Pie in the Sky perhaps - But please read on.
Having been a member of both this forum and the previous forum since inception, I have had an idea that has been lingering in my mind for many year (Apologies if it has already been mentioned) - but perhaps unsure whether I should say anything. We all hear that Rugby League needs its fans to survive and needs to increase its revenue base - etc etc, so the following is an inovative way of doing this (Plus think of the publicity it would generate).
As you know, during all home games, when players run out onto the field, we are made aware of who is being sponsored by whom. Back in 2004, I inquired about the cost of sponsoring a player as a method of advertising for my then business. I recall figures starting at $8,000 to do such a thing.
The recent Forum Supporter program (Which I only came across last night and have made contributions towards) prompted me to start this thread.
My proposal is that as a forum community, we gather together and pay a contribution towards sponsoring a player. Again as all this is new and I wanted to gauge everyones response first, I am yet to contact the Tigers to see if such opportunities exist nor have I prepared a formal proposal to show here. However, if we could get as little as 10% of this forums (76 odd people on the current no.s) to pledge $100 each - we would then have $7,600 to go to the club with the idea of sponsoring a player (It could be we have tiered supporters Gold, Silver & Bronze - $100, $50, $20 for example).
To my knowledge, I don't know of any other supports forum group in the NRL to have such a thing and I think it would highlight the uniqueness of our club and supporters. As sponsorships usually provide for some seating arrangements to games, we could then look at doing a number of things with these available seats.
1) Auction them off - with the proceedes helping a Junior Team
2) Auction them off - with the proceedes helping various charaties (This would be one of my preferences because I have a cause very close to my heart)
3) Have a lottery system whereby contributors to the sponsorship can win tickets to a rounds game
For personal reasons which I won't disclose, I can't attend games at the moment and therefore haven't held a season ticket since 2007\. To me this is an opportunity for us as a group from far and wide to feel a little more involved in the team we are all so pasionate about.
Again, Pie in the sky stuff perhaps, but if enough interest is shown, then I will move forward in preparing a case for this.
Having been a member of both this forum and the previous forum since inception, I have had an idea that has been lingering in my mind for many year (Apologies if it has already been mentioned) - but perhaps unsure whether I should say anything. We all hear that Rugby League needs its fans to survive and needs to increase its revenue base - etc etc, so the following is an inovative way of doing this (Plus think of the publicity it would generate).
As you know, during all home games, when players run out onto the field, we are made aware of who is being sponsored by whom. Back in 2004, I inquired about the cost of sponsoring a player as a method of advertising for my then business. I recall figures starting at $8,000 to do such a thing.
The recent Forum Supporter program (Which I only came across last night and have made contributions towards) prompted me to start this thread.
My proposal is that as a forum community, we gather together and pay a contribution towards sponsoring a player. Again as all this is new and I wanted to gauge everyones response first, I am yet to contact the Tigers to see if such opportunities exist nor have I prepared a formal proposal to show here. However, if we could get as little as 10% of this forums (76 odd people on the current no.s) to pledge $100 each - we would then have $7,600 to go to the club with the idea of sponsoring a player (It could be we have tiered supporters Gold, Silver & Bronze - $100, $50, $20 for example).
To my knowledge, I don't know of any other supports forum group in the NRL to have such a thing and I think it would highlight the uniqueness of our club and supporters. As sponsorships usually provide for some seating arrangements to games, we could then look at doing a number of things with these available seats.
1) Auction them off - with the proceedes helping a Junior Team
2) Auction them off - with the proceedes helping various charaties (This would be one of my preferences because I have a cause very close to my heart)
3) Have a lottery system whereby contributors to the sponsorship can win tickets to a rounds game
For personal reasons which I won't disclose, I can't attend games at the moment and therefore haven't held a season ticket since 2007\. To me this is an opportunity for us as a group from far and wide to feel a little more involved in the team we are all so pasionate about.
Again, Pie in the sky stuff perhaps, but if enough interest is shown, then I will move forward in preparing a case for this.
