It sounds daft, but hear me out..



So after watching the Dallas Mavericks beat Denver Nuggets in the Basketball 102-84, the screens in the stadium flashed up with a graphic that read;

"Grab your free taco from tacobell by turning in your ticket stub!"

So I asked my boss, who's from Dallas, what that's all about and he explained if the Mavs win, whilst scoring 100 points or above, everyone with a ticket gets a free meal.

So that got me thinking - how would that work in Rugby League? .. What win margin would be considered free food territory.. and what food? .. I reckon free Sub of the day after a win of 30 points or above..

A free pie and Bovril, surely?

Wigan pies used to be incredible.. a proper Pooles pie. Galloways are OK, but they're not old school Pooles..

A Subway - whilst not being remotely 'Wigan' is an international company with shat loads of cash. Now imagine if Wigan struck a partnership with them and we all got a free sub of the day after thrashing teams by 30 points or more.. Imagine how good that'll taste after pasting Saints!

Personally I'd rather eat the ticket than a Sub - probably more nutritious and healthier too.

I've heard of a few teams that do that in America. I think it was the San Jose Sharks ice hockey team that gave fans a free pizza if the team scored a goal in the last 2 minutes of the game. It got to the point that in those last two minutes the fans started chanting "We want pizza!" over and over!

Im sure that Frankie and Bennys near the stadium did something not to disimilar on match days, anyone confim this and what the deal was if you presented your ticket stubb ?

Free Heinz big soup and a bread roll if we win by more than 20 points?





Another great move by the RFL! knew there was more to the deal than they let on!

I saw the LA Angels baseball team score 9 runs in a game. 10 runs got free chicken wings for everybody at Hooters! The crowd were chanting 'Chicken Wings' throughout the last innings.

I remember watching a documentary about a basketball team in Flint, Michigan, that did a similar thing in order to improve attendance. I don't remember all the details but I don't think it ended well. Are Wigan fans really that greedy that they will turn up to a game they would otherwise avoid just because they might get a pie out of it?

may exacerbate the 'Wigan walk' as they all go downstairs to queue up for a free pie!

Was that not Semi-pro becuase that was a film not real life

genius.

im thinking free pie after every richards conversion?

We'd run out of pies rather quickly if we did that!

ha ha ha well according to SW he wants pressure on players and competition for places...what better way!

Is this one reason why so many yanks are 'dangerously obese' ?

maybe hull could do it it to encourage more fans in rather than putting up prices for away fans? free fish and chips.. we want fish... we want fish!

Now what could other clubs offer?

noticed that when we played Leeds, the electronic adverts round the pitch were advertising a discount at the Chinese Buffet if you produced your match ticket. Dont know how much of a discount though.