Would some Queenslander please answer this for me: how big would Sydney crowds have to be (on average) to not be classified as too low, pathtetic, Sydneysiders not supporting their team etc etc? What is the figure, and on what basis do you set that particular figure?
Mate, at least you have intelligence.
Thankyou for the question.
Its not a thing about aggregates between the cities.
What really matters is the attendence at individual games. And i am not saying this because the broncos average 30k and no other team does....its not as simple as that. The crowds at individual games matter, not agregates because the individuals at the games experience only the game they are at...
i mean who here really gets a 'buzz' when you hear the total agregate for the round was 50k higher in sydney....lol....thats pretty pathetic. plus no one has multi-dimensional experiences across nrl grounds....
In my opinion sydney would need to average 25-35,000 per game each for atmosphere, respectability and profitability purposes.
My whole thing about less sydney teams (over time, not tommorow) is that the whole 25-35k thing is possible, but not for everyone perhaps, and even if that was the case, the time and effort/money spent to do it would be enormously inefficient for the state of nsw and the teams of nsw....its money better spent elsewhere on development, etc.
