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@Velocio
Ignoring all equipment which is a doddle to find, for me it's the commitment on time that I feel it would take. I have so little free time and know that for a long time I will be shit, and that to not be shit will take practise, but I don't know where I will find time to practise as I'm over-committed to doing so much other stuff already.
Then secondary reasons kick in: If I concede time is hard to find and I will seldom play, then the equipment seems to be a burden... not just buying it (it's cheap), but for me living in a small flat it's the storing of it. I really have no space as it is for anything.
So I would need a drop-in newbies throw-in polo, conveniently located (West or West-End), and with equipment to borrow when I got there. Hell, I'd even pay a contribution to the maintaining and storage of said equipment.
Then I'd need that to be available on a predictable schedule and at the same place, in a way that even if I couldn't make it for a week or two, I know it didn't vanish before I tried again.
So time is the biggest reason, but other reasons cascade from that. I do want to play, and don't mind being utterly shit, finding time is just very hard when I already feel like I'm not on my main bike enough (commuting to Reading a couple of times per week leaves me subject to Boris Bikes).