football

Today, I do solemly swear, that I will never bag out football as a sport, or footballer players, ever again.

It's not because I've had a sudden change of heart, and have learned to embrace the game though.

It's because someone, up there, in the sky is punishing me. Punishing me for my 23 years of football hating, and probably for all the times I've written-off footballers as sub-human breed of boofhead.

I remember rolling my eyes as a teenager, as my school friends discussed last weekend's NRL game, and how cute Andrew John's bottom was as he ran up and down Marathon Stadium. I think these long lunchtimes of complete and utter boredom were the start of my dislike for football. It's grown from there though.

Over the years I've actively expressed my disgust for the sport in front of actual football fans, and I think I may have actually offended some of them.

That's not to say I like upsetting people or being obnoxious. I'm certainly not proud of having offended anyone with my opinions. But I really, honestly, don't like football. It's violent, it promotes pack-mentality behaviours and I don't like the boys club culture of it all.

Actually, I was recently accused of descriminating against footballers, and making generalisations, by a close friend. For this reason, I will add to the above by stating that I have met some quite nice footballers. Not all footballers are bad. Just most of them.

Ok, ok, settle down. I'm joking. Footballers are not bad. And I am making generalisations. Don't be too upset by my comments - because I'm being taught a lesson. And like I said, I'm never bagging out football again.

My anti-football sentiments are all coming back to bite me on the butt.

Since working in Queensland, I've been assigned the role of sports photographer for the local rugby league club. This effectively means I have to spend every second Saturday trotting around the edges of the local football grounds, snapping beefy young men, for no extra pay.

I'm having a whinge at the moment because I've just got all wet taking photos at an under 19's game in the rain. I have to go back to the field later tonight to take photos of the A-grade team.

Like I said. Someone up there, the almighty if you like, really likes football.

And I'm getting a boot up the pants for dissing it.

xox tegz