1. Internet - Anyone who won't\can't fork out for internet, won't\can't fork out for membership.
2. Membership drive - If you are leaving exposure to luck, then your membership drive is flawed.
3. Bears HQ - Membership drives should be taken to the people, without expecting any number of people trying to get to the HQ.
"..challenge teams with highest member totals" - You are delirious., how can you justify this bid to expect memberships equivelent of Broncos & Rabbitohs. Norths had average crowds between 8500 - 11500 in the 5yrs before they were cut from the comp. The brand has been stale for over a decade.....
My point exactly
Nor was I asked to give facts about the CQ Bid. The whole discussion was you stating that the CC Bears bid was the only capable one, and me asking you why the CQ bid isn't capable:
None the less, I did throw in some relevant info to suggest the region could sustain the team, and what the CQ bid had on the board:
Thats obviously not all the relevant information of what makes the bid sustainable, but it's more than what was asked for. If you want more detailed information, just ask
As I've already posted, CQ Bid does not offer any financial memberships comparable to the Bears. The petition stands at 25,000. I can inquire about the progress of their online membership numbers if you like.
The state government has given written commitment to building a stadium
If the team is announced mid next year like Gallop suggested, thats 18 months to build it - which is viable considering the size of the stadium and the construction industry & resources already in the region.
Merchandise? Really? Has it come down to that?
Worry about your own typo's, I'd be here all night if I was to pick them out myself.
That is a flawed
theory. Norths had derbies back in the 90's, their home & away crowd averages were around 10,000 for the 5yrs leading up to their dumping.
That is a piss-poor assumption. Even without considering the regions high level of interest in NRL, which is proven by TV ratings all year every year - There will never need to be a push for crowds. There is absolutely nothing to do in CQ, no commerce, no sporting events, no festivals - just an industrial region generating alot of money with nowhere to spend it. The crowds will gather simply because there is nothing to do elsewhere, unless you want to travel a minimum 600km to SE QLD or Townsville.
If thats your perception of rivalries - then how can you justify the CC Bears fairing any better?
The QLD Derby crowd averages over each teams entire history is as follows:
Broncos vs Cowboys
@ Suncorp 32,000
@ Dairy Farmers 25,000
Broncos vs Titans
@ Suncorp 44,210
@ Skilled 26,570
@ Carara 17,209
Cowboys vs Titans
@ Dairy Farmers 17,426
@ Carara 15,206
@ Skilled 20,440
As you can see, Carara Stadium is the only average below 20,000 - but take into account it's limited capacity of about 18,000 (is that correct?)
Can you suggest any valid reason why the QLD derby's popularity wouldn't extend to a fourth team? Add two lots of those numbers to each teams yearly average and it's a contribution to the NRL's overall average attendance that the Bears could only dream of
(Another 6 games with attendances ranging between 20,000 - 52,000).
Any sort of statistics or facts to actually back that up? At the moment that is nothing more than hopeful.