The club has a perceived disconnect from its fans
Firstly the disconnect isn't perceived, it's fact.
Secondly I don't really see what difference this would make on the decision to wear the jerseys anyway, but I will add that most Canberra based Raiders fans at the time were either indifferent to SL or in favor of it.
the media is generally negative or ignorant of us
The media don't have the chance to be negative about us, they're to busy ignoring our existence.
That's why a small act of defiance like wearing our SL jersey (especially with the S) would be such a good idea IMO, if only for a little while it would force the media (Nine in particular) to take some notice of us.
As an added bonus the general hate around the club may bring the boys closer together with that us against the world siege mentality that the team desperately needs a good dose of.
and Super League is almost universally frowned upon. The Broncos are stupid enough to do it but I hope the Raiders aren't. The negative exposure far outweighs the chance to troll LU members imo.
Look lets be honest, any exposure is good exposure especially for a club like the Raiders that struggles to gain and maintain main sponsors because we don't give very much brand exposure for the amount of money that they are paying.
For a similar amount of money (if not less) Huawei pays to sponsor us they could become the main sponsor of the Eels and get double if not triple the amount of exposure that they get from us, it's a huge problem for any club when they can't compete for sponsorship with back to back wooden spoon winners, but it's even worse for a small club in a small market like us, and in my (very) humble opinion if we have to paint ourselves as the bad guys to compete (like Manly has to, and it hasn't hurt them) then that's what we have to do to further the club, and that makes it worth it.
Away does suck though.
