mightybears
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It wasn't a miscommunication, I know exactly what you meant, I just think it's a bad idea.
We're obviously talking about voluntary relocations. If an NRL team chooses to relocate are you going to stop them?
The base would be so small as to be insignificant. I'd also like to know why you think a diehard Newtown fan, who has stuck with his/her side in the lower grades for the past few decades instead of following a first grade team, would suddenly start following Adelaide just because they 'stole' his team? It'd be far more likely that he'd just stop supporting the team altogether.
By inheriting the Jets structure they'll have to take onboard a bunch of people who have no alliegence to Adelaide. There would undoubtedly be clashes between the Adelaide based Jets and Newtown based Jets on how to run the feeder/junior club.
How would that be any better than having a feeder team in the QLD Cup/NSW Cup or JBC?
Also, what makes Newtown the best location for an Adelaide feeder/junior team? Surely they'd be better off having a team in an area with fewer competitiors than central Sydney?
So that's what it comes down to, you don't want to see a Sydney club relocate. At least we know what your agenda is now.
Cronulla has actually come out and said that they are trying to make Adelaide a second home. After the year they've had, where they ended up equal first on points but had a crowd average in the bottom half of the league, I can't really blame them if they decide to relocate.
But they wont, thats the point, your premise assumes that the Sharks aren't trying to grab some $ from the NRL/Adelaide Oval Trust but genuinely want to leave the Shire. They don't want a second home, they want more guaranteed $ in the future.
My agenda is an NRL Bears, it was the dumbest move on the planet to effectively give up parts of Sydney to AFL, a Shark move would be just as pointless.
Clashes between the NRL team and their feed happen everyday and there is no reason to suggest Hindmarsh v Henson would be any worse.
The 'stole his team' stuff misrepresents what my point was, IF an Adelaide team was called the Jets, wore the colours etc a diehard Newtown fan would be more likely to support the new NRL Jets IF they didn't have an existing NRL team they cared about. It would give the team franchise an instant connection, its obvious.
You suggesting the Adelaide NRL team have a non Sydney area feed or just not a team with history and infrastructure?