Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing is stopping the people who live in that area from supporting the roosters.
Except north shore is not eastern suburbs.
Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing is stopping the people who live in that area from supporting the roosters.
There's no helping you if you honestly believe this stuff.Yes they would be stronger than Perth or Adelaide
and they would have zero issues getting corporates
indeed they would attract corporates who have largely shunned they game
eg Citibank as sponsor
Fixing that problem doesn't require adding more teams to the mix. In fact, if anything adding more teams would only make fixing that problem more complex.and Sydney doesn’t have too many teams that’s just lazy thinking
It has teams in the wrong areas an leaving other parts neglected
Except north shore is not eastern suburbs.
He means in an official sense.Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing is stopping the people who live in that area from supporting the roosters.
Apparently too hard to travel 10km to watch nrl for people in NS lol. The sooner the nrl puts the bears out of their misery and hand the area to the roosters the better for the game in Sydney.
You make it seem like people can’t follow a side from an area which they don’t live in. That is by the way complete nonsense
Other than they are scum... like i said before, its like asking your neighbors to follow manly, or the eels, when you know they are a different breed, im guessing your a tigers supporter... lets say hypothetically tigers are no more, thru their own demise, your friend says thats all good, gonna start following the bulldogs now, come along...Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing is stopping the people who live in that area from supporting the roosters.
Nobody said sponsors like Citibank are avoiding the nrl nowThere's no helping you if you honestly believe this stuff.
I mean you're a level of delusional that I can't even comprehend if you seriously think Citibank's (and/or other similar multinationals) marketing department is boycotting the NRL, or something similar, because the Bears aren't in first grade anymore...
Fixing that problem doesn't require adding more teams to the mix. In fact, if anything adding more teams would only make fixing that problem more complex.
All that needs to happen is the current clubs need to be rearranged into a more sensible layout, and there are clubs perfectly placed to takeover NS without the reintroduction of the Bears.
But again, this is a whole other debate.
Just cut and paste south’s for norths and post this in early 2000Melbourne is massive but the areas the sides are located are tiny in comparison. Carlton, Richmond North Melbourne, Collingwood ect .
You think only people in Richmond follow Richmond?
You don't need to be from an area to support a club, maybe 100 years ago but not today.
Hopefully you live within a commute to see your chosen club play...
North Sydney is within commute to 6 clubs off the top of my head
But North Sydney demands a team
Cowboys supporters travel 400km ffs
If you're only interested in following league when it's on your front door, then you're not a supporter we will miss.
It’s so good the bears did thatHe means in an official sense.
The Bears still run their own juniors and have actively sought to prevent other teams from growing and marketing themselves within their catchment in the past. They've even gone through official channels within the NRL and NSWRL to get them to step in and tell other clubs to piss off on occasion.
That can't be allowed to continue if any other team is going to grow their support base within Northern Sydney in a targeted manner.
What exactly is it that the Bears have that makes you think that there're more attractive to Citibank than any of the NRL sides?Nobody said sponsors like Citibank are avoiding the nrl now
I said having a club like the bears will help attract them
No I haven't...you’ve pretty agreed with all the points I’ve made about the bears value and standing as a club
What's all the more reason? That in your head Citibank, and a bunch of other multinationals, are just shaking with anticipation to throw millions of dollars at the Bears?all the more reason why their addition to Perth will be a benefit and not a disaster as you d claimed
That's not tribalism, that's undermining the future potential of the sport not only in Northern Sydney, but nationally, out of spite, delusions of grandeur, and entitlement.It’s so good the bears did that
that’s tribalism
What do you reckon the odds are of an A list actor and his rich mates coming in to bail the Bears out? What do think are the odds that the Bears would allow themselves to be sold to said actor even if he did appear?Just cut and paste south’s for norths and post this in early 2000
and then see how it turned out
Ahh, but the top tier team is branded & marketed as the SYDNEY Roosters.Except north shore is not eastern suburbs.
Exactly. Some people here forget how woeful Souths were once they were re-admitted - and without the massive capital injection from Crowe & Holmes a Court (and substantial modernizing of their business model) they would likely have stayed a very average club.What do you reckon the odds are of an A list actor and his rich mates coming in to bail the Bears out? What do think are the odds that the Bears would allow themselves to be sold to said actor even if he did appear?
People with hindsight like to make out that keeping the Rabbitohs around was the obvious choice, but that's the thing about hindsight, it's 20/20, and nobody at the time could have predicted that Russel Crowe would come in and turn the club into the entity it is today. Nor could they have predicted, after years of defying substantive change, that the club would have accepted the change necessary to become what they are today.
Keeping their district as a developmental "dead end" because they cling onto the hope that someday they'll get a spot again at the big table?It’s so good the bears did that
that’s tribalism
Carlton has a population of 6,800 and 81k members! The idea you can only atract fans from your Immediate area is nonsense.It's less likely for reasons already stated many times in this thread
Because ns is currently the second cbd in SydneyWhat exactly is it that the Bears have that makes you think that there're more attractive to Citibank than any of the NRL sides?
Is it just that Citibank sponsored them back in the 90s? If so I'll just laugh in your face.
No I haven't...
What's all the more reason? That in your head Citibank, and a bunch of other multinationals, are just shaking with anticipation to throw millions of dollars at the Bears?
You've created a fantasy mate.
That's not tribalism, that's undermining the future potential of the sport not only in Northern Sydney, but nationally, out of spite, delusions of grandeur, and entitlement.
Not only has it hurt the prospects of the sport as a whole, but at times it's hurt the prospects of juniors from the region on an individual basis by making the pathway for them to the NRL significantly harder than the average junior from other parts of Sydney. The Bears have literally done unimaginable damage to the sport they proclaim to love, in the region they proclaim to love, out of an attitude of "if we can't have it then nobody can", and that's disgraceful.
Thankfully, the club isn't currently as bad in those aspects has it has been in the past.
What do you reckon the odds are of an A list actor and his rich mates coming in to bail the Bears out? What do think are the odds that the Bears would allow themselves to be sold to said actor even if he did appear?
People with hindsight like to make out that keeping the Rabbitohs around was the obvious choice, but that's the thing about hindsight, it's 20/20, and nobody at the time could have predicted that Russel Crowe would come in and turn the club into the entity it is today. Nor could they have predicted, after years of defying substantive change, that the club would have accepted the change necessary to become what they are today.
Odds are they are about to get the next nrl licenseKeeping their district as a developmental "dead end" because they cling onto the hope that someday they'll get a spot again at the big table?
Nah, that's just selfish.