Thursday, August 03, 2006

Rainbow of Mediocrity

During the recent first cricket test against Sri Lanka, commentators were saying how brave South Africa was in their attempt to reach the insurmountable 700+ target the opposing team had set.

Brave my ass! Say things as they are. We were crap, and as is the case with the Rugby and Soccer, no amount of good-boy-at least-you-gave–your-best, is going to make our national teams pull their fingers out of their Asses and step up a gear. The players are a bunch of fuckin Prima Donna’s, and all they’re interested in is the pay package and bonuses. As much as I hate administrators digging in to the affairs of sport, I think it’s high time the players earn their keep. No more extravagant pay packages, and fuck the bonuses too. Until players can prove their worth and stop prancing around like movie stars, I say they should be paid minimum wage. You get a fixed salary, say R5000.00 (too much?) a month and R500.00 a game. If that’s not good enough, then fuck off and let someone who has passion for the game take your spot. Alternatively take sport back to amateur status and pay only match fees.

Our sportsmen think they’re gods, and instead of thinking of the game, their heads are filled with Armani and Tag Heuer.

It doesn’t help that our broadcasters keep telling you the ref was at fault. Players are being paid an enormous amount of money to, supposedly, do what they love. Do you think perhaps knowing the rulebook back to front isn’t part of the deal or what? There shouldn’t be a sentence in that book that you cannot recite word for word when asked. Then how come I still see dumbfuck forwards going into the scrum from the side? Or idiot backs tackeling players who jump in the air to catch the ball. Why is it so difficult for the lineout to move a metre away from the opposing team? Stay on your feet in the scrum; don’t hold the ball after a tackle.
Take the ten most transgressed rules and drill them into your head, and you’re halfway there.

I'm tired of hearing "they did their best".

To quote the wisest man on earth. "Doing your best is no longer good enough" -chihuahua

2 comments:

eet kreef said...

My favourite movie quote is from Sean Connery "Your best?? Losers are always whining about doing their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen"

Warrior Dog said...

Absolutely!