Ron,
When people have an opinion on a subject they tend to be able to express them - that's how it works over here.
I believe that the state of the clubs rests entirely on what is performed in the clubs and how it is performed - you are quite free to disagree - as I said, that's ....... oh never mind.
However, Bryan (and his pet parrot) assures me that everything in the garden is fine; I suppose that means it wasn't a very good question to start with.
Jim Carroll