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Message: [QUOTE="Mustafur, post: 3461480, member: 10189"] Grassroots stuff is a bit misleading, RL has always been way down compared to other sports in that area because of the contact and mums especially being the gatekeeper for the kid to play, but the interest in the sport is as high as ever, the exact opposite applies to soccer(high participation low asf interested in watching it at least domestically). It's changing a bit with soccer with the boost of the premier league but how many parents would let there kid watch that shit at the **** off time it plays at, everyone in every sport here talks about league even when they are not playing, it's strange as **** but that's how it works(similar shit happens in the US with NFL interest compared to the higher participation rates of soccer). I would say today is better then ever to have your kid in league, the probability to make it pro is higher then ever, and probably one of the highest of any sport especially in this country, I think it's proven in how many 2nd generation or more players are making it in first grade, usually that is reserved more for Motor racing which has the highest barriers of entry(money). Imo RL needs to do way more to build up the touch game, I think skills learned there are much better to prepare for being a pro than contact(atleast pre under 15) which is usually soo defensive orientated and heavily favours the early growers over the actually skilled ones anyway(big reason why the modern game is lacking quality 7s and 9s). I guess I can't have that much of a say as someone who has lived in both QLD and NSW about the same amount of time, but I think when it comes to sport atleast culturally they are the same when it comes to this, they are interested in sports the same or similar with league being the clear dominant. [/QUOTE]

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