Originally Posted by
SPaRTAN
I just dont get why they keep going on about the shute shield. It would be an absolute disgrace if it become the tier below test rugby. We do not need the shute shield to become great again, the shute shield is just a local state comp, nothing more, nothing less, its New South Wales equivalent of the Pindan cup, and thats all it should ever be.
What we need is a proper 2nd tier NATIONAL comp, whether these be franchises/ clubs, who cares, it just needs to be national so our feeder comps (Shute shield and Pindan Premiership) can provide pro players to service the national clubs/franchises in a proper national comp.
He is deluded if he thinks the answer to the National problem is the shute shield, the shute shield is just a problem for NSW and for them to develop pro players, I dont want anything to do with it, and I'll never watch it whilst I live in WA because I support our local comps.
The shute shield is merely the equivalent of WAFL or SANFL and it should forever remain that way!
This is the problem with the East coast trying to fix this problem, all they ever come up with is eastcoast centric ideas, they completely fail to recognise Australia is Australia and NSW is just a small little corner in an enormous country that really doesn't have much relevance to the rest of us.