Watching the Barcodes scrape home against the inaccurate Cats last night, we were struck by the number of times the Seven cameras lingered on foul-mouthed knuckle-draggers hurling invective at some invisible target. Lip reading isn’t difficult.
The AFL is constantly telling us that they want to make the game more family friendly, yet the broadcaster gives these moronic clods a few short moments of notoriety. The last thing most families — no, make that most footy fans — want is to have to suffer the sort of language that would be more at home in a logging camp or on the docks.
Lest anyone think AussieRulesBlog is a wowser, let us assure you that we enjoy a bit of ‘cussin’ as much as anyone. But there’s a time and place for it.
If we want families to attend and enjoy football — and that is surely the future of our game — surely it is the responsibility of the broadcaster not to provide gratification to these neanderthals? We want to discourage bad behaviour rather than reward it.
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