Wigan Warriors • Re: IMG Gradings Cause Controversy
Personally & after reading the grading PDF IMG have produced, it's all positive. If all the clubs can improve in each of the areas then the sport will be in a much stronger place.
The three real bones of contention however are:
Stadium utilisation - it almost punishes teams for having a bigger stadium than they need. Leigh for example utilise a higher % of their ground than us, but their overall attendance numbers are well below Wigan's. Is that fair? At the same time, I look at pics from Latics home games and it's laughable to see all the empty seats. 30k in a 70k stadium will never look as good (on TV) as 15k in a 15k stadium. To use the Leigh analogy again, it was a great atmosphere with 11k on there earlier this year. You can have 13k on at the DW and it's soulless.
Social media following - this one is a no brainer for me. The bigger your reach, the further you can spread the game. Social is just a fact of every day life now. You can't escape it, it does matter and clubs need to get better at it.
Development of players - I can't see how this wasn't a factor? Being able to produce more players surely should be a core focus for the future of the sport. The more players we produce, the better the quality of the game & the more teams we can support.
Statistics: Posted by sergeant pepper — Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:58 am