That’s because for that majority of the players, the game is just their job but to you it’s your passion. The sooner you realise this, the easier it is to see that there is more to life than AFL - in fact there is much much more.
Now when it was the VFL - that was another matter.
Well the Richmond and Essenon VFL players had a meet and greet session around 30 minutes after the game. A 10.minute Q and A with players. Can say no players looked distraught after the loss, while the Richmond players barely broke into a smile.
We walked out of the ground with the VFL players. Highlight was four younger players discussing their plans for the evening
Well, I’ve already said that in my opinion Bacchus was probably out of line. But that was a pretty strong rant. Then again - who am I to talk - I rant like a loon all the time.