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Coolpudge

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I'm pretty sure the London derbies at, say, £10 a ticket would turn a profit and boost our profile massively

Do you really think they will charge people £10 for the Arsenal game? Based on what Atletico Madrid did when they played Barcelona at home which was give tickets away to club members for free and when Juventus played Fiorentina last season. Also giving away tickets.

I’d be surprised if they charged that much. Maybe try something similar to Atletico and charge non members but if you’re a member or season ticket holder give them away. Although Spurs charged people for the 1st test event which was just a walk around the south stand of a half finished stadium so you’re probably right and they will try and charge people that much.
 

Adam456

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Do you really think they will charge people £10 for the Arsenal game? Based on what Atletico Madrid did when they played Barcelona at home which was give tickets away to club members for free and when Juventus played Fiorentina last season. Also giving away tickets.

I’d be surprised if they charged that much. Maybe try something similar to Atletico and charge non members but if you’re a member or season ticket holder give them away. Although Spurs charged people for the 1st test event which was just a walk around the south stand of a half finished stadium so you’re probably right and they will try and charge people that much.

I think this is the one season that we could do it - with the women's game in the position that it is right now (10-20 years from now we may look back and think how backward we were).

Next season who knows. The number of existing Spurs fans who've never been to NWHL will fall and of course the Women's WC will have faded from memory a little.

There is a real chance to establish a following and make Spurs an attractive proposition for the top women's players with box office appeal
 

hellava_tough

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I think this is the one season that we could do it - with the women's game in the position that it is right now (10-20 years from now we may look back and think how backward we were).

Next season who knows. The number of existing Spurs fans who've never been to NWHL will fall and of course the Women's WC will have faded from memory a little.

There is a real chance to establish a following and make Spurs an attractive proposition for the top women's players with box office appeal

...in the USA?

Once we get the NFL tie-in up and running, with potentially even a London franchise being mooted, I wonder if signing some of the biggest US Ladies team stars would help cement a fan-base in the USA?

I mean, if you've got Americans hearing about Tottenham through the NFL on the one hand, and Americans hearing about Tottenham through the biggest players from the US Ladies on the other, would this grow our club's overall revenues?

Just a thought.

PS I'm assuming that transfers and overseas players quotas in the ladies' game are the same as the mens'?
 

WalkerboyUK

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...in the USA?

Once we get the NFL tie-in up and running, with potentially even a London franchise being mooted, I wonder if signing some of the biggest US Ladies team stars would help cement a fan-base in the USA?

I mean, if you've got Americans hearing about Tottenham through the NFL on the one hand, and Americans hearing about Tottenham through the biggest players from the US Ladies on the other, would this grow our club's overall revenues?

Just a thought.

PS I'm assuming that transfers and overseas players quotas in the ladies' game are the same as the mens'?

Not a chance!
Not a single player from the US Women's World Cup squad plays their club football outside the US. A couple have done in the past, but with limited success and usually went back to the US after one season.
We would have to become one of the top 5 women's teams in Europe before we would even be a blip on their radar.
 

Locotoro

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I noticed we signed Gemma Davison this month. She's not going to be well known to many who don't watch Womens Football but she's an experienced player who has been at Arsenal, Liverpool and some of the US clubs.

Nice girl to boot, i met her a few times when she was at Arsenal and Chelsea. She'll be a good leader in the squad.
 

Adam456

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...in the USA?

Once we get the NFL tie-in up and running, with potentially even a London franchise being mooted, I wonder if signing some of the biggest US Ladies team stars would help cement a fan-base in the USA?

I mean, if you've got Americans hearing about Tottenham through the NFL on the one hand, and Americans hearing about Tottenham through the biggest players from the US Ladies on the other, would this grow our club's overall revenues?

Just a thought.

PS I'm assuming that transfers and overseas players quotas in the ladies' game are the same as the mens'?

Indeed if you read my 3 or 4 posts in this thread I suggested getting one of the WC star players in (one of the names was Alex Morgan with three ???s because it was a bit flippant - the equivalent of signing Ronaldo perhaps - a superstar at the end of her career)

Not a chance!
Not a single player from the US Women's World Cup squad plays their club football outside the US. A couple have done in the past, but with limited success and usually went back to the US after one season.
We would have to become one of the top 5 women's teams in Europe before we would even be a blip on their radar.

Indeed as I also said - it's a bit chicken and egg. Typically in the men's game if you want to crash the party and sign big players (and assuming your bids are acceptable to the selling clubs) that's a question of wages and convincing the players that you are going places.

I don't know if there are FFP type rules in the women's game but in any case you can't magic revenue over 5 year contracts from 1k home crowds. It's also difficult to sell playing home games there. Hence my comments about getting the crowds in this season and selling NWHL as the location for at least a handful of bigger games

Good to hear above that we've signed at least one very decent player
 

Coolpudge

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Similar to English rugby and cricketers being centrally contracted the women’s US footballers are also centrally contracted. They haven’t been explicitly told they can’t play in Europe but they are certainly encouraged not to. So if they did come and play in Europe they would probably lose out financially so unless there is a lock out in there league you won’t get a US player playing in Europe.
 

hellava_tough

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Similar to English rugby and cricketers being centrally contracted the women’s US footballers are also centrally contracted. They haven’t been explicitly told they can’t play in Europe but they are certainly encouraged not to. So if they did come and play in Europe they would probably lose out financially so unless there is a lock out in there league you won’t get a US player playing in Europe.

That certainly adds another dimension to the pay dispute discussion
 
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