Feb 10 2009
Retirements
Danny Green today has announced his return to the ring. I don’t get this. Or maybe I do and the cynical side of my brain is just trying to deny the fact. I sadly think these athletes announce fake retirements so they can take a break from their chosen sport and enjoy the rest with the comfort of when they announce their return from retirement a huge pay day awaits them.
Green in particular looks to be a prime example of this. He announced his retirement in conjunction with the release of his autobiography ‘Closed Fists, Open Heart’ a marketing ploy carried out to precision. Then, 6 months later I notice a market was available at certain sporting bet company websites on a Mundine V Green fight happening in 2009. Now he is rested and the time is right, he is going to chime in for one of the largest pay days in Australian sporting history.
I do not like this dishonesty. I would prefer people just retire and be done with it or let their talents melt away proudly much as Mathew Hayden did.
With the following exceptions no body is allowed to un-retire ever again.
- Wally Lewis – He could still captain coach the Broncos to an easy premiership this year. Even with bits of his brain gone.
- The Rat Pack – I would pay a lot of money for this group to reform…. even in their current condition (I would bring nose plugs).
- Steve Waugh – There is always room in a team for a sledging master, even if he scores no runs.
- Shane Warne – He can still turn legies 3 foot and chop on with the chicks. Who retires when they have this sort of talent?
- Muhumad Ali – Someone may do him a favour and put him out of his misery (This was suggested by someone else so don’t blame me).
- John Daly – We all need just one professional golfer to look like a complete hacker.
- Warren Buffett – I want him to live to have 1 trillion dollars. On current growth rates this should occur just as he turns 98.
Any of you lot come with any suggestions of who should be allowed to un-retire????
I hope he pumels Mundine.
What about Far Lap comming out of retirement?
I would like to see Elle McPherson do a few more calendars. For obvious reasons.
An even more interesting topic could be who is currently past their retirement point. For instance Donald Trump, Tina Turner and Ricky Ponting…to name a few.
While we’re on horses how about Makybe Diva and Margaret Thatcher?
Does this mean Matty Hayden can make a comeback?
How about Johnny Young and the Young Talent Team???
What about humour? Maybe it should make a comeback to this webshite!!
You guys are a bunch of non funny idiots.
(Velcrap, you are the exception in this instance. Yours was actually funny for once.)
I think IASM is carrying a boner for Margaret Thatcher????
‘you guys are a bunch on non funny idiots’….
Oh the shame of it all, the SHAME. You really got to me then IATF. *sniff*
Idiot
Interesting topic. Not sure I like your thoughts about the great Ali though.
Your obviously a Queenslander with your one eyed support for Wally Lewis. Most of us here in NSW wonder why he was hyped so much. He never looked like anything special to us.
I retired on monday at about 12:30pm…well to be honest it was somewhere between me telling the boss to shove his job and him telling me that my family was too high on my priority list and not his company that I became “Retired”. With great happiness I headed back to the trailor park wondering what I would spend my new found freedom doing, only to find the other big boss in my life had other ideas. Alas at 1030 last night I have made a come back and re-enterd the rat race.
Rob why would Wally be special to a cockroach he made you blokes look silly for almost a decade.
Wally Lewis is the best footballer of any code I’ve ever seen Rob B, and I’m a NSW supporter. He killed us time and time again.
Anyone who wants to bash Mundine can make a comeback or do anything else they want as far as I’m concerned. He’s was an average footballer at best (and I’m being kind there), and now he’s an loud mouth idiot and a terrible advertisement for our country.
Fat One you are a Queensland redneck loser!!
Sadly, that’s your wittiest comment to date….