I just think it is abundantly clear that there is not the level of interest at this stage to sustain GWS. For starters, most AFL fans in Sydney already have a team to support, they have been around for over 30 years and are called the Sydney Swans.
Therefore GWS need to secure a new untapped market. Now I don't think we have been that deficient in that area that there are 10-20,000 fans we have ignored so they need to create converts to the game in their own backyard where most people who are not AFL fans are either bolted on NRL or Western Sydney Wanderers fans.
They have massively misjudged how hard the Sydney market will be to crack.
I'd love to see two strong Sydney teams with strong genuine supporter bases. I certainly welcome the long overdue junior development of the Academies that we have been crying out for for years.
I think that conservatively that GWS will take 20+ years to be viable and to have a genuine supporter base. Is the AFL in for the long haul when you have short sighted muppets like Eddie McGuire holding such sway? I genuinely hope I am wrong but I can see a rocky road ahead for that franchise and I think an ACT relocation will happen at about the 10 year mark
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