2012 Membership Campaign Thread

[bigdan]

Students get enough handouts already.

No we don't!

I never meant give them a free membership, that would be great (for us), but silly for the club.

Get them on community GA memberships, $90 a pop, or $100 for reserved memberships. Easy. $9-$10 a month, around $2.50 a week.

If the Uni were to setup a supporters section, they could subsidize the bus from the Uni to the ground.

I do apologize for not making that part of it clear enough. 8)

 

[Theknightsrule7]

No we don't!

I never meant give them a free membership, that would be great (for us), but silly for the club.

Get them on community GA memberships, $90 a pop, or $100 for reserved memberships. Easy. $9-$10 a month, around $2.50 a week.

If the Uni were to setup a supporters section, they could subsidize the bus from the Uni to the ground.

I do apologize for not making that part of it clear enough. 8)

Good idea Bigdan. Its silly how the club go about reserved seating etc. Too much emphasis is done on trying to brand a knights game as "family friendly". End of the day there will be fans of dfferent personalities, backgrounds & ages etc attending games. I mean which 20 year old wants to sit next to a family with 8 year old children (espicially ones having 6 drinks or more at a game)? Not me. General admission till I die

The club really needs to wake up to itself with dealing with seating allocations. Alot of young woman are lost to the game due to sleezy 50 year old men too. Reserved seating needs to have more explanation to how its setup

 

[ForeverKnights]

Membership Upate:
Sorry for the delay but its finally here!

Broncos 24,246 (1st) Target 25,000 was 20,000 but extended cause of so much memebers.
Rabbitohs 20,320 (2nd) Target 22,000
Knights 17,044 (3rd or 4th) Target 20,000
Dragons not sure - Around 17,104 cause before it was 17,032. (3rd or 4th) Target - Not sure.

 

[Jekk]

Good idea Bigdan. Its silly how the club go about reserved seating etc. Too much emphasis is done on trying to brand a knights game as "family friendly". End of the day there will be fans of dfferent personalities, backgrounds & ages etc attending games. I mean which 20 year old wants to sit next to a family with 8 year old children (espicially ones having 6 drinks or more at a game)? Not me. General admission till I die

The club really needs to wake up to itself with dealing with seating allocations. Alot of young woman are lost to the game due to sleezy 50 year old men too. Reserved seating needs to have more explanation to how its setup

While I dont agree on the specifics, I do agree that you need to have more choice on where you sit. For example we got to ask for the bay we wanted without any assurance we were gonna get it but the difference between row A and row z are significant imo! We have ended up happy where we are but could've easily been annoyed. Also Dylan we have a community membership but half the time don't sit anyway it was just to ensure we have a seat for those times that the hill is so full we can't find somewhere to see. Plus we bought a family ticket which meant it was CHEAPER than buying two single seats and we have a spare seat next to us most times Paige doesn't come or when we bring someone extra theres a seat for them with us.

 

[roger88]

Only problem I have is they have gone quiet on the advertisement, but memberships are still available. Could easily reach 20000 if they had it trending on twitter and flooding facebook ect

 

[Beaumont]

Good idea Bigdan. Its silly how the club go about reserved seating etc. Too much emphasis is done on trying to brand a knights game as "family friendly". End of the day there will be fans of dfferent personalities, backgrounds & ages etc attending games. I mean which 20 year old wants to sit next to a family with 8 year old children (espicially ones having 6 drinks or more at a game)? Not me. General admission till I die

The club really needs to wake up to itself with dealing with seating allocations. Alot of young woman are lost to the game due to sleezy 50 year old men too. Reserved seating needs to have more explanation to how its setup

Not just because I'm 50 but where do you get your figures from ? A lot of young Women. How many is a lot ? 2,22,222 ? Never read such a ridiculous statement on any forum for any sport. What if I got on here and said plenty of us 50 year olds lost to the Club because of young drunk yahoos swearing and carrying on ? Next time you make sweeping statements like that probably a reasonable idea to have facts and figures to back you up. I would suggest any young lady that was the victim of a sleeze bag should get Security over. Also how is there too much emphasis on making the game family friendly ? Why do you think 20/20 cricket has taken off ? Families can go and safety is not a concern. Ask any Club etc etc who they would rather have as customers 20 families or 20 young blokes who like a drink. As I've said I'm 50 and I'm not easily offended. I go to the footy to watch the game I love, support my Club and soak up the atmosphere. If I want to get on the drink and be a clown I'll go elsewhere. My reserved seat is along side a group of disabled Men and their Carer. My first thought wasn't "geez I'll have to pull my head in" it was "isn't it great that sport in this case the Knights can bring enjoyment to these Men". The answer to me is simple. Buy a ticket, go to the footy & enjoy yourself. Enjoying yourself isn't a crime anywhere but being an imbecile can have consequences. Maybe some would be better sitting at the local, drinking schooners & watching FOX.

 

[roger88]

I think the emphasis on making knights game family friendly is good, but on the other hand and lately I have noticed the atmosphere at games needs to change. I have attended alot of games in recent years and it has been like going to a funeral VERY QUIET. The young yobbos do get annoying but seriously people have become too worried of what others think. The club needs to liven things up before the games to me.

Note: Not all young guys are rude and looking for a fight at games.

Myself usually have a few bourbons and beers and yell and that but be conscious of if im going too far.

You do get the 50 yr old sleezy guys there but there is 20 30 40 yr olds just as bad

I fall into the 25- 30 yr old range and I do find judgements off older people not fair as well

 

[Theknightsrule7]

Not just because I'm 50 but where do you get your figures from ? A lot of young Women. How many is a lot ? 2,22,222 ? Never read such a ridiculous statement on any forum for any sport. What if I got on here and said plenty of us 50 year olds lost to the Club because of young drunk yahoos swearing and carrying on ? Next time you make sweeping statements like that probably a reasonable idea to have facts and figures to back you up. I would suggest any young lady that was the victim of a sleeze bag should get Security over. Also how is there too much emphasis on making the game family friendly ? Why do you think 20/20 cricket has taken off ? Families can go and safety is not a concern. Ask any Club etc etc who they would rather have as customers 20 families or 20 young blokes who like a drink. As I've said I'm 50 and I'm not easily offended. I go to the footy to watch the game I love, support my Club and soak up the atmosphere. If I want to get on the drink and be a clown I'll go elsewhere. My reserved seat is along side a group of disabled Men and their Carer. My first thought wasn't "geez I'll have to pull my head in" it was "isn't it great that sport in this case the Knights can bring enjoyment to these Men". The answer to me is simple. Buy a ticket, go to the footy & enjoy yourself. Enjoying yourself isn't a crime anywhere but being an imbecile can have consequences. Maybe some would be better sitting at the local, drinking schooners & watching FOX.

Didn't you tell us back in the day you used to abuse the **** out of some players? And now your saying a bunch of young drunks carrying on isn't good? Bit confused.

You've completely overreacted to what I've said. I used to know alot more girls that used to follow the knights back until they were about 16 then they stopped going.

The way I see it they get bored, they start getting heading to festivals & going in town every weekend. I'd like to see them setup a young people/uni section in 1 of the reserved seating, make it reserved seating with a don't care about where I sit in there etc. Young people have a good amount of disposable income so they should be targeted. Watched a rugby game between the highlanders & the waratahs the other night & i was stunned at how many young bombshells were in the crowd. Try and emphasis it as the start of a night out, have costume nights or something at the games? Thing is young people aren't gonna wanna sit on the hills to start a night out especially on a dewy cool night in winter.

The nrl does enough to get familys to games, they have the family hill anyways if they wanna feel safe.

 

[Beaumont]

Theknightsrule7 - there was probably no more vocal supporter than myself. I'm not a prude in fact every 2nd word that comes from my mouth starts with either f or c but times change. I'd love to go on Friday night have ten schooners under my belt and just give it to Hodges and Thiaday but you can't get away with it anymore. The point for me is I go for the football. I don't need to part of a crowd and fueled by the drink to have a good time.

 

[roger88]

Pre game entertainment is an issue. If we can get David Beckham why can't we geta band of quality to attract people to the game increase atmosphere and so on.

Are bongos allowed at the game and drums?

Blow horns would be good

 

[Jonno]

Hmm I wonder why girls 16,17+ no longer attend the footy... Its usually Twelvie central at the footy, most of whom care little for the game. They grow up, start to attend house parties at 16-18, then can legally go out afterthey are 18. That is why you dont see them at the footy anymore.

 

[Beaumont]

PS - I should have said I don't care how people around me behave as long as they disturb my view. Last game there was a middle aged Lady sitting by herself behind us. She was getting her beers 4 at a time and screamed "ruck it boys" for the entire match. She spilled more than she drank and spent most of her time tweeting or texting. She seemed to be enjoying herself and it certainly didn't bother me.

 

[jamesgould]

Not just because I'm 50 but where do you get your figures from ? A lot of young Women. How many is a lot ? 2,22,222 ? Never read such a ridiculous statement on any forum for any sport. What if I got on here and said plenty of us 50 year olds lost to the Club because of young drunk yahoos swearing and carrying on ? Next time you make sweeping statements like that probably a reasonable idea to have facts and figures to back you up. I would suggest any young lady that was the victim of a sleeze bag should get Security over. Also how is there too much emphasis on making the game family friendly ? Why do you think 20/20 cricket has taken off ? Families can go and safety is not a concern. Ask any Club etc etc who they would rather have as customers 20 families or 20 young blokes who like a drink. As I've said I'm 50 and I'm not easily offended. I go to the footy to watch the game I love, support my Club and soak up the atmosphere. If I want to get on the drink and be a clown I'll go elsewhere. My reserved seat is along side a group of disabled Men and their Carer. My first thought wasn't "geez I'll have to pull my head in" it was "isn't it great that sport in this case the Knights can bring enjoyment to these Men". The answer to me is simple. Buy a ticket, go to the footy & enjoy yourself. Enjoying yourself isn't a crime anywhere but being an imbecile can have consequences. Maybe some would be better sitting at the local, drinking schooners & watching FOX.

One of the best common sense posts so far this year.

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PS - I should have said I don't care how people around me behave as long as they disturb my view. Last game there was a middle aged Lady sitting by herself behind us. She was getting her beers 4 at a time and screamed "ruck it boys" for the entire match. She spilled more than she drank and spent most of her time tweeting or texting. She seemed to be enjoying herself and it certainly didn't bother me.

Sounds like how I imagined that one who ran onto the field to get Uate's autograph vs Souths last year would be like! Before her pitch invasion, anyway!

 

[Ms.Nobody]

Half the young girls that attend football games don't even watch the thing. They go there to prance around in their mini skirts and shorts in winter trying to attract people.

Now, not all fall into this category as I'm a 20 year old female but I go there for the game and to cheer my team on. I know the rules, and would prefer a pizza near the fire or be at the game watching the footy on weekends than go out and party.

That's just me.

You will lose kids when they turn 16+... That's just how it goes. They blossom into party phase and then return around mid 20s.

 

[Jekk]

Sounds like how I imagined that one who ran onto the field to get Uate's autograph vs Souths last year would be like! Before her pitch invasion, anyway!

I forgot about that, what a quality moment that was!! ;)

Half the young girls that attend football games don't even watch the thing. They go there to prance around in their mini skirts and shorts in winter trying to attract people.

Gosh I will never understand the amount of high heels I see at the football You know many of the men who go just go to talk, drink beer and cheer when theres a try. I don't care what they do when they're there just when they stand in front of me and aren't even facing the field that annoys the buggery out of me.

 

[jamesgould]

I forgot about that, what a quality moment that was!! ;)

Beaumont, was this the lady sitting behind you?

Gosh I will never understand the amount of high heels I see at the football You know many of the men who go just go to talk, drink beer and cheer when theres a try. I don't care what they do when they're there just when they stand in front of me and aren't even facing the field that annoys the buggery out of me.

I will never understand people that go there who aren't going purely to watch the game ... I remember the best games I've been to I've been crouched forward, on the edge of my seat throughout (I'm thinking 08 World Cup, 2010 Four Nations final here) ... it's rare I would ever drink at a game ... I think our game against Parra at Parra in 09 I had quite a few, but the Knights performance drove me to it!!!

 

[Beaumont]

No. The Lady behind us was actually quite stylish and I'm certain would have met with many offers to escort her from the ground.

 

[roger88]

​So there is a membership telethon on the footy show tonight. Should reach 20000+ easy!!!!! Make a pledge to Knights as part of @TheFootyShowNRLMembership Telethon on tonight. Go to http://bit.ly/wAeBpY#goKnights RT