The governing body of the league could do with a kick up the arse but it's still the best sport in the world to watch, even with all the soddy rule changes.
Where the hell do these council workers who actually give a shit about anything exist? All I see here are grubby, lazy sods who like to sit around or lean on shovels all day.
$20 an hour and free snacks just to make sure some kids survive a few hours is more than reasonable. No wonder we outsource work to foreign companies when babysitters demand so much.
"If you do make the eight, do you think you could do some damage?"
How is a player meant to respond to this? You go into every game with the belief you can win, no matter how much the odds are stacked against you, so he isn't even necessarily lying. What's the problem?
It all gets skewed...