NRL Fantasy 2022 - Part 67 - Only two threads to go

mrbrownstone wrote:

Yeah well put, the whole 'sport is a great equaliser' thing is one of the great myths.

Rugby league might be slightly different (don't know the exact stats), but in a whole bunch of sports where you went to school and your background play a massive part. As with all other walks of life, people from privileged backgrounds have a huuuuuge headstart.

In cricket for example, 63% of players who played international cricket for England, Australia or India in 2020 were privately educated: https://prettyprogressive.com/study-reveals-63-of-international-cricketers-are-privately-educated/

Just one of hundreds examples of massive structural and societal blockers that prevent sport from being anywhere near 'organically equal'.

It's these sort of things that the Manly 7 are protesting actually go some way to redressing that!

Fortitude wrote:How about that weather

lukeayee wrote:

Ironic that you tell me to "give it a rest" then continue on about it.

So should I be responding to your posts or not? Who's allowed to share their opinions.

mrbrownstone wrote:

Last I checked I responded to poisoncup's post, not yours.

Fortitude wrote:How about that weather

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:

Haven’t you better things to be doing #justiceforjoey

Revraiser wrote:

You got something against wet weather ??

Fortitude wrote:

Too many rainbows around wet weather.

Politics and weather shouldnt mix

lukeayee wrote:

You are either stupid or pretending to be. Which is it?

mrbrownstone wrote:I'll be honest, I didn't have Tom Burgess down as one of the few players to publicly endorse the pride jersey haha, good for him:

"Following Manly’s release of their Round 20 jersey, Rabbitohs forward Thomas Burgess expressed his approval of the Sea Eagles latest jersey on Instagram, suggesting the Rabbitohs follow a similar initiative."