by Stu Andrews on April 16, 2009
.. Since my last post.
A great deal of sadness has passed through the Australian Rugby community with the death of Shawn Mackay.
The end of the Super 14 season is drawing close, and there is no longer hope of some teams making the finals.
And one of my “Match Report” videos was pulled from YouTube (profile here) for “Copyright Infringement”, care of IMG Media. Fun stuff. Wind. Sails. Taken. I’ve got some ideas for a different kind of match report, but we’ll see.
Am watching the Brumbies/Bulls match tomorrow night at a friend’s place. Hoping it’ll be a right royal smash up derby.
by Stu Andrews on March 10, 2009
It’s going in the next Episode, but thought I’d spring this text-wise upon you now.
There’s been a fair amount of news here (separate links) in Aus over the weekend with regards to alcohol misdemeaners by sporting profiles.
Instituting a ban won’t fix anything. That completely misses the point.
You want to start solving the problem? Institute real penalties. Dock Pay. Take players out of the weekend match. STOP THEM PLAYING.
Show some gumption and make them penalised in the best way available. These guys love, or most of them do, to play footy. Stop them playing.
The problem is, and here is the rub, that the Management DON’T REALLY SEE IT AS WRONG.
So until the Coaches, Club Management, State and National bureaucracy actually think it’s a bad thing, this will continue un-abated. Yup, I’m calling out whatever moral code you think is holding together our society.
I’m certain there are Coaches who do work hard at putting procedures into place, and who do have a problem with this. It’s not everyone, but the statement still holds.
It’s time to start thinking about the future. Meshing together the very fabric of who we are as a people. Sporting stars are a big part of that in our world today.
Time to think a little in the opposite way.
