Big Bad Barry Corr
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- Feb 26, 2013
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Sorry Kay it is all about cost cutting. I know quite a bit about this as I am a friend of the previous programme distribution manager - who actually attended the game with me today and believe me, it is 100% about saving money in their eyes, though “in real terms” the savings are actually rather minuscule.It's not about cost cutting, it's about the carbon footprint. Ideally people would buy an online version.
I am a big programme collector as you know and am aware of how the collecting fraternity think on this matter. It is all about having a tangible souvenir of the game to keep - not downloading something on your phone. Even when the programme is poor - as it undoubtedly is this season, collectors (of which there are many at this club) will still purchase it - not for the content (you can get all that information and more on SZ, the BBC, Wikipedia etc) but because of the desire to keep their collections up to date in the traditional way as they have done for many years.
I know speak for most when I say when digital online “programmes” become the norm (which seems to be the direction the club is heading in) that will be the day long-time collectors will cease as very few will have any interest at all in obtaining some watered down electronic version.
If in the meantime the club is carrying on selling a paper programme, at least try to make these accessible and available to people (is it really that much of an outlay to the club to have even just one person selling at the main gate?) rather than them having to queue up at a tea bar for 15 minutes behind someone who wants to buy three coffees and a coke. Aside from “the hardcore” loads of people won’t bother, which will result in lower sales to justify ending the sale of printed programmes. Perhaps this is what the club actually wants at the end of the day? No doubt time will out. ?