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Of course clubs that aren't successful will see a drop off - AFL clubs are far less likely to feel the ongoing impacts of that financially though.Victory crowd averages were boosted by derby crowds at marvel, Perth 5 years ago was when they were flying under Poppa so naturally attracted bigger crowds. Roar have really dropped off but they've had a run of lack of success. Pretty sure Richmond's crowds will have a similar drop off.
The crowds aren't surging, but those %s are on 10 years ago, not 5 years ago. The crowds when taking out those outliers are pretty stable which doesn't suggest the death spiral you seem to think.
As I started with, WUN finally moving into a home and Macarthur this season showing some positive signs, but both expansion clubs were hand-picked by the FA, the organisation you think would better run the league.
They're not pretty stable, that's the point. You've gone from crowds are higher to crowds are stable - even that's not true across the league. Crowds are down. That cannot be argued otherwise, the data is sitting there and proves that. Some clubs have been able to hold their own but the league overall is down.
It is too early to tell with WU, we'll have to see how they go in the new joint ongoing. Macarthur will always struggle.
The FA is far from perfect but the league was at it's strongest when they were running it. This current mob I have zero faith in.