Join In The Chorus, Sing It One And All
It was reported in the Herald Sun that the Kangaroos membership had risen to 24,841 members! That is great news to the club and from a general supporter of AFL Football it is very pleasing to see the Kangaroo supporters getting behind their club. The question I have is why does it take this kind of situation for supporters to come out of the woodwork and buy a membership to support their club?
They are a big chance to reach their goal of 30,000 too with 6323 yet to renew their memberships. Brayshaw has certainly pulled out the big guns with Ricky Ponting securing the money of teammates Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and former Test opening batsman Justin Langer who has purchased a family ticket. Now that the Pakistan tour has been cancelled they may have some time to watch a few games. The Kangas have also secured other high profile people to jump on board as well Lee Freedman, musician Tim Rogers, former Australian Davis Cup representative Wayne Arthurs, and several golfers. Young West Australian golfer Michael Sim has told North he plans to wear the club logo on his golf bag.
Eugene Arroca correctly pointed out though that while the numbers a looking good this year it is a bit of a worry as to whether the “sympathisers” that have purchased memberships will renew them on a yearly basis. Let’s hope the Roos don’t have to rely on that to keep them going.
