We wuz robbed

Took my son to the footy tonight, and watched in dismay as the mighty Canberra Raiders got absolutely robbed by the incompetence of the refereeing, and lost 28-24 to the North Queensland Cowboys. The video referee made an absolute shocker of a decision ten minutes from the end, awarding the match winning try to the Cowboys - shit, don’t know what he was watching on his TV, but it wasn’t the same as was happening on the field right in front of us …and I mean literally, like 10 metres away. I hate it when my team loses, but its much worse when they get robbed by the officials. Hell it was cold out there, I don’t like to sit there shivering to watch my team lose.

And what is it with food prices at the football? $4.20 for a Coke …thats about a dollar more than the servo charges and they’re bad enough at charging ripoff prices. What sort of parallel universe do the people setting prices at sporting events come from? Do they feel the need to recoup all their capital costs in the business in one game?

Post script: Ha!ha! Heard on the radio on the way home that the Cowboys had an extra player on the field at one point in the game. Chances are they’ll lose the competition points they get for winning. Ha! ha!