The Price You Pay

As we charge towards yet another league season full of drama, joy and the unexpected I was wondering at what cost. Now I'm not talking about membership and season tickets et al, I am thinking of grass roots stuff where if you want to watch a game, you turn up and pay at the gate, which has been my preferred method of supporting my chosen team for just approaching my 22nd season. I am aware that certain clubs do allow concessions (at the top end of the age spectrum) such as Otley and even Sedgeley Park did, before they left us for the heights of Nat 1.

The other point is that if you were a member paying the appropriate rate you would have the opportunity to vote at an AGM when, presumably, membership rates for the next season are either agreed or otherwise. If the limit of your interest is paying to watch a game of rugby then it follows that you either pay the going rate or don't go

greenpower wrote:  skipton gardener  in order to save  yourself £12  turn up at the avenue at about  7 0clock in the morning   there,s no one on the gate then  problem sorted

Sorry but ban me for stereotypical matters.

KnightsBoy wrote: [QUOTE=greenpower] skipton gardener  in order to save  yourself £12  turn up at the avenue at about  7 0clock in the morning   there,s no one on the gate then  problem sorted

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islander wrote: WEvans wrote: Skipton Gardener wrote: As we charge towards yet another league season full of drama, joy and the unexpected I was wondering at what cost. Now I'm not talking about membership and season tickets et al, I am thinking of grass roots stuff where if you want to watch a game, you turn up and pay at the gate, which has been my preferred method of supporting my chosen team for just approaching my 22nd season. I am aware that certain clubs do allow concessions (at the top end of the age spectrum) such as Otley and even Sedgeley Park did, before they left us for the heights of Nat 1. At Wharfedale the pay at the gate price is now £12, up from £10 last season. There are no (old) age concessions and if I pay extra to join all manner of new levels and types of membership recently introduced, I would then only be paying £10 per game. But I do not want to do anything other than pay at the gate when I want to watch a match. Over the last 2 seasons I have not missed a single home fixture and my reward is.....a 20% hike in entry fee. Will be very interested to see what other clubs across National 2 are charging for entry. It does seem to me that £12 for a grandstand seat and car parking (according to the website) is a really good deal even if £10 for the same last year was even better! agree, seems decent value; how many pints of beer at local prices is that - guessing just under three?! incentivising people to become members is something i'm all for, seems to me that it's a way of getting people to take a bit of a stake in a club, and cheaper prices for tickets, lunches, beer, merchandise etc (+ other benefits such as international ticket ballot or voting rights at AGMs) as a reward for this seems reasonable; and, by the same token, penalising non-members for their slightly lower level of commitment by charging them a little more.

Can't wait for somebody who is actually supporting a National 2 team to let on how much their club charges for "pay at the gate" entry. Meanwhile I'm having a good laugh reading the additional comments.

Barnstaple at level 5 charged £12 last year 

I do think that there should be a reduction for OAPS. After all they probably have supported that club for many years.  Could anyone give me a percentage of pay on the gate as opposed to membership at this level I would think you need to look after the former

Jersey RFC, newly arrived at level 5, entered the league system at L7 two years ago, with no entry charge that season, nor last season after promotion to L6. This year, after another promotion, the AGM supported a call for an entry fee, but felt the £5 (members) or £10 (non) proposed by a couple of rank-and-file members was too high, so it was subsequently decided that entry would be free for members, £5 for non...