Because presumably the child has to have a paying adult. The child will want chips, sweets, hot dogs, merchandise etc. Petrol, siblings…and many parents will be ski t post affording as much as they can give for Xmas.
We are in a cost of living post covid crisis world though. Football is a privileged bubble for the players, and increasingly, segments of society. Regardless of cheaper cup games. We’ve just been through Xmas too. Why are people thinking 17k is a poor turnout?
No the new rule is nobody knows. It’s entirely at the whim of whomever on the day is deemed to be in charge regardless of what’s written down as rules. Keeps things exciting. Utterly random.