What a load of crap. I have been going to footy for over 45 years - three different codes, and idiots are idiots pissed or sober.
I went to our Rugby Grand Final down here last week and sat in the wet area and had a ripper time drinking a load of piss, cracking idiotic jokes, and watching a cracking game of footy.
It is part of footy culture. You would had such an awful time though:lol::lol::lol:
And thats all well and good, but how many fans turned up to this park football game? enough to sustain an NRL club running on $20-30 million per year?
NRL clubs need big crowds to turn up, and unfortunately trying to bring in the drinkers means the families stay away. And families are more attractive to clubs since they are more likely to turn up and also tend to spend more money on merchandise etc.
What would be good, however, would be for the NRL to promote SOME games with full strength. Friday night games and the 7:30 saturday game would be good options since you don't tend to see a whole bunch of families slogging it out to a friday night game after work or dragging the kids out to the footy on a cold winter night. Could counter it by bringing back saturday arvo footy and promoting it heavily as the family time slot.
