marbles wrote:playing for a footy club isnt free, ya gotta pay up to play ie membership fees & subs
without this revenue, clubs wouldnt exist
now if your a committee that has decided "well we'll take your money to play with us, but you gonna get zero success here cos we aint gonna make sacrifices to provide u with a chance of the ultimate success, we'll just take your money so we can survive and your gonna get lots of disapointment here buddy
isnt that a betrayel to the commitment of the client? isnt that poor customer service?
if your in a pool of juggernauts where your no chance of success for next decade, and down the road theres a whole other pool of battlers who play the game at a level you can compete, then isnt it an obligation on behalf of your clients to go play with the boys who are your own size? else if this whole time your committee ignores this alternative for a decade of disapointment, shouldnt every player be refunded due to failure to provide the best footballing environment possible in the area
otherwise your just like a water bottle company who making u pay for spring water and all the client recieves is crappy tap water
Your argument is so flawed it beggars belief, even a quick glance at the teams in Div 7 shows that half the league is in the Northern Suburbs. Your suggestion that Aldinga would be better playing these teams is ridiculous! How many supporters will travel out the other side of town to watch these games and how many opposition supporters will put money over the bar/bbq if they have to travel to Aldinga for the 2 games played on a Saturday?
This is without going into the financials of match fees and cost of travel, which is what any good committee would also weigh up, before making such a decision.
Then you can look at the juniors which will lose that connection with the club and seeing people they look up to playing week in week out before joining them in later years. Even if Aldinga's juniors went to MSJFL there closest home game would be down the hill which would make playing for Willunga/Myponga juniors even more attractive to them or their parents.
If only I had something remotely interesting to do at work I wouldn't bother wasting my time with your deluded ideas.