Submitted by paloaltissimo t3_ytg1r0 in sports
Zakkar t1_iw4xiy8 wrote
Reply to comment by WickedSlice_ in Italy make history with first ever win against Australia by paloaltissimo
It's OK to follow a sport you like, even if you don't win all the time.
WickedSlice_ t1_iw4xrr3 wrote
Never said it wasn’t my guy, I just don’t understand why people support an inferior product.
Zakkar t1_iw4yg9m wrote
It's not an inferior product. I personally find league boring, particularly international league which is mostly Australians pretending to be from other countries. But, it's all eye of the beholder stuff.
WickedSlice_ t1_iw4zfxj wrote
It is an inferior product, if it was a better product it would be more popular than league.
On top of that, how a Union fan can say that league is more boring than Union is nuts to me.
Zakkar t1_iw4zy5q wrote
Well then league is an inferior product, because it's internationally much less popular.
I find league really boring, struggle to get through 10 mins. But I don't go on Reddit threads about league to go on and on about it.
itsalonghotsummer t1_iw528eb wrote
>It is an inferior product, if it was a better product it would be more popular than league.
lol
You do realise union dwarfs league globally?
(And football dwarfs union.)
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfpozo wrote
Yeah, Union is played by almost every country in the world, League is only played by a handfull of countries.
WickedSlice_ t1_iw55ikr wrote
Yes, I do. Except in Australia, it is a shit product and the organisation is terrible.
tobymurphy24 t1_iw5hrh5 wrote
How about doing some research into the history of the organisations before saying stuff like this. League is more popular than union because the working class of the early 1900s wanted to get paid for sport and league was the sport that came in and paid them. Along to this union lost a lot of its players after WWI and ever since league has dominated union. Now union pays players, so I don't see how it has anything to do with this
WickedSlice_ t1_iw5i4um wrote
I don’t know how that goes against my opinion?
stogie_t t1_iw50wcc wrote
Only place where League is more popular than Union is in Australia cause they suck at Union lmao. By your logic League is the inferior product.
[deleted] t1_iw51j0z wrote
And Papua New Guinea
WickedSlice_ t1_iw55od0 wrote
It’s not because they suck at Union, it is because league has a long storied history in Australia.
Ingr1d t1_iw58ube wrote
You literally just disproved your own inferior product claim.
zboyzzzz t1_iw55y8g wrote
Literally only 2 out of 6 states in Australia
bigloudbang t1_iw59q5v wrote
Worth noting that half of Australias population lives in those 2 states
hazardous_situation t1_iw5i2cn wrote
I'd hazard a guess and say Union isn't more popular than League in any state, and League is probs only the third most popular sport in the country behind cricket and Aussie Rules.
Zakkar t1_iw5x28m wrote
No, union is definitely more popular than league in Western Australia, and by players numbers is more popular vs the rest of the AFL states. Minuscule compared to Aussie rules though.
bigloudbang t1_iw5kiio wrote
Cricket isnt usually in the convo as its a summer sport. But yeah AFL is larger, league 2. I dont think the gap is as large as people think though
Union is a distant afterthought
hazardous_situation t1_iw5lpzw wrote
Yeah, being from Brissy I'll hear about the Broncos, Lions, Heat and even the Roar, 1000x more often than I'll ever hear anyone mentioning the Reds or whoever the Union team is lmao
zboyzzzz t1_iwft7pj wrote
I reckon union's more popular in every state except those 2. Doesn't mean it's popular overall, just *more. * Other states have a general disdain for league but respect union. Purely anecdotal of course, couldn't find any stats
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfpfe1 wrote
Oh fuck off
WickedSlice_ t1_iwfvz5k wrote
Ahh no?
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfx3nn wrote
Ok
WickedSlice_ t1_iwfx5u8 wrote
We good?
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfx9k9 wrote
Sure, but Union > League
WickedSlice_ t1_iwfxau0 wrote
Agree to disagree?
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfxiu7 wrote
Sure
WickedSlice_ t1_iwfymrx wrote
A beer and biltong then?
Nicholarse_Angle t1_iwfz03n wrote
I would love a beer and some biltong. It's hot as Hell in the part of SA I live. I would love a beer.
WickedSlice_ t1_iwfzwme wrote
Early for it to be so hot! I live in a cold part of Aus and am wondering where spring is!
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