Quote ="UllFC"I think the Etihad is worth sticking with (its expansion to 60K may make it move again though) but one easy change I'd make is to give the Championship & Championship1 clubs the weekend off to get their clubs fans to attend to. You could also maybe have the top Championship game (say Sheffield-Featherstone) as the first game on the Sunday as a showcase, making it 4 games per day.
there also needs to be better marketing, the World Cup team did a great job and I'd follow their lead with their use of social media. Also a few strategically placed TV ads would help.
on another note i'd like to see the bidding system used for the CC Semi finals with the venue announced months before the games. That way we could try and sell a few thousand to 'neutral' fans to boost the dropping attendances.'"
I agree with Having a top championship game introduced into the format but giving the Championship a weekend off wont bring many of there fans to the event. a lot of fellow championship fans I know aren't really bothered with S/L and that includes me being a Fax fan, its like most fans including S/L fans you only really want to watch your own Team, How many S/L fans stay and watch all off the MW games not many by looking at the crowds on tv.
Ps Sheffield would only bring a Taxi full.