I do accept that i misread your post and indeed it said Overall
However, why would OVERALL attendances make any difference as to any of the teams battling for a franchise.
Why should it be of any issue to cas if at an away game the home team can only bring say 1000 to the game and the remainder of the 1500 be from the away team (example not actual numbers)
If Crusaders are unable to market a game so as to only bring a handful of supporters why would this show badly on cas.
The only thing cas can have any control over is how many fans come to their game at the Jungle. They should not be told that there attendances are only average because of poor home support from the teams they visit.
What your argument says is that basically we look great and are getting better not because of our own support but because other teams have good home support and make us look better. Where is the sense in that.
Further to this i again cant agree the avearge number you have come up with. From Sporting life the average attendance accross all games involving cas is 7,265 where as the corresponding value for Crusaders is 6,097 - is a difference of 1,168.
Once again dont let numerical evidence cloud an argument