I totally disagree that the growth in America is disappointing.
I can see that we have had our hopes raised and dashed more than a few times, but if you actually look at the progression of the game we see that it grows steadily every year.
We would all like to see it double in size in a season, but reality is that it grows 10 or 20% every year, and that is bloody good.
The team that wins the comp in America this year will need to have the training, coaching and playing staff to equal a decent country side in Aus or a very good amatuer side in England, and just a few seasons ago a Pub side in a country second division would have gone close.
Within a few seasons there will be semi pro players in America, and some of them will be American.
It's baby steps, but if any of us had been asked 10 years ago where we would like to see the game now, we would have been overjoyed to see a permanent comp that will never dissappear that can find a spot for Daniel Wagon without it being obvious that he will be the best player in the league.
If American can lock down the position in the 2013 WC and continue to grow at the rate they are now, they will be good enough to play in every WC from now till eternity.
I can see that we have had our hopes raised and dashed more than a few times, but if you actually look at the progression of the game we see that it grows steadily every year.
We would all like to see it double in size in a season, but reality is that it grows 10 or 20% every year, and that is bloody good.
The team that wins the comp in America this year will need to have the training, coaching and playing staff to equal a decent country side in Aus or a very good amatuer side in England, and just a few seasons ago a Pub side in a country second division would have gone close.
Within a few seasons there will be semi pro players in America, and some of them will be American.
It's baby steps, but if any of us had been asked 10 years ago where we would like to see the game now, we would have been overjoyed to see a permanent comp that will never dissappear that can find a spot for Daniel Wagon without it being obvious that he will be the best player in the league.
If American can lock down the position in the 2013 WC and continue to grow at the rate they are now, they will be good enough to play in every WC from now till eternity.