So, ignoring my points about the same problems in the men’s game particularly at the most recent expansion clubs (20Legend certainly did!), is it a given that the women’s game is being subsidised by the men’s?
In fact, substantially subsidised, to the point where at least one and a half of us believe we should bail out on the women’s game before we hit the mountains of men’s league failure?
Leaving out arguments that a stadium ready women’s game might be harmed by playing hookey kookey with the product availability, equity or even moral arguments about the inter generational marketing advantage the men’s game had by not being banned for many decades, let’s deal in reality.
It’s hard to understand that if the women’s game was losing so much, that scrapping it would make the A league men’s successful, why WelNix would invest so much in coaching and playing staff this season. They’ve surely increased their investment this season. They’ll want return on that investment in reality, as well as lala land.
I understand it’s a tough environment for football, but are Newcastle, Brisbane, MacArthur or Western United going to get greater attendances for the men by cutting the women’s game? Is Vic going to forget the NSW grand final purchase and subsequent banning of fans?
Victory last season had 12, 874 average compared with 27,260 a decade ago and around 20k half a decade ago. That’ll convince them to come back? A bit of Ratcliffe style reality? Fire a few tea ladies and women’s footballers?
It’s great to heroically save football, but I’m not sure it’ll be done just by returning it to a Masonic lodge with Harper and Slater at the front door.
In fact, substantially subsidised, to the point where at least one and a half of us believe we should bail out on the women’s game before we hit the mountains of men’s league failure?
Leaving out arguments that a stadium ready women’s game might be harmed by playing hookey kookey with the product availability, equity or even moral arguments about the inter generational marketing advantage the men’s game had by not being banned for many decades, let’s deal in reality.
It’s hard to understand that if the women’s game was losing so much, that scrapping it would make the A league men’s successful, why WelNix would invest so much in coaching and playing staff this season. They’ve surely increased their investment this season. They’ll want return on that investment in reality, as well as lala land.
I understand it’s a tough environment for football, but are Newcastle, Brisbane, MacArthur or Western United going to get greater attendances for the men by cutting the women’s game? Is Vic going to forget the NSW grand final purchase and subsequent banning of fans?
Victory last season had 12, 874 average compared with 27,260 a decade ago and around 20k half a decade ago. That’ll convince them to come back? A bit of Ratcliffe style reality? Fire a few tea ladies and women’s footballers?
It’s great to heroically save football, but I’m not sure it’ll be done just by returning it to a Masonic lodge with Harper and Slater at the front door.