HangletonGull
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- Apr 10, 2023
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Limited time limited cash big no from me
[Albion] Aston Villa to include women's games for loyalty points
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Well most on here are scratching their arses for the next 11 weeks.
Should play ‘em then.
Should play ‘em then.
TomandJerry
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- Oct 1, 2013
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A whole season in 11 weeks? Imagine the outcry
BROKEN BRITAIN
(It is clearly a ridiculous idea though. Unless of course they are going to start including the under 23s / under 18s etc as well)
I disagree. They are moving the goalposts and rewarding you for purchasing a product that doesn’t have any relevance to the product you are trying to get priority to purchase.
It’s like saying we’ll give you a better chance of buying this champagne if you will first buy this special brew.
You know this club has done this sort of thing down the years. One time in the 70s you had to go to a reserve game to guarantee a ticket for a big league cup game (Derby maybe?). Over 10,000 turned up, which was justified as the crowd for the later league cup game was over 33,000.
As for this idea, it's not really "fair" if our club implements it, although the club might reasonably take the view that loyalty to all teams should be rewarded. No loyalty scheme is perfect anyway, including the one currently in place.
ChickenDipper
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- Nov 8, 2024
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Difference being reserve games are under the men’s team bracket. Women’s is completely separate and men’s football will always be much, much bigger. It’s a terrible idea to conflate the two for me - and I’m a keen fan of the women’s team.
I know there's a difference but not an appreciable one. In both cases, fans are coerced into buying tix for a lower demand event in order to position themselves at the front of the queue for the main attraction. If Villa had given loyalty points for reserve games instead of women's games, the exact same conversation would be happening, sexism notwithstanding.
If anything, this scenario is less unfair. Villa will reasonably argue that they are using demand for men's football as a battering ram to drive up demand for women's football in the short term, as they want the next generation of girls to see a woman's game as inspiring and as attractive a proposition as the men's games are now.
It's all a bit contentious obviously, but I can't honestly say it really bothers me.
I think the club should start including U18 and U23.
jackalbion
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