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Message: [QUOTE="barker, post: 2884192, member: 1830"] Am I “over” the Broncos? No, I guess the Broncos will always be my team. I might try and tell myself that I don’t care anymore but if I don’t care, why does it still hurt 3 days after Friday’s dismal ending? I AM “over” the way the game is run by the NRL and how it affects the Broncos and I worry about the direction the Broncos are taking (but that’s another story). I am absolutely sick to death of watching the Broncos have to fight with one hand tied behind their backs during State of Origin and the players come back as a spent force for the rest of the season. We’re not the only ones to have to do it but we’ve been carrying the State of Origin team for a long time and Melbourne and North Queensland have only recently started to share the load. I stopped following or watching State of Origin about 7 years ago because I hate how it has cruelled our premiership chances year after year. We always seem to meet our bogie teams, the Warriors and Storm during State of Origin, we almost always plummet down the ladder and then we have to scrape and claw to make the finals. I am a season ticket holder and I struggle to retain interest in the NRL competition during SOO. I like to see young rookies get a shot at the NRL but how is it fair to send a patched-up or busted Broncos side to NZ to take on a full strength Warriors side who smash us?? I AM “over” the NRL’s decision to abolish the NYC Under 20’s competition and fail to replace it with any other sort of ‘reserve grade’ competition. One of the highlights for me as a Broncos supporter has always been following our junior development. We get to Suncorp Stadium when gates open and watch every minute of the under 20’s game. We go to early season trial matches, we go to a few Q Cup games every year to watch Broncos feeder teams and we went to Maroochydore this year to watch the Storm v Broncos under 20s game. I phoned the Broncos Membership team recently and asked what games would be played before the NRL games in 2018 and was told they weren’t sure, maybe some Intrust Super Cup Games or some University competition games or some junior games. They had no answer to my question, “Why should I pay the same amount of money for a season ticket when there’s only one game of interest to me?” It would be much easier for me to forgo the 3 hour round trip to Suncorp Stadium and watch the game from my couch if there’s only one game on offer. The only comeback the Membership Team had was that “there’s a great atmosphere attending a live game”. I know it’s not the Broncos fault but it just makes me more disillusioned with the game in general. Spleen vented. I need to go and hibernate for the off season. [/QUOTE]

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