Are they playing on astro truf and with soccer goals?

You can clearly see the proper goal post in one of the pics, the soccer goals were likely just being stored off to the side. The turf looks like FieldTurf to me, but it's hard to say for sure.

Are them goals being held up with another post across the floor?! That looks very dangerous!!!

FFS. Yes, hardly anyone plays Union compared to other sports in the US, and I doubt the US will ever be anthing other than a minor irritant in their international game. But there are hundreds of clubs there, you cannot deny that surely? We would kill to have that sort of infrastructure and player base, and it forms a much better starting point to grow the game than our pipe dreams.

Right, so the experience of a sport that was already played at thousands of schools and colleges across the counry professionalising itself as a TV product in the 20th century is directly comparable to setting up a RL competition now on top of no player base is it? FFS, I bet you don't even believe your own argument.

HKR, im all for keeping things in check, but you're starting to depress even me

They are parallel to touch lines it would seem yes.

Yeah right

If by my own argument you mean what you just wrote then no, but then that was not my argument but your straw man.

Michael.

Yeah right. Strawman, know thyself

My position was that our game would be better served by focusing on building a network of people playing the game, creating a community of interest, and not trying to develop a professional league too soon (and especially not get sucked in my the hyperbole of certain people in the US RL sphere, who have previous on this). Also, that this was what the IRB were doing.

You asked me to challenge the NFL on their strategy, if this was what I thought, as (I assume) it somehow contradicted my position - ergo, that some sort of short-circuit was an option.

I've now pointed out that the NFL's strategy since the TV-driven growth was based on the sort of solid foundation I suggest we need to build.

Your post is there to read mate, no strawman required

like i said before a few stuck up kids throwing a ball around doesnt make a sport.

like i said in another thread, just listen to me.

an aussie having to lecture a Pom about his own domestic club competition.

tut tut