Jones2ByrneJones
Hour of Pessimism
- Jul 27, 2012
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Commentators and humans alike can get names wrong. Sometimes, the slip is just a simple Steven "Daniel" Motlop misappropriation - a forgivable mistake if it's an infrequent occurrence. Other times, it can be calling a player by an unrelated but similar looking player's name. Often though, it's BT. He is not bound by mortal, petty hurdles such as "names" and "knowing what's happening" like the rest of us. He can blunder and gurgle his way through to a paycheck without such drawbacks.
There exists an adequate level of mental capacity in the average AFL fan (and, surprisingly, even some NRL fans) to identify players by their numbers. Unfortunately for Brian, he can read the numbers but not remember who they represent.
Now, the AFL has previously tried to combat this heinous issue with the addition of surnames to the back of jumpers. This was trialled at some point last decade (honestly not sure when, time kind of blurs and melts together after some point). Bristle's eyesight is usually pretty good (admittedly his depth perception lacks both depth and perception) but his eyesight is not good enough to read the names.
So, to minimise the obvious confusion for both commentators and spectators, I think it would be best to add a player's initials as a prefix to a player's number. This would make the letters the same size as the number, which all commentators and spectators should be able to read.
Xavier Duursma, wearing the #7 made famous by the Eberts, would now wear XD7 on the back of his jumper. Tex would be TW13.
I think this would be a marketable idea and even save myself such embarrassments as when my little cousin was wearing a #6 Port Guernsey and I couldn't for the life of me remember who wore #6 so I was like "hey man who's your favourite player?" and he just points to his back with his thumbs over his shoulder and I'm "haha Angus Monfries right?"
No. It was Daniel Motlop. It always was. And if my cousin had a DM6 Port Guernsey I wouldn't have been in this mess.
There exists an adequate level of mental capacity in the average AFL fan (and, surprisingly, even some NRL fans) to identify players by their numbers. Unfortunately for Brian, he can read the numbers but not remember who they represent.
Now, the AFL has previously tried to combat this heinous issue with the addition of surnames to the back of jumpers. This was trialled at some point last decade (honestly not sure when, time kind of blurs and melts together after some point). Bristle's eyesight is usually pretty good (admittedly his depth perception lacks both depth and perception) but his eyesight is not good enough to read the names.
So, to minimise the obvious confusion for both commentators and spectators, I think it would be best to add a player's initials as a prefix to a player's number. This would make the letters the same size as the number, which all commentators and spectators should be able to read.
Xavier Duursma, wearing the #7 made famous by the Eberts, would now wear XD7 on the back of his jumper. Tex would be TW13.
I think this would be a marketable idea and even save myself such embarrassments as when my little cousin was wearing a #6 Port Guernsey and I couldn't for the life of me remember who wore #6 so I was like "hey man who's your favourite player?" and he just points to his back with his thumbs over his shoulder and I'm "haha Angus Monfries right?"
No. It was Daniel Motlop. It always was. And if my cousin had a DM6 Port Guernsey I wouldn't have been in this mess.
