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allitsab
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So I've been eagerly awaiting my Bledisloe cup tickets now for, oh, 7 months or so (since I purchased this year's Reds membership, of which Bledisloe tickets were a part), and as such, have been watching my inbox like a hawk for anything from the ARU.
Today, an e-mail rolls in, offering me the EXCLUSIVE opportunity to join one team 2011. Hooray, I think, my tickets have finally come through. Alas, I was mistaken - it's an attempt by the ARU to pry my hard earned cash, but at first glance it seems like there might be some merit - 2 tickets to each game at the great white elephant stadium for the next 10 years, and some other "exclusives".
Unfortunately, like all things associated with great white elephant stadium, when you click through to the link, the brochure explains that for the LOW LOW cost of $1350, you get the "right" to purchase 2 tickets at games played at aforementioned stadium for the next 10 years. This, from an organisation that can't even give me tickets I've paid for for a game that's on in only 2 short months time!!
For those interested, the other "exclusives" were delights such as a periodic e-mail, a nice name badge and invitations to purchase tickets at other stadiums. Umm, shouldn't those sort of things be done for anyone who is a member of a Super team (or, for that matter, anyone who's a member of a club team)..
With things like the foxtel TV deal, the great white elephant stadium deal and now a killer deal to give you the right to purchase tickets for the one time only low price of $1350, you'd be forgiven to think that the ARU is on a mission to marginalise the game, letting only the elite and those who have no idea how else to spend their money be a part of the whole shebang.
Maybe I've got it wrong, but with deals like these, I think the ARU has lost its way...
Today, an e-mail rolls in, offering me the EXCLUSIVE opportunity to join one team 2011. Hooray, I think, my tickets have finally come through. Alas, I was mistaken - it's an attempt by the ARU to pry my hard earned cash, but at first glance it seems like there might be some merit - 2 tickets to each game at the great white elephant stadium for the next 10 years, and some other "exclusives".
Unfortunately, like all things associated with great white elephant stadium, when you click through to the link, the brochure explains that for the LOW LOW cost of $1350, you get the "right" to purchase 2 tickets at games played at aforementioned stadium for the next 10 years. This, from an organisation that can't even give me tickets I've paid for for a game that's on in only 2 short months time!!
For those interested, the other "exclusives" were delights such as a periodic e-mail, a nice name badge and invitations to purchase tickets at other stadiums. Umm, shouldn't those sort of things be done for anyone who is a member of a Super team (or, for that matter, anyone who's a member of a club team)..
With things like the foxtel TV deal, the great white elephant stadium deal and now a killer deal to give you the right to purchase tickets for the one time only low price of $1350, you'd be forgiven to think that the ARU is on a mission to marginalise the game, letting only the elite and those who have no idea how else to spend their money be a part of the whole shebang.
Maybe I've got it wrong, but with deals like these, I think the ARU has lost its way...
