It’s all become too much. I’ve had to sit back watching the politically correct people rip apart the sport we all love.
First was the NRL. The powers that be have turn tried to turn it into a game of touch footy.
I feel for any player who is seriously injured in a tackle gone wrong or the fact that they have had too many concussions.
The fact remains though that these players are paid extremely well for what they do even if their careers are often only short lived.
If you don’t like seeing full contact sport with the occasional spurts of blood then you are watching the wrong channel.
It seems we have bowed down to people who feel they need to give an opinion on a sport even though they have no love or care and probably only find out about incidences on the field when they are replayed over and over on the news.
Anyone who decided to sit up and watch the England vs New Zealand semi final played on the weekend will surely have to agree that it was one of the best games of football they have ever watched.
Sure there were a few swinging arms, the odd high shot and a bit of niggle between the players but the referee let the game flow and we were treated with a great spectacle. Thank goodness those who are trying to poison the game don’t have the passion in the sport to stay up past midnight to enjoy such a clash.
Instead they have decided to turn to cricket and the roundabout continues. Sledging got a bad rap during the era when Australia dominated world cricket and we were seen as thugs for working the minds of the opposition players.
Since then players have to watch what they say on and off the field as microphones and journalists try to get every scandal they can muster by asking sportsman leading questions and preying on their lack of media experience.
The comment by David Warner about Jonathon Trott has been blown so far out of the water its not funny.
Was it nasty, a personal attack, probably a bit low brow? I say most definitely. However, its been going for years to us and not a word has been said.
The English press, the Barmy Army and most definitely the players lead by Graeme Swann have peppered the Aussies with barbs about their inadequacies and in fact I have no doubt they got to Mitchell Johnson who went completely off the rails in the most recent tour of England.
The big difference is the players didn’t whinge (well not much) but let it burn inside them and use it as a fuel to fight back as they did in the final three Tests in England.
They have then returned to home soil where they are full of confidence and belief that they can not only compete but place the English batsman in particular under pressure.
Mitchell Johnson should be praised not just for his efforts in the test but the fact he has shown tremendous spirit…..Aussie spirit to rise from a very low place to show what potential he has.
We then look at the Jimmy Anderson incident where captain Michael Clarke was clearly heard mouthing a pretty violent threat. Again no doubts that it probably didn’t seem like the right thing to say, especially from a captain but I can’t believe some of the carry on that has happened because of it. A highly regarded morning show personality labelled it as “bullying” which just got my blood boiling.
I shouldn’t even need to mention the fact that Anderson himself actually threatened violence on young debutant George Bailey first but the mere fact that some people are going down the bullying line is disgraceful.
Leave the players alone. It’s been long talked about that sledging is a part of the game and as long as you don’t mention personal things about players families then you take it with a grain of salt.
My final comment on this rant is to say: if you don’t like what you are watching / hearing then don’t watch it.
Leave the sports I have grown up to love watching, supporting, breathing, living and dying alone and let those of us that actually care about them to decide when someone has crossed the line and deserves to be punished or hung out to the media.
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