i was thinking about this last night in bed
i think this is people who dont remember before the conference/apl when it was indeed the case that non league was regional, and a bit crap.
the point of it all was to give a point to the pyramid and to raise standards as the better clubs would be playing each other every week. i honestly think that these reasons still stand up.
what has gone wrong is all these clubs having big ideas that they are full time professional clubs in the 5th division. if they cut their cloth according to their income then a few away trips would not cost that much.
i know i'm preaching to the converted, but this infects football all the way down - from bsn teams going full time to premier league teams deciding to break the top 4, all with little or no reason to believe it is viable.
play at your level, have ambition and try to grow your club
how many admins do we need before someone says enough?