Ryan, the protest is being done not to hurt the club.
It is to serve as a wake up call to the owners and management whom in recent times have made decisions which are actually hurting the club.
It is not a go at the sponsor.
If you can't see why talking the last game of the season to Auckland is hurting the club then i don't quite know what to say
There is a time when to bring meaningful change people need to get angry and upset
Being a little despondent will just mean decisions like this keep on reoccurring.
If they reoccur and fans continue to be pissed off, then you may not have a club to support.
Then you may look at your inaction and actually get angry