Sydney Blue wrote:
I have a mate he is not famous but he is a big bloke now we are in our 40's and everytime we go out for drink some hero wants to have a go at him . In normal life he is a gentle giant but he is also partly deaf and cant wear his hearing aides in noisy places . Everytime we got out some bloke wants to go him . He knocks them to kingdom come . Been charged 4 times and got off due to witnesses. I would hate to think what it would be like for a footballer or any other person in the spotlight . Local legends would be going u all the time as they feel the need to make a name foe themselves.
The AFL should come out and say we give our players the right to protect themselves and if you want to have a go do so at your own perril because we will back the player to the hilt. Until that happens this stuff will continue because blokes will have a go just to get the player in trouble
I have a mate in the same scenario. He's 60 now but when we were young he had more fights than feeds. Usually one punch per opponent. After trying to argue his way out the first time and getting a bit of a hiding from a small group of flower, he never failed to throw the first punch again.
He was an Army Officer and every time he put someone in hospital he felt he had to report it to his CO in case the cops got involved. They never did.
Why anybody in his or their right mind wants to take on a 6-5 rugby front rower is beyond me but they do.
Mitch isn't quite that big but he cuts a pretty imposing figure in that singlet.
I think the answer lies in the way the first bloke just stood back until Mitch was tying his laces and then the way the second bloke came over the top for the king hit when he was otherwise engaged. Two cowards.
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