So called heartland (mate you are off your chops), the Central Coast has the 3rd largest rugby league junior nursery in the world
Firstly, that was a typo it was supposed to say-
Firstly what the hell does that mean, and secondly what the hell does that have to do with claims about so called 'heartlandS' moving away from the sport?
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I was not saying that the CC isn't a heartland, rather it was a sweeping statement about all these areas all over the country that are supposedly heartlands giving up on RL at the first sign of increased competition.
, and I'm referring to the bad press incidents because it turns potential new children to the sport away, no so much the children but definately their mothers.
Well that's a different issue then the one we are currently talking about.
Also the constant changing of partners the Sharks, the Storm, the Knights now probably the Bulldogs or Roosters, people are over it.
I get that and it's very frustrating (Canberra has similar issues with the AFL) but that in of it's self is no reason to give an area an NRL team.
More and more people are saying the Bears. Everybody and that includes myself are sick of the Central Coast hopping into bed with anybody and then nothing eventuates.
Well then stop hoping into bed with whoever comes along!
The quickest way to garner attention from the NRL would be for the CC to suddenly have a massive drop in rating, participation, etc. If that was to happen the NRL would see that there is a serious problem and try to remedy it with a more permanent and mutually beneficial situation.
Tasmania has the same probelm with the AFL, the AFL considers them a safe market and they keep giving them every reason to keep considering them a safe market that doesn't need to be adressed.
These NRL affiliated clubs want instant results, that isn't going to happen, now that the Knights relationship has soured it will all have to start again from our U13's up and for our new crop of representative juniors to take us forward with their implemented programs.
Again this is a different issue then the one we are currently talking about, but I find it very, very hard to believe that there are no defined juniors pathways that go all the way up from Under 13's to NRL on the CC.
In fact I'm almost certain that you are mistaken, but if not it really isn't the NRL's/clubs fault if the CC RL juniors are unable to convince any NRL clubs to start scouting on the CC or agree to take on CC juniors.
And as for statistical evidence just look at how the attendance figures for NRL games at Bluetongue Stadium have dropped just in the last season, ever since the NRL announced that they wouldn't look at expansion again until the end of 2014. This is what I am talking about.
A drop in attendance in one year where there were drops in attendance all over the board is not a considerable and sustained drop in ratings, attendance, participation, and general community involvement over an extended period of time.
A drop in attendance in one year could be and likely is, a blip on the radar cased by many other factors and again doesn't show a drop in the popularity of RL on the CC.
