Good.
Brisbane really has grown overall support for other codes because of the lack of NRL teams in this city.
The longer the NRL leaves Brisbane to fester and rot, the easier it is to lose support to other codes.
I like the Roar as a team, shame Berisha is leaving, but we do have thomas Broich.
If it wasn't for Origin, league in Brisbane would be a struggling mess.
What a load of nonsense. The support for other codes in comparison to the Broncos waxes and wanes with success. Support for the Lions is minimal compared to the threepeat years -- although the fact that their home and away crowds are a bit above those of the Roar doesn't get reported because The Incurious Snail floats to the whorls of its own agendas.
In terms of members, the Broncos are trending upwards. In terms of ratings, they smash any other team in Brisbane. Ditto crowds this season. Origin, which is its own beast is neither here nor there in that sense.
Oikee, you might be a kid, so I suppose I can forgive you your ignorance, but in 2003 there were stories in the paper about how state schools were going to drop league because it was a dying sport in comparison to rugby with the World Cup about to sweep all before it. How did that turn out? The first half of the first decade of this century was filled with stories about the AFL juggernaut that was imminently going to perform its finishing move on the NRL in Brisbane. How did that turn out?
And now the Roar have a crowd of 50000 at Suncorp? In the 90s (1997?) the Strikers packed out Lang Park in an NSL final. Did soccer sweep all before it? How did that work out?
Big events, from other sports, come and go and Brisbane. Always have. Always will.
League is a lot more resilient than the short attention of the media (in search of a headline) or the echo chamber of social media (in search of a share) might indicate.
