Are you saying that you would prefer it Adelaide never joined the AFL and 'ruined' the SANFL? Crowds fell from mean 15,000 to 3000. What about West Coast/Fremantle where crowds in the WAFL plunged 80%? People want the best competition available. At one time it was the state league, now it's the national league. So fricken what.
I don't think anyone here is going to deny that Edelsten et al cocked it up with Sydney big time, but to compare 1970/80's VFL to 2010 AFL is apples with oranges. In the 1970's it was the haves and the have nots, and South was in the latter (along with Fitzroy, Footscray, St Kilda, Melbourne). The Salary Cap and Draft didn't even start to equalise the playing field until the 1990's, and if you weren't living in Victoria at the time you've not seen the ads running pleading for donations to keep the clubs afloat. South moved to Sydney and nearly died regardless, but came through and history says came through stronger. Nowadays the AFL doesn't bat an eyelid before giving money to clubs to prop them up. What has GWS been through? A corporate think-tank? The AFL's hoops? I'm sure that was really tough for you. Go get some history and purpose to your club before you start bashing the legacy of others.
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