
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Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: Domestos
Date: May 20, 2020, 2:22 am
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I understand - and I may well be wrong - I often am.
Harlequins like most professional sports clubs, most companies
for that matter, use the British limited liability company
system to their advantage.
And why wouldn't they?
If ABC Rugby Ltd fails, the directors can/will say, 'Oh dear,
that's a shame, lucky that the land was owned by ABC(Land) Ltd
isn't it?'
I suggest to you that this - or something like this - is what
will happen if any/some/most/all of the professional rugby clubs
in this country fold.
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Re: Looking Ominous
DIR By: stoquin
Date: May 20, 2020, 2:44 am
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Back to attending games, my belief, and hopefully the scientists
will allow a return to smaller crowds. This of course depends on
the number of cases dropping to hundreds across the country with
therefore the odds of a virus carrier attending very slight, so
negligible risk. The safety net for this is the track and trace
so that if someone does become ill they will be able to locate
and advice those in the near vicinity that they should self
isolate in case they have been infected.
This still leaves the management of bars toilets and mass exit
to be addressed.
It also requires the ticket holders to have the confidence in
the system and the mass fear that is currently present turned
around.
We have to believe that this scenario will work or waiting for a
vaccine will kill the sport as we know it. At present there have
been about 400 cases in Richmond borough not very many but if we
can get below that figure for the nation then the above should
work and we should be able to feel safe enough to go to a game.
Just a thought
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