Take that further then A.Snowden -
so what would you do if you had 30K members and only 15K seats?
If your club had twice as many members than seats you would look after your members by moving to another ground.
Would you have 0 away supporters able to attend in seating???
Just look at what the EPL does in relation to stadia, they have reserved sections of their stands for the away crowd, albeit generally quite a small percentage, but it's certainly better than 0.
NRL will have to move to this style of crowd planning eventually, particularly if they want to encourage clubs to compete in terms of ticketed membership numbers of the AFL. If they wish to keep the so called "tribalism" that exists between Sydney sides you must have away fans able to attend games.
SF has a good point.... Yes they are looking after their members which is the right thing to do, but a one game membership certainly does make it difficult for away team supporters. Would you really want to sign up to another clubs membership just to ensure you were able to get reserved seated tickets for an away game???
hell no i wouldn't. I would stay home and watch it there. Wait for our first home game of the season
I was going to travel to this game with 4 of my friends, now that i know reserved seating is not an option. Looks like I'll be going down to the leagues club to watch it instead. Certainly not paying $65 for a Tigers membership just so i could get reserved seating.
Sort of makes the whole 'membership count' a bit of a joke doesn't it?