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The Penguin #6.

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I've noticed ABC starting to be a lot friendlier to League, I'm guessing cause Albo is a passionate Souths man.
That`s a really interesting observation because I`ve noticed a more positive vibe as well especially with the way the game seems to be attracting more sponsors.
There`s no question the football has been irresistible this year but I think that is just the cherry on top, I think it runs deeper than that.
I`d make a couple of points:
1) there has been an air of excitement this year with the Dolphins coming in and it has been a bit of a fairy tale story, very hard not to know about it, even if you`re a casual or non-League fan;
2) possibly the success and attractiveness of the Women`s comp has made some of these lefty League hating feminazis on the ABC look at League in a different light; possibly help them to understand it`s a tough game, the blokes who play it are tough but not all thugs, the women are making the men look better, you might say humanising them;
3) we still have our scandals, no Jarryd Hayne or Jack De Belin level stuff though thankfully, but I was wondering this lately having noticed as well, what you`ve observed, and this is a long shot, are people and sponsors who previously looked down on League a little less judgemental with the occasional minor scandal as well;
Summing up, I`d noticed the same thing as you, hopefully we can keep it up and we get a bit of that 80`s feel good vibe about the game where players appeared regularly in the social pages and it was almost hip to follow League, well certainly not a dirty little secret.
 

The Penguin #6.

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I've noticed ABC starting to be a lot friendlier to League, I'm guessing cause Albo is a passionate Souths man.
The world`s gone mad. Just watching the ABC 7. o`clock News and Juanita Phillips, second story in, combining a story on the State election with `Parra`s greatest Fan` sitting in his garage, his " Parracave", discussing the election and trying to appear enthusiastic about his collection of Parra related paraphernalia, no pun intended. What`s going on !!
 

The Penguin #6.

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Rugby League getting a fair bit of coverage today. Poor Ryan Hoffman though having to sit with these fart sniffers wanking on for 10 minutes about some decision in an AFL game.
I remember at my first job the boss told me the three things that all blokes do :
1) pick your nose;
2) look at your shit;
3) smell your own farts.
So be careful now, you`re trying to humanise them.
 

docbrown

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Can’t remember which show but might have been 7:30 had a story about a Sri Lankan Rugby League team in western Sydney getting help from the eels.
A refreshing change from the usual Auburn women’s AFL team with everyone in hijabs or AFL “liberating“ children in South African townships
Those poor South African kids been through enough!
 

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