Went to our school's Fathers Day event last Friday, and part of that day involved kids dressong up in their favourite footy colours.
Small rural school. 47 kids.
2 - yes, 2 - wearing Dockers stuff. About 3 wearing local footy club stuff, one forced to wear a Collingwood getup, and, the rest in Eagles colours.
It was terrifying seeing how some parents bring up kids.!
Having said that, try being a 5- 12 yr old kid and follow a team that has a boring, decrepid, low scoring, game style, and struggles to win a third of its games for the past few years.
And there in lies the problem...we've just lost a decade of supporters/members.
Theres gonna have to be a fair old turnaround , and its gotta be done pretty promptly, in order to get some of these kiddies to take off the blue&gold stuff, and put the purple on.
In fact, Knowing 5-12 yr olds as we all do, its highly unlikely to happen.
Well done RoLy!