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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2310143, member: 1764"] I'm not so sure the region can support 3 SUCCESSFUL teams (by successful I mean average crowds equal to or better than the current crowds the Broncos and Titans get, plus memberships, sponsorship etc etc). It simply has to be remembered that SE Qld has competition from Aussie Rules (2 teams from next year) and Rugby Union (Reds are resurgent). In reality that means there's already 5 elite regional sports teams in SE QLD. While there are people who enjoy league, union and AFL, few would fork out money to support more than one team. The problem in NSW is saturation of the market. They have 10 NRL clubs from Newcastle to Wollongong to Penrith, they have the Waratards, and they have the Swans and soon the GWS team as well in AFL. That's 13 elite teams in an area that's about the equivalent of Coolangatta to Noosa to Ipswich. And look at how badly some of the NRL teams are doing by comparison. Sydney/Newcastle should be reducing their teams to at most 7 (including Central Coast Bears if they get in), and league should be looking to break into a new market such as Perth or Darwin. As I said earlier in the thread, you could look at a team at the Sunshine Coast or even Central Queensland, but even then I'm not convinced they would be viable. [/QUOTE]

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