They are both genuine reasons, however I believe the problem began with the SL war 25 years ago, was then friends with a few staunch Rooster fans, (not any more), we fell out because I could no longer tolerate their hatred foe our club, I'm certain that hatred was/is wide spread amongst the Roosters, and Politis has far to much influence with the NRL and Ch9,
As a result since then, their has been lot of negative publicity against our club, (some warranted most of it exaugurated and some not warranted). and that's where the problem lies IMHO.
An old Italian fellow told me a long time ago how you can shatter the hardest rock with a simple bucket of water. He said that you shatter the rock by continually applying a very slow drip of water to it.