On the basis that typically only 10% of people who are aggrieved by any particular issue will actually take complaints forward then the £20k may well already have been lost. The 12 e-mails already take things past the 10% mark. Once the policy is fully publicised on the club website, I'm sure that there will be more complaints.

£20,000 potential fine divided by £20 per ticket = 1,000 tickets

1,000 tickets averaged over the nine matches where this rule will be enforced = 112 fans (ok, 111.1 but you can't buy 0.1 of a ticket).

Add this to the knock-on effect of lower merchandising & food/beverage income then the financial risk of incurring a £20k fine could already have been outweighed by lost income.

While it's obviously preferable that no fine should be incurred, I suspect that there would actually be far less complaints (and fans voting with their feet) if the policy was implemented after a fine had been incurred.

I guess I'll just have to hope that the last game at BV is against Salford, Widnes, London or Catalans!!!

That's fair enough. I still maintain that little or no real efforts have been made to root out the trouble causers. It's all about opinion.

I think the club welcome opinions, but ATEOTD they have to make a call and it would certainly help us all achieve the aim of enjoying a safe environment if we abide by what they have asked for. Beyond that you are into the realms of it being a private company on private land and if we don't follow the rules then.....

There is a line - if you breach that line then you are in danger of becoming part of the problem rather than the solution!

Can't believe we're still arguing about this. Let's mve on.

I can't believe I'm quoting Tony Blair, but when you decide, you divide; I guess the skill is leaving as few people as possible feeling disgruntled and that's what appears to have happened here, since whilst some people have what they perceive to be a valid grievance, they seem to be relatively few in number.

You can't please all of the people and all that jazz.

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