Booney wrote:csbowes wrote:
The members of the clubs failed to make them accountable.
I'd be almost certain no one at Sturt grilled the board at the AGM, hardly anyone ever did, people just don't care.
Probably true in some cases, not in others. Fair to say though the general anger felt on these pages didn't permeate through the memberships of all the clubs to the point of boards having no choice but to vote no.
UK and Centurions campaign certainly made the Bulldog staff sit up and take notice (along with the police as Weslo
) but it seems more people shrugged their shoulders than those that picked up the phone or punched out an email stating their position.
Agree, while the passion is still there and I know of many people who were very anti the no vote but remained silent due to being uneasy about a backlash (eg weslo Centurian incident) and the fact that football on the weekends nowadays is not the bee knees. We live in a society where there is now shitloads to do on weekends etc (nightclubs open wes-sun, shops and trades open 7 days a week, working weekends, lots of ammo and country sport to watch, cost of living etc etc)
It's easier to remain silent and walk away to something else than it is to fight what to some looked a lost cause
I have stuck to my guns and will only be taking a home membership out, will go to home games except the Crows home game, will head to Noarlunga and at absolute most Norwood Friday night away (cricket club is running a mini bus including parade pub crawl, will get smashed before going in and won't spend a cent in the ground) and West away (samudogs first game back from England in 3 years big welcome back party that day)