One of the better comments in response to the Matt Burke article:
"I'm a life member of the Waratahs. I pay dearly but gladly for the privilege. I have turned up to preseason games, paid huge sums for a beer, sat for hours in parking lots, donned blue jerseys to show my support for a team that I once watched demolish Wales from the banks of Concord. Therefore I feel that I have invested enough materially and psychologically to have an opinion and it is that the booing last week points to something far more disturbing than a one-off hiccup against the Cheetahs. It was a manifestation of the frustration that fans feel as a result of the total disdain that NSWRU has for its fan base. It's beyond the price gouging, the free-to-air lockout (oh sorry, forgot about the primetime highlights package at 12am), the perennial disappointment at the performances etc. It's the fact that the NSWRU have taken a team that once played with passion for their state, slapped a brand on it, charged like bulls for the privilege of watching them and called it a business model. I revere those who play at the Super level, the toughest rugby competition in the world, but I deplore those who oversee them. My 'boos' last week were at them and I will argue against any person who says I was wrong to do so."
Matt you noted that we should have given them the silent treatment. Well I have marvelled on more than one occasion at the silence that permeates the stadiums during Waratahs' games. I've heard more noise from crowds at a Hyde Park chess games. Ironically last week's booing was the most passionate outburst I have ever heard from the fans in a long time.
Posted by Life Member Sydney - March 25, 2011
