Frank, you have highlighted something that bothers you. You have a set of values that represent professionalism for you and I agree with them. Thanks for bringing this insight to our attention.
This is not a witch hunt, but perhaps a gentle reminder for our blokes of what the paying footy community expects of them as professional athletes.
Me, I love to have a drink, followed by another drink, but I'm retired and not expected to perform on a footy field. I'm not a prude, but I expect our boys to be following the path to professionalism. It's a small cost, and it's only for the duration of the season.
2nd effort wrote
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Make as many excuses as you like but bad diet is just an indicator of mental weakness and/or a lack of commitment and dedication. I want the blokes I am helping to pay (through my membership) to be living like bloody monks until we are winning premierships. If that is too tough on them, then let them play for St Kilda. Nobody holds a gun to these guys heads and forces them to play AFL footie. Yeah they might be kids and we might make a lot of demands on them, but they are well compensated for any deprivations. If the lifestyle is too hard then go and get an office job!!
A pie might only seem like a very minor thing but its an indicator and it might only be 1% in the overall scheme, but at the moment we need all of those little 1%ers coming together.
Well put 2nd effort. It's a collection of 22 x 1%ers that may make the difference between winning and losing, and Frank has bought to our attention that diet may be a reason for the 1%ers that seem to have gone missing from our game. We don't seem to play 4 quarters of footy anymore. Anything that gives these well paid individuals an edge, is an expectation not a recommendation from supporters.
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If blokes are fair dinkum about playing senior footy and getting somewhere in football, whether it be AFL or EFL, they need to be making the necessary sacrifices to achieve this.
Great stuff phoenix. These guys must make sacrifices and realise the upside to these sacrifices. FFS they are being paid to do something they love, outdoors and keeps them fit, with all the fanfare and commeradeship that goes with it. Try working behind a desk, or in a trench where you can eat as much crap as you like....they'll soon realise what sacrifice means when they are not doing the thing the love to do most; playing footy out in the fresh air with your mates.
Like 2nd effort wrote no one is holding a gun to their head. They've made the choice to get paid to play. That's not a sacfrifice, that's a privelege.
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