V'landys should be knocking a few heads together and waiting for professional expert advice, not some letter not endorsed by health professionals. At least the QLD Premier - Annastacia Palaszczuk - has some commonsense there.
The NRL, without even being aware, are fuelling a sense in society that it will be all over soon. Forget the medical officers and the expert professors of pandemics...their team, under Wayne Pearce will have it all back and running next week. No problems. All cured.
The optimism is fantastic. The reality a fantasy. Anything for money. A higher price for a scarcer commodity? Nothing lost whatsoever.
Ask the Canterbury Cup players who get nothing now that their comp is shut down.
Not hearing a lot this week about their Fantasy Island concept of last week, although it was great to see a couple of the NRL hierarchy earlier in the week:
2. UFC. However one mob buying an island, training the fighters there and televising it to the world while every other sport cannot, is enterprising. Much smaller scale, but clever business...even if it too is socially irresponsible. The associated workforce are most at risk.
3. Retirements, Sackings and Contracts. Very soon sporting organisations are going to need to land an edict that says that 2020 contracts will need to be honoured in sports - where there is no play - into 2021. Mark my words...it may well be the next issue of unfair dismissal with reasons like being 'fitter than ever' with a break set to dominate. The lawyers will be licking their chops here.
4. Teams of Decades, Best Ofs, The Greatest Ever..... these could wear thin soon. It feels like the New Year hiatus. Amazing to see how small the players of the 1980s really were physically by comparison.
Geoff Toovey has announced a ridiculous best ever Manly team putting Stuart Davis (the two iron with ears) in it over Tom Trobjevic and others! There is only one clip to watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSA_oQ2PSSE
5. NRL Integrity Commission. I hope this lot are practising social distancing because before too long they will be busy. It appears Tim Lafai from Saints may have been the first one to lose his balance at home under the pressure of doing not much more than weights and no league. How many more will follow? At least public displays of aggression or alcohol fuelled violence may be contained. I wonder whether social distancing for all players in the off season might be a new NRL/ AFL strategy of the future?
6. Horse racing. No horses diagnosed with COVID-19 just yet. Enjoying the Autumn Championships at present. Great wins by Colette and Through The Cracks, Indy Car, Away Game and Splintex. Addeybb (Queen Elizabeth Stakes) and Etah James (Sydney Cup) were superb! Liked Leale, Inverloch and Super Titus as well.
7. Might and Power has carked it. Totally memorable for big wins at a distance...Melbourne Cups, Caulfield Cups, Cox Plate - the lot!
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