Wouldn't choosing to not field a side in a competition that aligns with what your seniors and reserves are doing be doing the same?Yep it's a head in the sand moment, the club is losing its best players into bendigo because the thirds comp is poor, its why they are marong want to leave. You basically have northern united 3rds, the amalgamation of 4 clubs to get 1 thirds side, bridgy and Inglewood. Maiden gully and marong are thriving suburbs of Bendigo, surely the committee or commission have to intervene now, it's going to ruin a footy club, they lose their best juniors already their seniors are struggling, but we'll put them 3 games behind, so any recruit will leave, they can't make the 5, 3 games behind.
The whole point of footy is to get as many people involved in playing as you can, this decision does the opposite, the league needs to be taken over by the committee straight away