Blimey.Tell you what is targetted, this thread, nothing to do with football and stuck right in the 'big board' for maximum effect. A rather cynical ploy by the OP who fully aware it would instantly become a binfest that would likely end up shut down, takes the extra traffic and ads delivered.
1. There are more non-football threads on NSC than football threads. Always have been, and probably always will be.
2. There's nowhere else to put it. Every time NSCers have been asked whether they want different sub-forums for different topic types, the vote is an overwhelming "no - leave it as it is".
3. Despite the above, I know some people only want Albion discussion, which is why I created the Albion-threads-only sub-forum: https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/search-forums/just-albion-threads.90/
4. I started the thread because it was the leading news story on the BBC site yesterday afternoon when I was looking and I was surprised there wasn't already a thread about it, and the whole premise seemed so far-fetched that if I saw it in a film I'd say "that's ridiculous - that could never happen".
5. Most threads on NSC earn pennies, literally, from their ads. I'm not going to be booking an escape to The Maldives based on a truckload of cash coming from this thread.
6. Extra traffic? From where? I'm not all over the internet posting links to this thread. I'm not sure who would be interested in what a few Brighton fans have to say on the subject - I'm sure there's plenty of well-informed discussion going on elsewhere.