Fri 26 October 2007 - Flawed footballers
Apparently the mainstream media (and I guess the public) like nothing better than the tale of a flawed footballer. At one stage yesterday afternoon, the top three stories on The Age website were about Gary Ablett Snr’s car crash, Ben Cousins on the way to rehab, and Alan Didak’s acquaintance.
And it’s not even football season.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:43am
Daniel
you’d better switch to reading The Herald Sun. This morning the front page has nothing to do with football. The main article is about Rove McManus’ new girlfriend. Now that is REAL news!
Rog.
October 26th, 2007 at 11:06am
I was wondering to myself this morning why it is that sportspeople are regarded as role models. And then I figured out why I was wondering this - it’s because I don’t like sport. So of course it wouldn’t make sense to me, I don’t aspire to the lofty heights achieved by sportspeople.
I guess the hoi polloi do ‘tho.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:10pm
LOL, you mention it isn’t football season, but isn’t that exactly the reason they ARE in the paper…gotta keep footy alive in the off season…
October 26th, 2007 at 8:53pm
I would be happy if sport never got mentioned in normal media. It would just be covered in a back section of the paper, nowhere else.
If only.
October 29th, 2007 at 4:37pm
I agree Daniel! I bang on about this all the time. I am a sports fan, but seriously there are so many more pressing issues as opposed to what Ben Cousins is doing… in Sydney, they asked readers to blog in and comment if they saw Ben “partying”… really, do we care?
Between flawed footballers and Brittney Spears, I dont think they’d have much to write about!