I brought this statistic up in another thread but I'm still amazed by it.
Explain LS or OVP how Townsville out-drew Sydney in a Kangaroo's World Cup test game?
Probably because North Queenslanders, like Newcastle, are great supporters of RL, and embrace the few rep games they get. Many more are deserved.
Now you explain why NQ league fans are so supportive of League when Brisbane residences are not?
Of COURSE Sydney is still league heartland. I don't care what any other Qlder says, the fact remains that they get HUGE amounts of bums on seats down there.
What a lot of people then need to realise is that, although twice the amount of people attend games, those figures are being spread between NINE times the amount of teams. That's when we get into the nitty gritty nasty details of it all. If there wasn't so much history attached to the clubs there, Sydney would be better served having 4-5 teams who could all draw 25,000-30,000 most weekends and might have the ability to keep their head afloat.
Sadly, that situation will never happen for a myriad of reasons to do with geography and transport, tribalism - which is accentuated by constant attacks from interstate fans whch does nothing but get Sydney clubs fans backs up, and the fact that Sydney clubs are still surviving. Cronulla may be on the doorstep of oblivion, but the club is trying everything it can to stay afloat. How did the Crushers and the first 3 Gold Coast attempts go - and how did league fans in SEQ allow them to die or be railroaded out of existance by the one club that not only propagated theiur death, but replaced a healthy Brisbane comp with one game every 2 weeks?
It doesnt matter what state the team is in, crowd averages are what count to clubs
Crowd totals matter to the code.
Why on earth are Brisbane fans only half as likely to attend an NRL game as their Sydney counterparts?
Cronulla can't go to the bank and say yes we only get 5000 to a game, but Sydney gets more people in "total" than Qld does, so can we have 100million?
I know. So?
As someone else said in this thread, try going to the bank with this logic to get money. They will laugh at you on the way out the door.
Guess the don't teach you kids stats in school any more...
And your counter argument is......?
Where are these stats flawed?
Or is the flaw in your brain? Try going to the bank with only "Your bank manager is a f*cktard" logic and see if you get money. Maybe if you carry a swan off and wear a stoicking on your head - ffs.
FACT: MELBOURNE GETS AS MANY GAMES AS BRISBANE! Brisbane residents clearly have a thirs for the game - but those in power up there - be it the NRL, QRL or Broncos, have severely undersold the population - and taken the focus away by saying "Look at Sydney! Look at Sydney!"
Well, look at Sydney. Twice as likely to go to a game. Now look in your own backyard.
Brisbane league fans have more to worry about than they think. Average home crowds in Brisbane in the early 1990's were up around the 50k mark. They built a brand new classic stadium in an ideal location - and have lost on average of 20k per game.
The QRL and Broncos have forever bagged the ARL, but the ARL is the only mob trying to give this League starved former stronghold more games.
What have the QRL done to keep the numbers flowing in? Why do the Broncos have a history of doing everything to prevent other SEQ teams from operating? Why is the only concrete plan for a 17th side coming from the Bears at Gosford? Why is the most advanced plan for another QLD NRL side coming from a region which hardly has the population to support a side -but is at least having a go?
