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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 180355"><p>I read alot of the website 'The Roar' where many journalist types mingle with the common people about such issues as the growth of soccer, they have spoke on the website about it and have done so in a few newspaper articles as well, plus Fox Sports News always has analysts speaking about the growth of the A League.</p><p></p><p>A League is already expanding into the same places Aussie Rules is trying to get into, but a few seasons before Aussie Rules is, into areas where Rugby League usually resides....Union has too much corporate dollars in it to weaken any more, it's at a low point already and to be honest over West it is going from strength to strenght despite the fact alot of Eastern States journalists claim we are in as much of a dire state as they are. </p><p></p><p>As for being viewed as a European immigrant sport. I don't know over East but I know in WA despite our team being the worst team in the league (and no one really caring about the team much) the interest in the foreign leagues, particularly the EPL has grown ten fold since the World Cup. I was at a little section in the casino at 11pm Sunday night where there was a screen showing the Liverpool game and there was about 100 of AUSTRALIANS glued to the set, cheering and jumping every goal, glued to every moment....this NEVER used to happen in WA, to say the game isn't becoming more popular is just ignorant...and since the A League has taken away the ethnic loyalties many Australians feel comfortable about the new teams and the A League has a clear plan to grow a much larger market in Australia.</p><p></p><p>Australia is losing much of its Australian-ness, being influenced by the world more, and people travel more, where in the past they wouldn't even leave thier state....it won't happen over night but Football is on the rise, and just because it isn't at the moment, why can it not be a dominant sport? [/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Well I've only been to Perth on brief stints, so I've never been their long enough to gauge it's sporting culture that well. I've spent more time in Melbourne probably. </p><p></p><p>But in any case I never said that it wasn't getting more popular, but pointed out that League and AFL haven't exactly stagnated. But you're right, Perth does sound quite different from Sydney (though in all honesty having everyone glued to the premier league is kinda depressing if you ask me... and how is it ever going to be dominant if everyone is only interested in the foreign competitions?) . In Sydney we have 9 Rugby League clubs, a major Super 14 franchise and an AFL team that have all been entrenched much longer than soccer, so soccer still feels more of a niche sport in Sydney... nothing close to dominant. Down in Melbourne, where soccer is a solid fan base thanks largely to the greeks, the majority of the population are still absolutely AFL mad... it's just totally on a different level to soccer. </p><p></p><p>That's what I mean you see. I never said "it couldn't be", just that I personally don't see it happening... Soccer is also growing in the United States, but to think it would ever over-take the NFL is more than a little hopeful.</p><p></p><p>As for the analysts, well if you're looking at articles related to soccer and the A-League and journalists who follow it, then of course they're going to talk it up, it's basically their job to do so. Those guys get very involved in the scene and essentially become pundits for the sport.</p><p></p><p>But in all honesty I don't get why anyone would be in hurry to become another soccer dominated nation anyway... what's so great about uniformity? Sounds bloody booring to me. You get this feeling from the soccer zealots in Aus that if we don't all start following soccer, then it's like we've pulled out of the UN or something because it's "the world game".</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 180355"] I read alot of the website 'The Roar' where many journalist types mingle with the common people about such issues as the growth of soccer, they have spoke on the website about it and have done so in a few newspaper articles as well, plus Fox Sports News always has analysts speaking about the growth of the A League. A League is already expanding into the same places Aussie Rules is trying to get into, but a few seasons before Aussie Rules is, into areas where Rugby League usually resides....Union has too much corporate dollars in it to weaken any more, it's at a low point already and to be honest over West it is going from strength to strenght despite the fact alot of Eastern States journalists claim we are in as much of a dire state as they are. As for being viewed as a European immigrant sport. I don't know over East but I know in WA despite our team being the worst team in the league (and no one really caring about the team much) the interest in the foreign leagues, particularly the EPL has grown ten fold since the World Cup. I was at a little section in the casino at 11pm Sunday night where there was a screen showing the Liverpool game and there was about 100 of AUSTRALIANS glued to the set, cheering and jumping every goal, glued to every moment....this NEVER used to happen in WA, to say the game isn't becoming more popular is just ignorant...and since the A League has taken away the ethnic loyalties many Australians feel comfortable about the new teams and the A League has a clear plan to grow a much larger market in Australia. Australia is losing much of its Australian-ness, being influenced by the world more, and people travel more, where in the past they wouldn't even leave thier state....it won't happen over night but Football is on the rise, and just because it isn't at the moment, why can it not be a dominant sport? [/b][/quote] Well I've only been to Perth on brief stints, so I've never been their long enough to gauge it's sporting culture that well. I've spent more time in Melbourne probably. But in any case I never said that it wasn't getting more popular, but pointed out that League and AFL haven't exactly stagnated. But you're right, Perth does sound quite different from Sydney (though in all honesty having everyone glued to the premier league is kinda depressing if you ask me... and how is it ever going to be dominant if everyone is only interested in the foreign competitions?) . In Sydney we have 9 Rugby League clubs, a major Super 14 franchise and an AFL team that have all been entrenched much longer than soccer, so soccer still feels more of a niche sport in Sydney... nothing close to dominant. Down in Melbourne, where soccer is a solid fan base thanks largely to the greeks, the majority of the population are still absolutely AFL mad... it's just totally on a different level to soccer. That's what I mean you see. I never said "it couldn't be", just that I personally don't see it happening... Soccer is also growing in the United States, but to think it would ever over-take the NFL is more than a little hopeful. As for the analysts, well if you're looking at articles related to soccer and the A-League and journalists who follow it, then of course they're going to talk it up, it's basically their job to do so. Those guys get very involved in the scene and essentially become pundits for the sport. But in all honesty I don't get why anyone would be in hurry to become another soccer dominated nation anyway... what's so great about uniformity? Sounds bloody booring to me. You get this feeling from the soccer zealots in Aus that if we don't all start following soccer, then it's like we've pulled out of the UN or something because it's "the world game". [/QUOTE]
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