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Message: [QUOTE="Ari Gold, post: 2264203, member: 1917"] IMO Stars are champions, and champions want to prove they are the best (there are some exceptions of course, but not too many). You can't now, nor ever be able to do that in Australia, at least not in the sport of Football/Soccer. It's why Bogut plays for the Bucks and not...well I don't even know any NBL teams anymore, but the comparison is pretty apt regardless. As for inspiring youngsters (which is slightly tangential to your point), there's no doubt being successful overseas in an elite league will do more to encourage youngsters than anything they could do staying at home in a crappy league. Young golfers don't want to be the next Brett Rumford or Richard Green. At least so far as Australians go, they'd rather be Adam Scott (and not just because of Ivanovic!). Even Scott has cited Greg Norman as his role model, a man whose achievements are for being an Aussie who succeeded in the big league (in this case tour), not the local one. I don't really think people aspire to be Darren Lockyer or Chris Judd etc. because they play in Australia, but because they are the world's best players playing in the world's best league for their respective sports. [/QUOTE]

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