Tiger_heart
Well-known member
Looking at what has happened lately, with the WT and also some Manly players (against Canberra) it reminded me that there have been many previous occasions, in other sports.
I recall Mark Bosnich's Naz salute at WHite Hart Lane; not to mention the controversy with Adam Goods, to bring it to a local context. Typically (some) fans - and I believe the minority to be clear - appear to want a oneway relationship when at the game. That is, I can call a player all things under the sun, possibly because I have paid an entrance fee that automatically grants me a licence to say (and on occasions do) whatever I want. However, I have also an automatic insurance that prevents said player (credit to their own professionalism) to say/demonstrate any verbal or non verbal animosity toward me. I won't go into the online exchanges, a separate subject altogether. But I do wonder if the genie is out of the bottle now, and whether we are now seeing a new generation of players that are not prepared to cop it anymore, and are giving as good as they get. Not where you want ANY sport to end up. But some things just seem to grow, like weeds in a garden.
Respect is damn hard to get. If we remember what it is.
I recall Mark Bosnich's Naz salute at WHite Hart Lane; not to mention the controversy with Adam Goods, to bring it to a local context. Typically (some) fans - and I believe the minority to be clear - appear to want a oneway relationship when at the game. That is, I can call a player all things under the sun, possibly because I have paid an entrance fee that automatically grants me a licence to say (and on occasions do) whatever I want. However, I have also an automatic insurance that prevents said player (credit to their own professionalism) to say/demonstrate any verbal or non verbal animosity toward me. I won't go into the online exchanges, a separate subject altogether. But I do wonder if the genie is out of the bottle now, and whether we are now seeing a new generation of players that are not prepared to cop it anymore, and are giving as good as they get. Not where you want ANY sport to end up. But some things just seem to grow, like weeds in a garden.
Respect is damn hard to get. If we remember what it is.
