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I promised myself I would refrain from commenting on the pathetic Quade Cooper debacle. However I can not hold my tongue, no, pen, wait, keyboard any longer.
In fact the latest installments have me questioning my own raison d’etre for reading and contributing on this site.
Frankly the whole ARU versus Queensland versus NSW versus Nasser/Cooper versus et al thing is just simply pitiable. It is pointless, meaningless and downright embarrassing.
It really has no place being in the media – because it is all just fluff and ego.
It matters little to the actual rugby, you remember – “The game they play in heaven”?
It should be all about what happens on the pitch, not what sleazy machinations take place between consenting adults in board rooms.
It all bores me senseless.
All this raises the question – Why do I care?
I don’t know. I wish I could just ignore it and simply watch the footy. Apparently I can’t. To make matters worse it informs and colours my thinking when I do watch the footy.
I have come to the conclusion that all of this rubbish is a big part of the reason I find myself really struggling to bother to even pick up the remote and turn the TV on to watch the footy any more, let alone cough up real money to attend an overpriced game.
So let me address this next part to all of those involved in the debacle and I will put it into terms that even a not-so-bright and morally bankrupt rugby union official could understand:
It is dumb and makes you look like a gaggle of geese, but most of all it is boring and is driving away supporters, and therefore money.
Stop airing your dirty laundry in public and get on with providing us with good, entertaining rugby.
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