why would crowd averages HAVE to be down at the half way mark ?TLPG wrote:Raider, you're making a fool of yourself. Of course it's going to look like the crowds are down after Round 11! Watch the average jump back up during the finals! 10% down indeed! You're dreaming! Even if it did drop by that much it'd still be beating the NRL! That's how far ahead the AFL is! I agree the average will dip slightly when West Sydney come in, but that would happen in the NRL as well with a new team in a non rugby area - like if you tried to get into Adelaide or Perth again!
Same goes for you, Pussycat. Neither side have played Collingwood (always a big draw), and the Swans are playing them at Homebush as they usually do rather than the SCG.
aggregate yes ( obviously
) but by average .. no thats an indicator they're down .. plain n simple
& NRL averages go through the roof at finals time too
from 16K to nearly 40K in 2010
the Swans hadn't played Collingwood this time last year either ... that won't make any difference to the current " massive " fall in attendances for the Swans
