Quote Originally Posted by unconfuseme View Post
Simple question ... is SU good for the SAFL competitions in it's current format?
Yes.

Imagine how boring this forum would be if the only thing we had to whinge about was St George's fly in fly out program and them complaining about everyone else to try to manage the competition down to a level where they can finally win one!!

There is still a genuine problem to solve re Sydney Uni being able to use the NEAFL program as a lure to transfer players from other SAFL clubs to Sydney Uni at SAFL level, but fix that and I don't have a problem with it.

Getting this fixed will actually help everyone in the long run, including Sydney Uni's NEAFL program.

If clubs are less reluctant to promote the NEAFL program to their players for fear of them being converted to Sydney Uni players, like some have been in the past, then Sydney Uni are more likely to get the best kids in Sydney into the NEAFL squad. So they get a stronger squad and if the NEAFL squad has plenty of players from SAFL clubs, when those guys don't get a NEAFL game, they won't go back to Sydney Uni prems.

So make it impossible for players going into the NEAFL program from other clubs to ever play for Sydney Uni at prem div level and then get the best young players in Sydney into the squad - problem solved. Then we'll have to find something else to whinge about.