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The 2023 women’s World Cup shows Australia’s love of football and our maturity as a nation : Comments
By Chris Lewis, published 14/8/2023Australia has come a long way since the 1970s when football was often described as wogball, Melbournians described the rugby codes as open air wrestling, and the northern states (NSW and Queensland) viewed Australian Rules as aerial ping pong.
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But it seems to be going that way?
I see it instead as a mutual endeavour, where each person is part of a team of like minded persons.
Each person has the opportunity to gain experience as part of that team.
Team effort has been a mainstay, in all parts of life, for a very long time.
We don't do well as isolated creatures.
There can and should be mutual respect and understanding between teams.
Bitter rivalry is to be avoided.
My impression of those who support teams is that they can be so focussed on 'their' team, that their view becomes narrow.
They can even become incensed, and almost viscious.
This takes all the fun and warmth out of a game?
The game itself can become almost a fight, with some resorting to cheating to gain advantage.
An altogether disgusting and reprehensible result.
The game seems to work best when success can be gauged?
This is where the scoring of points comes in.
Points gained can be an indication of how well a team has performed.
I guess humans need to know these things.
When I was at school we played a kind of one-team game.
We all tried to gain control of the ball, and 'kick a goal'.
Anybody who wanted to joined in.
A kind of free-for-all.
And it was fun.