I've been waiting for this subject to come up as a Barnsley lad born and bred and a Barnsley FC fan .

The time to put some work in to attracting new fans from over here is right now , probably as greater time than there's ever been .

Barnsley FC are losing fans by the hundreds , the club is in serious managed decline and the apathy surrounding the club is significant .

There's a huge opportunity to tap in to this apathy and direct it towards Trinity with a decent marketing strategy , I don't actually have any concerns about Barnsley losing fans to Trinity , firstly the two sports aren't competitors as such given RL is primarily a summer sport and my opinion Barnsley deserve to lose fans given the way the club is run and the overall match day experience and the state of the stadium .

If you were to talk to Matt Ellis he'd probably tell you the same .

Darton , Kexborough , Staincross , Mapplewell , Royston , Athersley are less than half an hour from Belle Vue , I live in Staincross and it takes less than 15 minutes to get to Belle Vue .

You get people coming through those turnstiles , decent match day experience with food and drink , a nice warm evening and a cracking Super League game and I'll guarantee you'll get many returning .

Many Barnsley fans are crying out for something else to do such is the apathy and I think it's not just BFC but the way football has now gone .

I've followed the club all over the country and fallen out with it big time and there are hundreds like me .

Can Wigan or Warrington claim Las Vegas?

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Quote ="imwakefieldtillidie"Can Wigan or Warrington claim Las Vegas?'" https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/su ... pportunity Reckon Ste Mills should plan a trip.

Definitely so, it could pay for itself, and it would be good to see the club's name out there mixing it with the big boys. He seems the kind of guy who likes to be one step ahead of the competition, if possible as well.

If there were some prospects over the pond, I wonder how the RFL would handle their categorisation under quota rules because I can't see many clubs wasting their valuable spots on ifs and maybes. We've got to make it look enticing for all parties, to break new ground in RL and a huge potential player pool in the US.

They could maybe bring some kind of rules for potential US players to gain said traction over there where they initially don't count as quota players. Obviously, it's all pie in the sky atm, and the very early days but still, it's very interesting and a thing that's been brought up so many times over the years. How can we make use of all those thousands of top athletes who don't make the NFL or play elsewhere? Crack that and it's a huge game changer in England and Aus long term,

I know when Toronto was making their mark and talking a good game, they had some trialists come over etc but it was never done properly IMO, where they got guys trying out who had a real chance to succeed.

If they're new to RL then they wouldn't count on the quota anyway. We'd effectively be their first RL club so would be fed trained. Same applied to John Davetanivalu the other year, and Mitieli Vulikijapani at Hull.

Of course, simple really.