@sandgroper if we sell a 1000 season ticket we only have about 250 VIPs so still scope for more and if your a season ticket holder £5 a month for some should be attainable even in current financial crisis without the VIPs increasing I can't see how we can improve without a lottery win
@vikingfox71 On the topic of a Commercial Manager, I actually don't think it's a full time role at a Championship club.
The director of the foundation should be tasked to raise funds for the Foundation, Tim Holmes the new general manager to raise funds for Widnes Vikings. Then you have 6 directors to help out and assist, like Andy Horabin for the business club. Then if/when we get into SL with a bigger budget/TV deal/more demand make it a full time role.
I would guess you have to bring in circa £30k a year extra every year in sponsorship just to stand still. (Pay the wages of the role)
Surely, we could approach one of the potential sponsors included in our recent SL bid, to help with the 2026 bid, by sponsoring a couple of key signings for 2026.
@frankg we would never make up enough points frank to get in next year we need about 4.5 points to make it close and with the small increment in each category it's probably 2/3 away if everything pans out
York gained 3 points but it took them 2 years
@frankg Can't they figure out the points thresholds needed for example profit, investment, large rented screen like Bradford have to go into the corner where the Sky screen used to be. A row of digital advertising boards, again rented for 8 months of the season down one side of the pitch.
Ask a sponsor to fund them to increase our points. All Bradford did was tick boxes. Odsal is no better in fact it's worse than ever with the stock cars. And they haven't won any Grand Finals. Be smart and play the system and say to a sponsor if you fund this and get us into SL we will do you a deal with future sponsorship when we are on Sky every week as a reward.
Has this idea been put to any of the existing sponsors? If you don't ask.....
The more you think about the way SL and the game is run the less likely you are to sink money into it tbh!!!!
I am sure that increasing WVIPS must be possible and with a few player signings could be achieved.