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Bear

Years ago

Melb United first year financial losses

Yup, agree, so in essence if they reduce ticket prices to get 10,000 in the doors or give away tickets but keep prices higher and still get 10,000 in the door, the difference is in the value they are placing on their product...

Interesting theory, and of course we all know which one should be used, but if they can't sell those cheaper tickets regardless, then they have anohter problem don't they?

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Bear

Years ago

Oh, and on the final point about interest in basketball, I believe that the Melbourne and Brisbane markets are sleeping giants when it comes down to NBL potential...

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Bear

Years ago

Interesting point of view @HO. Obviously an NBL franchise cannot give away all their tickets, somone still has to pay and fund the overheads. However, there would be a threshold for profit/loss where during the season you just want to get as many fans in the gates as possible (doors in this case).

Not being privvy to any statistics on the official gate reciepts, it is theoretically possible to give away a percentage of tickets and still avoid a financial loss I guess.

The reasons for doing so are also valid if you are trying to build atmosphere and your brand, especially to attract future sponsors etc...

Looking at long term projections from a strategic view point, not just a one off season, I get why they would do this and the result is a 10,000 strong crowd, so to the United organisation it has to be a successful result either way...

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Nathan of Perth

Years ago

Of course McRae is gone, that was the plan!

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Bear

Years ago

I am yet to see an assistant coach run onto the court and nail a game winner, or trip an opposition player stopping him/her from scoring a game winner!

Now, that might actually be cheating...

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Train

Years ago

"Another reason why Perth cheat with all these extra staff members"

And even in a thread about Melbourne you find a way to excrete your verbal Diarrhea about Perth

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Nathan of Perth

Years ago

Assistants on the bench or not, it's still 5 on 5 out on the court lol

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