There a north Sydney afl team? Must have missed their inclusion. Problem is not rationalising, it's leaving regions with no strategy for ongoing engagement. Once you move beyond the misinformed paradigm that you need a
N nrl club in every Sydney suburb to keep Sydney strong you can start to come up with a realistic future growth strategy.
Oh LOL please,incorrect the poor man's Rothfield.You miss a lot of things ,reality being one.
Not a Nth Sydney AFL team first thing you get right, but a whole lot of junior AFL teams,that were't there before.And rl grassroots is hanging on by a thread there.AFL now in GPS schools there.RL is not growing in that area, well down on the Bear's years.
Your last para is bollocks, for example the AFL are not culling any more suburban teams.The only reason the other two Lions and Swans left, they were in sh*tters ditch money wise ,with dwindling supporter base.
They probably realise their nth TV ratings with all the pumped in money just aint working ,or to use your repetitive word just "stagnating"
Perhaps you can suggest to them ,they only need 6 AFL teams in Melbourne,as a true fumbler devotee!!
Sydney's population is not remaining static for a start,closing in on 5m,and spreading further.
If you are that dopey not to realise .chopping further teams, and remember one has already been chopped, and 4 merged in a growing city , is somehow going to solve crowd problems,you do not understand Sydney's sporting psyche.
In effect you are only robbing Peter to pay Paul
And it is bleedingly obvious you have no understanding about North Sydney ,but that's typical.
Be a good lad, form a crowd and get 20,000 plus to the next NRL game in Perth.If that happens in wet weather I'll be the first to congratulate the area,as they don't get much rl for entertainment.
Of course if they don't, and you come up with excuses, we'll just have a field day.
We have a NRL team the Titans on the GC ,pop inc surrounding areas 500,000 set.Playing the Dragons one of the most high profile rl teams in the country.They got 13,000 (yes decent by NRL standards) but only half filling a top class stadium on a fine night 6pm game, in an area that has strong grassroots base.BTW I supported their inclusion.
Let's say we got rid of the Tigers and replaced them with the Titans.Nothing would be gained crowd wise,one area would not have a junior base to aspire to their local area, and the TV ratings in fact would probably drop.The code admits they get better TV ratings for the Tigers than a few other Sydney clubs.
