Chaz Pendlebury
15 May 2008, 10:11
Jack Niall hits the nail on the head with a very good analogy....
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/the-west-sydney-team-could-be-a-disaster/2008/05/14/1210764953263.html
Gold coast team - for sure. Give the other team to the Tasmanians
18 teams, create a fair draw while you're at it.
VFL / AFL history is one of rare stability. 110 years, one team out right extinct, one relocated, one at worst absorbed into a club in another state but still maintaining at the very least part of its identity. 60 years of no new teams then, over time, 4 teams added into two medium size cities with a long tradition in the game. two teams added into the 1st and third biggest cities without a tradition that took decades, much pain, alot of resources to take hold (worth it or sure).
Aussie rules is chip leader now, it is under no threat of survival. Plunging resources into Western Sydney is for more likely to fail than succeed, and the failure is more likely to be far more costly at a number of levels than the more marginal payoff of the unlikely success.
What are they thinking?
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/the-west-sydney-team-could-be-a-disaster/2008/05/14/1210764953263.html
Gold coast team - for sure. Give the other team to the Tasmanians
18 teams, create a fair draw while you're at it.
VFL / AFL history is one of rare stability. 110 years, one team out right extinct, one relocated, one at worst absorbed into a club in another state but still maintaining at the very least part of its identity. 60 years of no new teams then, over time, 4 teams added into two medium size cities with a long tradition in the game. two teams added into the 1st and third biggest cities without a tradition that took decades, much pain, alot of resources to take hold (worth it or sure).
Aussie rules is chip leader now, it is under no threat of survival. Plunging resources into Western Sydney is for more likely to fail than succeed, and the failure is more likely to be far more costly at a number of levels than the more marginal payoff of the unlikely success.
What are they thinking?