You could throw in the NRC games in the membership, plus a couple of SUPER derbies of club footy @ North Sydney or the new parra stadium..preferential tickets for the tests etc. Plus you can keep the cost of the membership down. There is value in scarcity. You only get to see NSW play 4 or so times a year, you actually get excited about it.
As I said in the other thread, I think rugby has to accept that the piece of the pie is limited. We are not living within our means in terms of the professional game. We cannot sustain 4 teams of full time professionals. The sooner this is realised the better. There is not an ever expanding pot of gold. Rugby will never be as popular as league or soccer or aussie rules. Yes we want the game to grow but there are natural limits. I'd rather the unions concentrate on getting kids playing and keep playing as adults. i.e the larger amateur game is far, far more important.
Some peeps are willing to sell the game for some perceived benefit of having footy on the telly or more professionals, to cede control in order to make rugby more watchable etc. Well I certainly don't want to go down the road of league changing the rules to cater to marginal fans with no clue. Look at league, the very simple basic rules of battle for possession are long gone and for me to the detriment of the game. scrums = joke, the 10m rule replacing the old 5m rule, cannot rake the ball at the play the ball, hell they don't even enforce the play the ball properly etc. Some will say it's a more exciting game now. I most certainly don't.
We've seen this in rugby, scrums are not fed properly, no rucking, new comps with new rules supposedly "better". Well it's not better and it's not rugby. Don't get me started on the ridiculous bans for punching etc as it's not "a good look on the TV".
Anyway back on topic I wold prefer NOT to chase marginal dollars by changing the game/selling our souls. There is a natural market that has potential to grow within boundaries, let's concentrate on getting the basics right, get the rugby nuts like me back into the game. Marginal fans come later & should be treated as a bonus and not catered to, to the detriment of the actual fans.
/old man rant at sky