Bill wrote:Stix I think most people have a perception of Bradman being the nice guy on and off the pitch, was he a good sportsman in his era ??? his off field persona from what i gather was a bit of a khunt especially when cricketers pushed for decent pay as the sport transitioned to the professional era
The whole Steve Smith saga has been overplayed to death, pushing the rule book has been going on since adam and eve and the penalty he payed was way out of proportion.
Ive never researched Bradman so its interesting to hear that sbout the Don given what we're led to brlieve in folk law...
Yes pushing the rule book has gone on for ever as you mention...its only natural for one to want any advantage to win....but outright cheating to me is beyond ethical...i mean i can live with pushing the boundaries using pitch dirt as sn abrsisive...but caught red handed with sand paper is so beyond the stretchiest of boundaries, its a fuking joke...
...and then to cry on national TV...FMD...
...i mean he's earned more money in one year than dozens of less fortunate will in all their lifetimes combined...and to cry like a baby, as if he only just suddenly realised what great mistake he made is just the epitomy of such obvious pathetic two faced acting to me...
...& hence i wonder why we accept this as 'normal'...
I gather you mean his penalty is way out of proportion by way of it being to big a penalty...?
I guess the penalty is all relative to how one percieves things...
For example...an average working class JoBlo can potentially loose a job, & then everything they've ever worked for due the dishonest deceipt & corruption that is prevelant in their employers high flying executive jobs...(& sport such as cricket), yet the perpetrators continually get away with rewards for causing such devastation to others...
Anyway...i think its interesting what we are, as a society, programmed to believe is acceptable...
Im sure if you trustingly welcomed me into your home & i behaved as Steve Smith has & somehow deceitfully lied to & cheated you, id be out on my arse, never to be welcomed back--EVER...
Yet, we somehow accept that its ok when its done at the hoghest levels of our society...such as Banking, Politics & elite sport, just to name a few.
Not argueing with you either...just bouncing thoughts of varying perspectives around...
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...