Supporting a footy team should be fulfilling. Enjoyable! It should give a return. It should not be triggering. It should not induce heart attacks.
With the AFL home and away season done, lots of fans are licking wounds. Including me. Required treatment: a zap from a defibrillator, thanks, and the answer to a question a lifelong, one-club supporter should have no business asking.Watching Essendon – Depressendon – creatively implode again in its last game, I felt more than shattered. I felt enough is enough.
After the last siren, my husband dished up a bowl of ice-cream that stopped me screaming and gave light brain freeze, which led to existential thoughts.If changing teams enhances your experience as a fan, maybe it’s a valid choice. Maybe it’s even a natural, acceptable part of personal growth and evolution. Life circumstances and preferences shift over decades.
Footy is entertainment. When your team loses the plot or tears up the script every week, they’re not giving bang for buck. And there are plenty of other boy bands out there to support. Decades later, I’m in awe of Marcus’ prescience in matching his team to his values. What does Essendon stand for? These days, not sure. I rang the club to ask, but the “contact centre is currently closed”. Like my purse when it comes to membership next year, maybe.
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