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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 296562"><p>If you were from Melbourne, why would you get excited about a team that plays a maximum of 8 home games every year when you can watch the Storm play every week.</p><p></p><p>Australia really suffers from not having a Currie/ ANZ Cup. They're competitions that have a high standard and actually last the whole season.</p><p></p><p>The Aussies need to make a choice. </p><p></p><p>1) They reintroduce the domestic competition (ARC) and invest in it. Even if they have to recruit weaker players to make up the numbers. Standards and crowds will improve over time - look at rugby in England (which isn't as popular as it may seem).</p><p></p><p>or</p><p></p><p>2) They do what Scotland did, and admit that player and supporter numbers aren't enough to support too many teams.</p><p></p><p>Either way, I really hope this franchise does work out. But I think they should be called Victoria, not Melbourne, so they actually fit with the other teams' names.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 296562"] If you were from Melbourne, why would you get excited about a team that plays a maximum of 8 home games every year when you can watch the Storm play every week. Australia really suffers from not having a Currie/ ANZ Cup. They're competitions that have a high standard and actually last the whole season. The Aussies need to make a choice. 1) They reintroduce the domestic competition (ARC) and invest in it. Even if they have to recruit weaker players to make up the numbers. Standards and crowds will improve over time - look at rugby in England (which isn't as popular as it may seem). or 2) They do what Scotland did, and admit that player and supporter numbers aren't enough to support too many teams. Either way, I really hope this franchise does work out. But I think they should be called Victoria, not Melbourne, so they actually fit with the other teams' names. [/QUOTE]
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