And of course everyone ignores Doust agreeing with him.
It is the way of the future.
And what I find interesting is people stubbornly refuse to let go of suburban grounds even though they are economically inefficient because of historical reasons. Yet people have no problem with pissing on historical jerseys and historical clubs. We only have have 3 teams that exist from pre WW2. And jerseys change year to year let alone decade to decade.
IMO the team and the jersey are the most important thing, what suburb they play in is a distant third. Yet we're ok with pissing on historic teams like we did to Norths, Wests, Balmain, St George and almost did to Souths. And we're ok with pissing on many iconic historical jerseys.
But the moment someone suggests doing away with rustbacket stadiums, everyone gets hysterical.
The best footy i've watched is at the suburban grounds like Parra, Cronulla, Kogarah, Wollongong etc. The 2 sydney stadiums to me don't feel right to watch ya team. It's ok for Roosters, Souths and Bulldogs because they're their HOME stadiums!!!! What sets us apart from the AFL is because we still keep traditional grounds and keep that feel to the game around!
There is nothing better then going to a packed out Parra and cheering on your team!
Or a packed Kogarah against Dragons the atmosphere is awesome.
Go to ANZ and to me the atmosphere is almost non-existent!
How would a crowd look at ANZ for a game between Wests Tigers and Parra at the moment? seriously! both teams not going great and chucking them into a stadium that holds 80k...will you fill it? no.
Have it at Cambelltown or Parra and those few fans will almost fill the thing and make the atmosphere that much better!
Keep Rugby League how it is!
