Prestwich_Blue
Well-Known Member
Exactly. MLB do a load of research into this and there are 2 key factors. Getting youngsters playing the game & getting to live games at an early an age as possible.That is a really interesting article. It's not surprising the Champions League audience is declining. Let's be honest the group stages are mostly turgid. They are not as entertaining as FA Cup matches for example. The attention span issue is a huge challenge for all sports. One way to tackle this is to aggressively target young fans to make them watch games live. If you can hook them early they will probably stick with your club for life and also watch them on TV. Watching broadvcast matches as a neutral is crap compared to when you are emotionally involved.
City (& other clubs) are missing both tricks in my view. The playing focus is on the elite group and they have to be very committed and it's quite ruthless, even at under-8 level. They should extend it so they kids are playing for fun rather than trying to reach an exacting standard.
And we should be doing everything we can to get them into the stadium regularly. We need a new version of the Junior Blues and attractive prices for families. Even free tickets if necessary.
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