MUMS,  DADS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

written Monday 27/11/2006

They say games get softer because mothers influence the way games are structured,  contact games,  because they control the destiny of where and what sport their  sons play.  This may or may not be the case,  but I have seen more soft and lily livered fathers in my time than mothers,  fathers that will happily relate the story of how in a 4th grade match they got stood on and didn't like it and have been writing letters to various committees an influential people all over the shop.

They were probably made play the game,  didn't really want to,  got beaten up a couple of times,  and now hold a resolve to turn contact sports in something that only resembles contact sports.

Well these guys are now lawyers,  doctors and head up insurance companies,  places where they can exert great influence on how games and laws are structured.  We must have more of them in rugby because the game and it's players are becoming soft at an alarming rate.  Don't get me wrong,  I'm all for safety,  but we are involved in a contact sport,  with inherent risks and dangers and those risks and dangers need to be accepted and managed.

Maybe the stats will tell you that mums have the greatest influence,  maybe at the end of the day they do,  but I see women as being far mentally tougher than men,  overall.

That's my spin on it anyway.

While you may not and possibly do not agree with the authour and his thoughts,  the authour doesn't really care,  and freely admits he may not be 100% correct.  However,  the basis of what is said is factual as best we can determine on any given day.  Always challenge the status quo,  better things evolve when current systems and ideals are questioned and challenged.  Make change positive,  strive to make positive change.