You basically said they were soley potraying a white, rich corporate image. Them totally ignoring anything Polynesian or Maori.
They have been around 5 mins. The Nix have been around 17 years, and have years to get looking nice in the cultural imagery, bilingual space etc. Yet they are not perfect. Lets be brutally honest they have only a small supporter base in the Wellington Polynesian community, and very few players have come through from that community. It is what it is.
But it might well be that in that space AFC do it better, despite having a rich 'white' owner. Can see AFC throwing considerable money at local talent workshops, scholarships, buses from Manurewa AFC to Mt Smart on match days etc etc etc. Just because they will likely have more cash than the Nix. And Auckland is yes again a more multi cultural city than Welly, with a much bigger talent base of local kids from non pakeha backgrounds.
So I'd reserve judgements on AFC ignoring those communities. It might well be that's it quite the opposite, as time goes on - and they have again been around a matter of months getting busy with starting a club from scratch. I'd judge them by the actual work they do in those communities over time, real meaningful stuff. Not just some pretty images on a website or some nice flowery mission statement. Maybe it's just me but Corica taking the time to head out to Clendon FC on a cold autumn mid week night is actually more tangible, than plastering some Te Reo stuff on social media. But again maybe that's just me.
They have been around 5 mins. The Nix have been around 17 years, and have years to get looking nice in the cultural imagery, bilingual space etc. Yet they are not perfect. Lets be brutally honest they have only a small supporter base in the Wellington Polynesian community, and very few players have come through from that community. It is what it is.
But it might well be that in that space AFC do it better, despite having a rich 'white' owner. Can see AFC throwing considerable money at local talent workshops, scholarships, buses from Manurewa AFC to Mt Smart on match days etc etc etc. Just because they will likely have more cash than the Nix. And Auckland is yes again a more multi cultural city than Welly, with a much bigger talent base of local kids from non pakeha backgrounds.
So I'd reserve judgements on AFC ignoring those communities. It might well be that's it quite the opposite, as time goes on - and they have again been around a matter of months getting busy with starting a club from scratch. I'd judge them by the actual work they do in those communities over time, real meaningful stuff. Not just some pretty images on a website or some nice flowery mission statement. Maybe it's just me but Corica taking the time to head out to Clendon FC on a cold autumn mid week night is actually more tangible, than plastering some Te Reo stuff on social media. But again maybe that's just me.