Red Rocket wrote:BoundaryRider84 wrote:Geez I'm so glad the BLG directors have their heads screwed on. It's nice down here in the Barossa ;-)
All comps have their issues, the BLG is far from perfect.
You have the Gawler sides with colts sides that have big numbers whilst up the road towns are struggling. Atleast 2 of the clubs pay colts footballers aswell and then they get all the college kids come back finals time. Several games this year the opposition had up to a dozen players sitting out whilst we played a couple short. How many colts flags have been won from outside the Gawler teams in the last 5-6 years?
Seniors not much better, teams with paid B graders and 10-15 spare players each week whilst others have to get colts to come up and play 2 games.
Not saying the BLG is perfect mate. It will always be hard for the sides like Kapunda and Freeling to keep players due to employment etc . The Adelaide Plains competition has a rule where players can swap sides etc. Maybe the greedy Gawler sides could do this, I believe tanunda lend you guys players last year.
Smaller towns with no high school will always struggle.