Quote: Toddy Senior "Unfortunately, some of the replies to your post demonstrate what is so often wrong with those who attend sporting events nowadays. I've enjoyed rugby league for almost 60 years (I was a frustrated Saints fan at the game yesterday) and increasingly find that Magic Weekends, Grand Finals and Challenge Cup Finals attract mindless idiots (typically daft young lads and their equally daft mates) who come more for the beer than for the games. I'd be very surprised if any of them can even understand (or spell) words such as RESPECT, TOLERANCE and DIGNITY and they let our family-orientated game down badly on big occasions where we're trying to attract new audiences.
I have no problems with alcohol at matches and fully expect to be called a boring old f*rt after my comments but it's time that some of these thickos understood that it's not acceptable to inflict their drunken selves on others when a large part of the audience comprises women and children. Therefore, instead of saying to you that you should move to another seat, they should do us all a favour and move to another sport......preferably one where their low IQ's would be welcomed - i.e. football.'"
Sadly I agree with this. I used to take the family to all the big finals but now tend to go with mates for all the above reasons. Rugby league is a family sport except on the big occasions when the drunken fools arrive. The Grand final is getting especially bad for this.
