Seyfarth is my new avatar.
I think changing the name would be completely and utterly stupid however if that was initiated from the Balmain side I would still support the JV team. If the club did it themselves I would stop supporting league period.
Let's be honest neither team is in the NRL anymore. There is a Wests Tigers team in the NRL. They get plenty of support in the inner west and they are actually based there. I drive past the facilities regularly. The fans consistently turn up to Leichardt. We also play out of Lidcombe in the lower grades.
I don't want to take anything away from Campbelltown. The south-west are a huge part of this team. I would even be happy with all games being at Campbelltown but I don't think that is the right decision.
I cannot fathom how stupid these morons are who continue to go on about this stuff.
I'd support Weststigers with their current identity no matter where they played.
If I had to, I would support all the games if they played at CS providing the jerseys had equal colours of white back and gold and the name stayed Wests Tigers, forever.
I could relate to that. I'd even support them if they relocated to the central coast or interstate, as long as the name stayed the same and the majority of the players relocated to help maintain our identity. Eventually time would heal.
Of course being a Balmain boy I'd rather LO but I'm also a realist.
What I won't do is support the name change from Wests Tigers to Western Suburbs. It's not because I don't like Western Suburbs it just not a team I follow or have ever followed.... and that goes for our current pathways and KOE sides. I have an interest only as they are our reserve grade and development teams, that's it.
I don't want to sound disrespectful to our magpie brothers and sisters. Our families have split up and we have left home so to speak, we are standing on our "Wests Tigers feet"
If West Tigers fold I'll be supporting cousin Norm Provan's teams Saints and Sharks, if they are in the finals, but from week to week I'd probably follow Brisbane Easts Tigers.