Judd won’t shake ‘Chicken Wing’ label (video)
Roar Guru In the brave world that is AFL football, and amongst the power forwards in rugby league and rugby union, to the strikers in soccer and all forms of contact sport, Chris Judd has just got a new label.
He’ll carry it with him for years to come: Chicken Wing.
Whenever people think of Judd, they’ll think “Chicken Wing”.
What does chicken wing represent?
Not that anyone who has applied a chicken wing tackle will ever admit to this, but it is the act, a mindless act on the face of it, of a generation of copy cats.
Nonsensical, damaging, dangerous, hurtful, callous, demeaning, cowardly – all these adjectives all spring to mind.
We watch sports for acts of courage.
We don’t watch it for acts of bastardry.
We don’t watch it to remind ourselves how maniacal and beastly we can be as humans. We can get that on the front pages when “strong men” kill, torture and maim their “opponents” in some far off theatre of war.
Chris Judd is theatre. He’s a spoilt kid in a spoilt world. Someone who is used to getting what he wants, visa vie ‘winning. When it doesn’t happen, he turns nasty. Like a McEnroe or Connors. Like many footballers in today’s world.
He is not someone I would have my children model themselves on. I don’t find his commitment to Carlton Football Club, to the game, to his opponents as being anything more than superficial.
Four weeks is a very, very weak sentence for someone who has bought the whole game into disrepute.
And Maurice Rioli and anyone who tries that stunt again should be banned for a season.
Chicken wings ….they should be cooked in sweet chilli sauce and served with rice. The term should be banned from all forms of contact sport while Chris Judd and others carry the can for the term.
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July 18th 2012 @ 2:40pm
GCS said | July 18th 2012 @ 2:40pm | Report comment
Something tells me Maurice Rioli won’t be doing any chicken wing tackles.
I’m assuming you are being deliberately hysterical here. Judd is in danger of tarnishing his legacy, but history shows we can be very forgiving when waxing lyrical about former greats, so I think he will be okay.
July 18th 2012 @ 4:47pm
Steve said | July 18th 2012 @ 4:47pm | Report comment
At least he didn’t try to gouge his eyes out as well.
You never know with Judd.
July 18th 2012 @ 5:56pm
SamClench said | July 18th 2012 @ 5:56pm | Report comment
This is such a cynical chicken wing, one of the worst I’ve seen. The bloke’s already on the deck and under control, but he consciously decides to go in and yank his arm back. The author is right, four weeks is a very weak sentence for such a consciously malicious act.
July 19th 2012 @ 4:14pm
amazonfan said | July 19th 2012 @ 4:14pm | Report comment
Four weeks is an eternity in football. I suspect, though, that whatever punishment he got wouldn’t please the author, and perhaps you as well.
July 18th 2012 @ 8:23pm
Dingo said | July 18th 2012 @ 8:23pm | Report comment
Maurice Rioli passed away on Christmas Day, 2010.
Obviously research is not one of your strong points.
July 19th 2012 @ 4:15pm
amazonfan said | July 19th 2012 @ 4:15pm | Report comment
Indeed. That was ludicrous.
“He is not someone I would have my children model themselves on.”
I would hope that your children wouldn’t model themselves on any sports star/pop star/actor etc… whom they don’t know and are unlikely to ever meet.
“Four weeks is a very, very weak sentence for someone who has bought the whole game into disrepute.”
I would agree if he actually did bring the ‘whole game into disrepute’ which I don’t think he did. It wasn’t an impressive act at all, and he deserves to be suspended, but bringing the game into disrepute? Please.
Also, if he is indeed a ‘spoilt kid in a spoilt world’ (which I don’t agree with), then one could say that about all kids being raised today. However I wouldn’t as I think your comment is ridiculous. At the end of the day, he did something disappointing, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as some people (who simply don’t like him or Carlton) allege.
Oh, and I don’t think his commitment to Carlton or the game can be questioned.