DozzySam Newman stays on footy show - Thank God
May 1st 2008 12:01
I may come across as chauvinistic, and really, it's something I'll happily wear, but thank the good Lord that Sam Newman is not leaving the Footy Show.
I can understand why the AFL would want to protect those it is catering its game to - they have been worrying about what mothers think and whether or not they'll let their little boys play this nasty, rough, savage game for years now. But the core of the game is still the territory of men. We play the game, we talk about the game, we love the bloody game. We don't use it as a platform to attempt to change the world. We just want to see good footy, have a good time watching it, and enjoy the entire AFL experience, warts and all. It is almost the premise of the Footy Show. It is a good opportunity to have a laugh, a very blokey kind of laugh. Is it sexist? Yep. Is it racy? At times. Is it meant to be taken seriously? Of course not.
It's a bit of fun for the people who love the game, and some people would like that taken away too. In this day and age, it seems as though you cannot make a comment about a woman without being labeled sexist. I, for one, am sick to death of it.
Sam Newman is a very easy target. He puts himself out there and does do some things that are a little risque, but for a group of women, who were not even part of the lampooning on the footy show several weeks ago, is an absolute joke. These women can't even get the people signing their letter to agree! One of the women who is supposedly on board with their complaints has said she wants nothing to do with it, yet her name remains on the complaint!!! If they're going to try to take the fun out of the footy show, then for God's sake, at least make sure your numbers are actually behind you!
And so, Sam is staying and the show goes on - all is right with the world, unless the Hawks lose this week. That would be wrong... very wrong.
I can understand why the AFL would want to protect those it is catering its game to - they have been worrying about what mothers think and whether or not they'll let their little boys play this nasty, rough, savage game for years now. But the core of the game is still the territory of men. We play the game, we talk about the game, we love the bloody game. We don't use it as a platform to attempt to change the world. We just want to see good footy, have a good time watching it, and enjoy the entire AFL experience, warts and all. It is almost the premise of the Footy Show. It is a good opportunity to have a laugh, a very blokey kind of laugh. Is it sexist? Yep. Is it racy? At times. Is it meant to be taken seriously? Of course not.
It's a bit of fun for the people who love the game, and some people would like that taken away too. In this day and age, it seems as though you cannot make a comment about a woman without being labeled sexist. I, for one, am sick to death of it.
Sam Newman is a very easy target. He puts himself out there and does do some things that are a little risque, but for a group of women, who were not even part of the lampooning on the footy show several weeks ago, is an absolute joke. These women can't even get the people signing their letter to agree! One of the women who is supposedly on board with their complaints has said she wants nothing to do with it, yet her name remains on the complaint!!! If they're going to try to take the fun out of the footy show, then for God's sake, at least make sure your numbers are actually behind you!
And so, Sam is staying and the show goes on - all is right with the world, unless the Hawks lose this week. That would be wrong... very wrong.
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