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Big V - Sad state of champ div

One thing Big V has done wrong for champ division this season is there are no double headers. Every team only plays once a weeks. It allows teams who only play 6 or 7 players the luxury of not having to back it up the next day.

Beth Davis is right on the money.

Yes HO, they are doing the women's game followed by the men's game. It is happening at the SEABL level also. There just isnt currently enough quality, depth and number for the games that are being scheduled.

Kids are refereeing games well above their ability and just there is no games off as there arent the numbers.

I think the fact remains that throughout the "whole" Big V the competition is just too big. There are not enough quality players to go around, not enough stadia and the referees are stretched so far that they are doubling up at an alarming rate.

Until the league can consolidate to a manageable size at all divisions it is always going to have these issues. It quite frankly has now just got too big to be run effectively and efficiently on and off the court.

Steady on lads - TW is making observations.

Sherbrooke - don't really exist at the VJCL level in Juniors - so to then be fielding competitive Big V teams seems a big ask - the question here seems to be around sustainability of the Club at the Champ level.

Melbourne/Eltham - as other have pointed out, both very strong in recent years but have fallen back. If the rumour mill is true, both have suffered big time from internal problems this season. You don't get the people side right, it all falls apart pretty quickly.

As a counter view - Bulleen from nowhere to ouright title favourites in no time at all - just by having things fall into place and a few key people committed to making it happen.

So perhaps this is just the nature of the beast - Clubs will go up and down rapidly if they don't quite get it right - as someone else already said, perhaps it is what it is ?