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| The sort of thing I want to be celebrating, not the infighting. The grand final between Villeneuve and Toulouse, 1964. Picture André Cros. |
I started this site to celebrate RL, a sport specialising in self-harm. What was I thinking? I stopped reporting on the NRL after the administrators within Australia undermined the 2021 World Cup to the point that it could not proceed.
Two teams based in France next year is surely a good news story for the sport. A grand final appearance for the current French based side and a nail biting match to savour. The owner comes out with angry comments about how his team was robbed by the arbitration. It provoked a lot of negative talk about the refereeing to the detriment of the spectacle.
It seems the sport can always find new ways to shoot itself in the foot. For years French RL has been dragged down by infighting and squabbling and I see that this mentality will be a huge negative factor moving forward. As the game in France is helped to prosper, some within the game in France will find ways to undermine any positivity that would otherwise be gained by this progress. Those with this mentality surely need to reevaluate what motivates them to be so negative. Enjoy life. Enjoy your pasttimes.
2 comments:
Don’t know what happened, but this is a real shame. I enjoy all of your takes, and reading the French posts through the decades has been fascinating. Nonetheless, I trust that you have your reasons, so do what you think is right.
I am down under myself, and even though you are off the NRL (I can understand the reasoning) it would be great (and I say this in a self-interested way!) if you could do some QRL posts. They aren’t as complicit as those buggers down south, right? :)
Anyway, keep up the great work, whatever it is that you decide to post going forward.
hello Dan. Thanks for the comment. I just have become tired of the self-serving, destructive culture that exists in RL. Of course, such qualities exist in all spheres of society but RL needs everyone to pull together as it a minor sport with limited resources.
There was a wonderful grand final in which a French side made for the first time. Instead of celebrating the event, the owner of the French club came out with a bitter attitude after losing which soured the whole thing for me. I can see the game getting mired in more accusations and recriminations. I'm over the narrow-minded mentality that blights the game. I'm glad you enjoyed what I did do. All the best Dan.
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