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@grantbn6 They don't care about test cricket. Pretty clear.

Absolute joke this. Do they understand cricket, let alone test cricket & it's current landscape. For those that don't understand the tweet below. SA v Bangladesh. Likely heavily weighted in SAs favour at home & unlikely to max weekend days for financial return + interest.

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@BoknRoll @ncakos316 Its not ok to price out your local audience. You should always take ppp into account. If you are ok with only having the rich attending springbok games then we have to nothing discuss further. Hope for your part you never get priced out.

@Stefan9 @ncakos316 And it is ok for it to cost as much as the biggest football game (or dricus) because it is a top tier event that millions of people want to attend.

I agree CSA need to take advantage and monetize the match. English fans will mostly turn out no matter the price. But there is no world in which the allocation given to locals is "fair play". The Springboks play England in a couple months, can you imagine if less than 15% of the tickets are allocated to South African fans? Would simply never happen.

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@BoknRoll @ncakos316 I was talking specifically about justifying price increases when talking stadiums. The average springbok ticket is now priced at similar prices then some of the biggest football games globally without any thought given to ppp . I don't follow nor care for dricus so no idea.

@Stefan9 @ncakos316 Im not defending them. Im saying whatever youre saying about stadium alterations is kak. If you want to see one of the top events in the world - Boks vs ABs - youre gonna pay. Or stay at home if you cant. What do you think a Dricus fight in SA will cost?

@moekajee @ProteasMenCSA Ridiculous. Can get a night or more at some of the luxury Sabi Sabi lodges for that price.

So I contacted these losers at the new @ProteasMenCSA travel agency. If you want to attend a single day of the Newlands test, its going to cost you R15 720. If you want to attend all five days, be prepared to spend R44 640. They will NOT allow you to buy tickets alone.

@bigbigjoe1 @JacquesMaree73 You should read Neil manthorp and Telford vice then. One said south Africans should just get over it and watch at home as pounds are more important for the local economy the other accused capetonians of exceptionalism. These journos don't care as they get in with presspasses.

@JacquesMaree73 Fully agreed. Worst opinion on the matter that I have seen.

She reckons it's "fair play" to Cricket SA, who just need to make some money. And if Cape Town fans really want to watch a game they can fly to another SA city. Can't believe she has a well paying cricket job, this one.

@BoknRoll @ncakos316 You and others will defend whatever SARU does as long as the boks are winning. I am sorry that you can't see the daylight robbery of these price increases. The fact that people are willing to pay whatever is asked to see the boks doesn't change that.

@Stefan9 @ncakos316 These are rules youre just making up. If demand increases, price will increase. In fact they can increase it whenever they want. People dont have to pay for it. The fact that it sold it, shows people were willing to pay for it.

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@BoknRoll @ncakos316 Higher demand doesn't mean pricing needs to increase by the degree that SARU did. It wasn't justified. The only time a 66% - 100% can be justified is if the overall experience improves drastically and that hasn't been the case at the venues.

@Stefan9 @ncakos316 There was a massive increase in demand. Nothing to do with upgrades to stadiums

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@ncakos316 True but not the point I was making. There were no upgrades to them when SARU did their massive price hike. Hence not justified.

@Stefan9 South Africa has some of the best rugby stadiums on Earth...

@ncakos316 Unless the seating and facilities improved their is no justification for the amount prices have gone up by.

Well look, watching international sport is expensive. That's just how it is. And when a side gets as good as the Springboks are, watching them becomes pricier. Just how things work. I have no issue with prices, but allocating almost 40% to hospitality, stakeholders and complimentary is absurd to me.

@KelRo736 They expect you to buy one of their R13k smart hotel combo packages...😞

And now? We can't watch cricket on an apology

@watsenaam @ncakos316 @KelRo736 Neil manthorp was even worse in his article. These journos seems to have the opinion we should just watch at home as pounds for the local economy matters more.

@ncakos316 @KelRo736 True to character, Firdose doesn't seem to understand or acknowledge that "fair play" was the wrong expression.

@Werries_ Most normal fans are not interested in these package deals. Not even to mention how many tickets they designated for sponsors and friends...

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@ProteasMenCSA Most normal fans only want match tickets. They aren't interested in these package deals...

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