Quote: the flying biscuit "and that's exactly why we shouldn't do..... we fall over ourselves in the presence of "celebrity" we should have a so loving what attitude..... I appreciate Giggs for what he is in football.... but thats it, i don't need him to tell me Rugby League is a great sport
it reinforces that minority sport mentality...its as if we are searching for compliments off famous people to try and show everyone that we are accepted as sport
It's a pity we dont have people running the sport who can stand up and be believable when saying "this is the best sport in the world......and some day your all going to realise it...."
even on the footy show ex league player Mark Geyer a state of origin legend (due to fighting with wally lewis) was like a kid at Christmas because he was sat next to a woman MMA fighter and the organiser of the sport.....
ohh love off..... he should be impressed that he's sat on the same table as Andrew Johns.....
I like Joeys take on it ....Rugby League is everything to him its the best sport and he knows it. The way he dismissed Sam Burgess last week when they spoke about him coming back to RL he said "they always want to come back dont they", and he gave the best couldn't give a love look ever.....'"
You've pretty much summed it up, in your opening 3 paragraphs, biscuit
It's a smalltime attitude that we have about ourselves, as a sport. "Oh look. There's so'n'so (goes weak at the knees). Aren't we blessed that he's deemed us worthy of his presence at a RL game" (drops to his knees, and does a Wayne's World...WE'RE NOT WORTHY, WE'RE NOT WORTHY). Giggs seemed to be embarrassed by the whole interview. I don't remember him being particularly gushing about the sport either. He simply said he played the sport 'til he was 14, was told to stop, and seemed relieved that he wasn't going to be clattered about, anymore. Meanwhile, O'Connor was like a lovestruck Brosette. It was even being repeated on Sky Sports News this morning, with the attitude of "look at little RL, aren't they lucky having a famous footballer watching their little sport"
The RFL need to have a total rethink on how our sport is marketed. There are no more sports desks based in the North West for our national press, so that's a struggle to start with. However, BBC Sport is now run from Media City in Salford, so we should be banging the proverbial drum at their door. The majority of RL clubs are within an hour's drive. However, they (The Beeb) seem to have more interest in Women's football.
