by doedin on Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:40 am
Three sell out Autumn Internationals must have boosted the SRU coffers somewhat? Best part of 200,000 paying customers through the gates plus merchandising, tv receipts, etc will have generated a few bob. Our business partners and advertisers must be delighted with the coverage, the high profile and positive messages being generated too. Surely we will be drawing even more advertising income? With sell outs against France and England coming up in 6Ns then the SRU will have taken in max gate receipts and overall income for these 5 games. Along with the promised increased revenue from the expanded Pro14, the Weegies selling out every game and getting more and more sponsors and even us in Embra looking a bit more positive, the SRU financial position must be improving somewhat. I also presume overdraft is reducing and the cost of servicing the remaining debt is going down? As well as investing in the academies and hopefully continued investment in the 7s and ladies rugby they are obviously pushing some of the cash into the pro teams which is excellent news. Lets hope it continues and we add to the positive picture by doing something in the league and qualify for the Big Boys Cup and perhaps even go deep into the Diddy Cup this year?