The afl has had a bazillion $$ spent in Sydney that’s how they have improved. Hardly mind blowing stuff. But I would also say that the numbers quoted are misleading when auskick is included and we can’t do the same for touch. I’d like to see the actual figures on all 4 sports for funding and player numbers for North Sydney first. Northsydney bears aren’t dead. People can still support them. Maybe they can ask their parents to put there toys back in the cot?
I no doubt accept losing Ns bears from the Nrl would of put a few people off but if they weren’t paid members which I feel is the majority then I have no time for them. The reason I have barely any sympathy for them is because the issues you and stallion and others raise are the same things that qrl/brl teams like valleys, brothers, wests never got when the arl should of properly expanded back in the 80/90’s. Admitting 1 brisbane team and a Gold Coast team from a 12 plus team brl comp isn’t forward thinking or even fair from a qld point of view.
Geoff Prenter and John Stanley are both w@nkers then!! I guess they weren’t as rusted on rugby league fans as you thought? Clearly follow the money.... good story though.
I know this guy (state) called qld and he loved rugby league so much they had there own 12-16 team comp but were only allowed to teams worth of players in the Nrl. But instead of throwing there toys out of the cot they used it as a reason to become the best State of origin dynasty that will ever be.
If the bears want to be taken seriously they should of had all these backers they always talk of, put some money where there mouth was and help fund programs, leagues, players, CoE etc. instead they have chosen to neglect central coast and there own backyard. How that’s to show the Nrl your bid team will survive.
When all the proposals get put on your table as a ceo of the Nrl and you go through history, funding, backing, expansion, grassroots, playing numbers, gov support, I would be taking Perth and Brisbane 2 and even a qld/Brisbane 3, nz2 all before another Sydney team. Maybe in 20-30yrs time when Sydney might need another team it won’t be an issue because all the bears supporters would be 90.
Correct,They have a gazillion.And guess what, that gazillion, is far more effective to use in attack, when your competition is weakened.Their results in that area have shown that to be the case.
Ask that idiot who wears a Red Bandana FitzSimons,he has stated the AFL has made big inroads in the private schools in the NS area to the detriment of ru in those schools.One involving his former school Knox Grammar.
When the Bears had the Leagues club behind them a decent supporter base ,and more juniors running around, it would have been a harder task for AFL than it currently is.
And rest assured the removal of additional NRL clubs ,will be a godsend to that code.
No NRL team, no incentive.
Mate we've been over this.The Bear's fans do not support lower grade teams in numbers, that supported their first grade side.A pithy number.
"Put a few people off".Well they certainly are not attending other NRL clubs or rushing to watch lower grades in numbers.
I repeat one more time, where did the South's fans go ,when they were flicked?Not to other clubs.Are they all wankers?
It's very easy to call any one a wanker it's bloody immature to do so,unless of course it happens to be your club dumped.A club you have put time, effort,money in over the decades.Seriously mate you have little idea about ,about the loss of a club and the impact it has..
And should I lose my club after supporting them for decades, and see no interest in following another club,you are going to call me a wanker?And I am hardly unique in that regard.
I am an expansionist and Internationalist.I am not a club killer for the sake of expansion.The AFL realise it now ,especially after they tried a joint venture involving Hawthorn.Clubs will get the flick,should they become basket cases.The NRL will not underpin any more clubs.
BTW I am not suggesting another Sydney team.I am more than happy with Perth and another brisbane side.I will tell you this if I were CEO of the NRL,I would not be disenfranchising any more NRL fansin Sydney,to give the comepetition a free ride, and because people/fans actually matter,maybe you don't think so.
The Bear's had no incentive from NRL head office ,to spend money in large amounts in the NS or the CC,,because they had a more than a fair idea it was a lost cause.
It's rather ironic you mention that.In the early years at least until about 2008/2010,junior rl was neglected by News who owned the Storm in Victoria.
Sydney has 9 NRL clubs,2 AFL clubs,2 A league and 1 Super union.It has always had a mix off sports ,in a far more competitive environment than Melbourne,where it's fumbleball and daylight second.
