Xman wrote:Raiderdave wrote:a Worry ...
the AFL's average crowd in SE QLD dropped from 29K to 19K in one year
It WILL drop again in 2012
& again in 2013
the Lions won't go anywhere while the AFL continues to give all the draft preferences to GWS & the Thuns
& they're wasted on the Thuns who will be bottom 4 for some years to come
if they both stay above 15K average crowds . it will be a miracle
the Broncos will continue their increase in memberships .. & attendances ( they'll hit 40K av attendance & 25K members in a few years )
they'll handle the AFL in SE Qld by themselves
add the Titans & Bombers ( from 2015) & RL will see off yr silly little victorian sport
once n for all
All speculation.
Lock it in Eddie. Let's see if it happens.
The average crowd for afl in qld was always going to drop with a brand new expansion team and the lions traveling so badly. The afl would have accounted for this and wouldnt be concerned in the slightest. However if the lions were making the finals and the crowds were dropping then they may have concerns.
But irrespective of the averages more people are attending and watching AFL in QLD than ever before, and be quite a decent margin.
Yeah baby!
theres only a limited amount of **** ex pat ******** to go around ...
its just a smoke n mirrors exercise from the AFL to claim an improvement in the codes position , again
dopey AFL fans will lap it up
if the same were to occur in the NRL .. its far smarter .. far more discerning fans would ask
what did we pay for this " modest " improvement ?
clubs entiteld to draft preferences .. denied these
the AFL allowing a larger salary cap to the thuns this year & last & GWS too, so they can take struggling clubs talent off them ... even if these clubs could find the extra dough to keep their talent .. they couldn't use it ...as it would have exceeded the salary cap
I mean .. What the F
so no prospects of improvement in their standing on the ladder .. & none in 2012 either
oh
& a $40 million dollar bill too
yeah
the NRL HQ would be burning as we speak .. if they pulled that cr@p on its fans
AFL fans .. dopey mongs