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Message: [QUOTE="LittleDavey, post: 3667993, member: 8255"] Genuinely think I'm done with the NRL after this season after 30-something years. I've always said that I don't support the NRL (due to NSW bias etc) and the bullshit 6-again etc has completely ruined it for me. When I can sit and watch any old game on the weekend and see blindingly incorrect calls, while not even being able to understand why the **** half of the 6-agains are called in tackles that look no different to others, and guys are getting sent off for high shots when the bloke's head is around their knees... This is not the game I grew up loving. I have always said that despite not supporting the NRL as an organisation, I DO support the Broncos. But it's gotten to the point that I don't think I can do that anymore. The club's values - on display by the type of players they put money into, the type of players they let go and the type of football they play - no longer align with mine. The club no longer demands excellence and to be fair, hasn't for a long time. The club doesn't appear to care...so why should I? Footy is a tribal game, it taps into that deep-seated "us vs them" built into us all, but when I can no longer respect "us" as an organisation then why would I want to fight for "us"? If that makes me "not a real fan" then you can stick my club apparel up your arse. The club bleeds mediocrity and shows zero signs of wanting to improve on that. They seem happy to rest on the success of 20 years ago because win or lose, the fans keep coming and the merch keeps selling and the business keeps ticking over regardless. There is no 'need' to strive for more and idk, same can probably be said for a few of the players too, they've 'made it' in the big league and are on a squillion dollars and there doesn't seem to be consequences for them if they phone it in. The club reeks from top to bottom and I can't stand it. I'm bitterly disappointed about the year but again - as I've been saying all fucking year - nothing is changing, either on OR off the field. Storm went around and through our edges - again - same as Titans, same as Bulldogs, same as...a dozen other games this year. I can't support an organisation that either couldn't be fucked, or doesn't know what to do. The club is as inept as the NRL IMO and that's where I think I will pull the pin. They're not even trying to give the fans something to hope for, so I'm not going to waste my energy anymore. I'll probably reneg and tune back in but I certainly won't be as invested as I have been my whole life. Feels like a friend has slowly lost the plot over the course of the year and has now passed away. EDIT - Forgot to add, unless the club rings in changes from top to bottom, Redcliffe will be the premier Brisbane club in, I predict, 5 or so years. [/QUOTE]

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