In my eyes only it brings together one of the regions stronger academies and successful first teams with one of the region's largest membership and future best facilities.
The support will come from Onehunga Sports and three Kings, I also expect they will take a little from Auckland City. Average ISPS crowds are 400-500, doesn't take much.
I don't believe they are trying to solve any problem you recognize, more trying to better their own clubs, environments, and pathways.
If this is about ISPS maybe they see an opportunity to thrive where the other clubs are not, for example, Onehunga sports won two Premier Leagues in a row, however only a small number of the team play ISPS, why is that? North Shore won the latest Premier league , not many of their players are playing ISPS why is that? One of the nations largest Jnr clubs plus one of the nations leading academys......... I'm sure you can see the synergies?
If it is HAL, They need to solve the stadium issue before anything. HAL is too hard for Auckland.
Tell me what does this achieve?
Tell me who will support it?
Tell me that this solves a problem that was exisiting.
If this is about ISPS, well we have 3 teams and the amount of players that opt OUT for ISPS is great enough that one team is playing kids. Adding another team trying to get in wont work. Why can't they do it on their own? What synergies do they get for this by combining?
If this is about HAL, Aucklanders have already shown they wont support it. They will support one off games but look at rugby and league and pretty much any other sport outside of T20. Aucklanders do not support teams that do not win or have a specific draw card because they hate traveling, parking and paying high prices for shark food when its on TV.
How many Americas Cup fans and experts were there when Barker lost. We are a nation of band wagoners and I don't see this venture working/winning anything.
