"Asked why clubs might use the higher ticket sales figure, the director — who is involved in raising sponsorship revenue for their club — suggested it was simply about ‘perception and brand image’. ‘If you quote higher attendance figures it obviously gives the impression that you’re a bigger club,’ they said. ‘And while television money amounts to roughly 70 per cent of the revenue for Premier League clubs, it could also help boost sponsorship revenue. If you can tell a potential sponsor you’ve got, say, two million sets of eyes on your shirts over the course of a season, that might help when it comes to negotiating.’" "The FA often announce attendance figures at England matches based on ticket sales when it is clear that many of the seats secured by debenture holders are empty. " "The BBC did not receive figures for Arsenal but the official average was 57,054 at Emirates Stadium last season, with the capacity 59,867. The Arsenal Supporters’ Trust told the BBC, however, that the actual average attendance was about 46,000. The BBC say the club disputed the figure, even though it was clear attendances had dropped towards the end of Arsene Wenger’s final season in charge." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...-attendance-figures-quoting-ticket-sales.html
And of course games that matter will generally attract more fans than games that don't. I don't dispute that.
Are they faking sold tickets or are the tickets sold, but the buyers decided to go and do something else? Feyenoord has the stadium sold out for the whole season to 98%. They couldnot sell the full 100%, as they're obliged to keep a %age free for the visiting club. However the last match, although sold out, was only visited by 35000 in the stadium in stead of the 49000 tickets sold.
Many tickets are sold to corporate buyers, mostly used for "business development" (read: entertaining potential business partners) and sometimes for events, employee perks, and various other things. US corporations spend $20 billion a year on sports tickets, and a little over 40% of those tickets go unused.
Back to the point I was actually making: a passionate but ultimately disgruntled crowd at Brighton last night for the relegation six-pointer. I very much doubt every man and his dog was trying to sell their tickets for this game, as I've regularly seen for "playing for better draft choice" games here. That's one of the beauties of pro/rel: it creates interest both from the top down and the bottom up.
Helps to read what I wrote, which was "NFL games up until now have been played at Wembley, which isn’t a Premier League stadium.". That's 100% a correct statement.
Empoli FC has the lowest average attendance in Serie A despite being in the thick of a relegation battle. This proves they need a better slushy selection at the stadium.
FC Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani: Capacity 16,284 (seated) 2018/19 relegation battle 9,471 2017/18 promoted (champions) 5,614 2016/17 relegated 9,409 2015/16 10th Serie A 9,510 2014/15 15th Serie A 9,229 2013/14 promoted (2nd) 3,910 Clearly not everywhere is just like England. And that's the problem. We don't know what would happen. Maybe Portland fans would double-down in the face of relegation, but would fans in Colorado, Chicago, the Bronx, stick with their teams "through thick and thin"? Of the first three teams to be relegated from the Football League, one went out of business, one became the biggest club in the world and the third has given it's fans another 126 years of misery. I'll let you work out which is which.
You don't get the scope of M's argument. In scope: examples of teams in closed leagues playing for draft picks. Out of scope: examples of closed leagues being popular and successful.
It's almost 60% higher than the previous season when they were promoted from Serie B, so I'd say there's quite a bit of engagement, relatively.
Well, I agree insofar as I don't think any player does and I don't think any MLS team does (because it's pretty worthless). You cannot deny the existence of tanking, though.
And you were only second on my list of people I thought would come up with that response. So... well done!
Meanwhile, back on pro/rel, I see Torquay and Stockport, two ex Football League teams who succeeded in getting relegated to the second tier of "non league"football, are now moving in the opposite direction. Torquay have been promoted and Stockport look as though they are favourites to join them. Additionally, Leyton Orient remain favourites to gain promotion back to the Football League and Lincoln have been promoted from League One. And Luton, not so long ago in non-league football, could well be promoted to the Championship. Interesting how things can change in a pro/rel pyramid.
So mean investors in wannabe closed league superleague club loose money because a club from a mickey mouse league with a mickey mouse budget doesnot respect the money investors poured into the superclub. Juventus shares slump after Champions League defeat - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47960234 Vertaal deze pagina 10 uur geleden - Shares tumble after Juventus is knocked out of the Champions League by Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam. ...
Part from the BBC article: Ajax shares gain At Juventus's Allianz Stadium on Tuesday night Ronaldo, a five-time winner of the tournament, headed the Italian hosts in front from a first-half corner. But Ajax battled level as Donny van de Beek controlled Hakim Ziyech's shot and slotted past Wojciech Szczesny. Then the Amsterdam club's teenage captain Matthijs de Ligt's scored to eliminate the Serie A leaders. Shares in Ajax were up 8.5% to an all-time high of €18.60 after their victory, valuing the club at more than €300m. For reaching the Champions League semi final Ajax will receive an additional €12m in prize-money, with an additional €19m available if they make the final and win it. Juventus was placed 11th in Deloitte's annual world football rich list this January, with annual revenues of €350m, making it Italy's richest club. Ajax failed to make the Top 20 of the Deloitte chart. As good old Johan Cruijff once said: "I've never seen a bag of money score a goal"
Maybe Torquay can get back to an academy since they had shut it down a year after being relegated to the Conference for "cost cutting"