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Certainly wasn't pleasant in a variety of ways. It was when I had just moved back from England as well so I didn't have the shared AFL/NRL culture having been playing the boring football for a number of years.
Yeah that's the point. I understand that travel has to be different for higher divs but there are people who can't really commit the time bubble necessary even for div 5 or 6, which in other sports would be a very local level. This is just something I noticed for my personal needs and I don't...
The worst part honestly is how there isn't localised competition. Every other large sport does that for a reason. I planned on playing footy on account of local clubs being closer than my former sport, fencing, which is in the city. If I have to play Dukes etc that will be counterproductive.
Agreed. I'm potentially one of said guys. The issue I have, however, is that while I grew up on union I can't really get behind how its run in Australia as a whole (classist elitism is one of my big issues politically) and I don't think badly of union clubs even at a high level but I'm not sure...