I have almost zero interest in sports. That may be because, with the exception of golf and walking, participating in sports precludes having a proper conversation. I like to walk and talk, not catch and throw.
It has been one of my notable lifetime achievements to be absolutely unable to name an All Black (well- an exception must be made for Ritchie McCaw) but not only that- I passed this incredible skill on to my daughter who can’t name an All Black either.
Given the wall-to-wall sports coverage in our country, it requires considerable fortitude and determination to manage this. Sports reporting is a dearly held part of all news bulletins but social distancing is the current code for “no sport”.
So - the times of Covid should have been a lovely rest from it all. Yay - no boring sports bulletins clogging up the airwaves and padding out the papers. No need to have those noisy and chipper jackass sports reporters intruding in to my living room and even my bedroom via the radio. But I am amazed to notice something that clearly seems to have escaped the media - there is absolutely nothing to report on. So then why, for the love of god, are they persisting with a news format that ends with a sports section. At this time, when they have absolutely nothing to say, can’t they be a bit creative - fill it with something else? Imagination required I think. We could have gardening tips, how to make sour dough starters, how to use a two-metre distancing stick, instead of the meagre scraps that they are managing to drag up - elections to regional rugby boards or some entitled idiots setting a bad Covid example to all their braindead fans.
No imagination at all. Do I sound grumpy??? Who me? I think I am part of the growing grumpy gang. We can’t be appeased with KFC or Maccas- not even a takeaway coffee. We want to go somewhere, see something and have somewhere to go, wear our lipstick and our high heels (well that’s going a bit far but at least going out clothes as opposed to day PJ’s and night PJ’s). Bring on Level 2.
And then we can be treated yet again to sports news, stories of our heroes with their injuries, and huge financial rewards after signing to foreign clubs and the tears that seem to flow so easily after indiscretions.
Yes I am a little bit grumpy but it’s temporary I’m sure, and that’s why we can indulge ourselves- be as grumpy as anything. This too shall pass!!
