Wow, go on like...ANY...american sport forum, and the animosity is 10 times worse than anything the AFL vs NRL thing has going for it.
Watch their TV... unlike some of the media have done in the past here, they actually say "we hate it" on air, without remorse. Shows just how much you know.
Americans hate soccer, simple as that. The sport survives as a result of its immigrant base. The media....well I wont even touch that one. The international angle, the participation rates are some of the few things that keep it going. New purpose stadiums being built, licenses still wanted, quality growing - it will always be a niche sport in the US, but it doesnt have to be anything else.
However, to even suggest, merely suggest, that league would ever do anything in the US is so laughable, that it made the responses in this thread almost unbearable. But I like league, so good luck to it in the States :crazy:
Is there something wrong with you?
You seem to be in a bad mood for some reason.
Here's a tip, this is the international section, we all come here to talk and put our opinions across, most of us here know each other and we pretty much get along.
We don't like newbies coming in and getting all aroused and charged up with testosterone throwing their weight around, we have a place for that called TFC, I hope your brain hasn't lost all its blood, because I'm sure there would be plenty of others in there that would love to have a conversation with you and if the blood has drained, you mightn't find it and we wouldn't want that now, would we?
As to your point, what makes you think none of us in here have ever talked to US based people about sports?
What makes you think there are no US based RL fans on this very site?
What makes you think an idiot on a TV station who won't give any other sport a wrap speaks for the majority?
Are you a genius when it comes to US based sports fans, or are you being a know all?
I have seen RL grow from absolutely nothing 10 years ago to having 10 clubs now, I've seen 12,500 fans turn up and watch a game of RL in the US and most had
never heard of it before, yet the majority of the crowd gave the two teams a standing ovation.
I have seen a guy like Spinner get a local club going from nothing two years ago, to the best run RL club in the US with decent crowds, all this in two years, sponsors, clubhouse, TV, radio, cheer leaders and the rest, yes, all in only two years, it is small, but don't ever try and say it has no future, simply because you can't see the future just like the rest of us can't.
If the Jacksonville Axemen keep going the way they are by doubling everything each year for the next 5 years, they'll have crowds that rival the some of the Sydney NRL clubs.
It will still be small, but a niche market is being carved out.
Now take your attitude and shove it.
Might not be long actually...
