It was why he thought twice about this story. In 2018, he listened as Gold Coast Commonwealth Games chairman Peter Beattie spoke at the end of the Games and was inspired. That it was inevitable there would be a break in the season at some point. He is studying sports management. Twenty players, plus 30 or so coaches, physios, trainers and staff worked out to less than 100 people. We were told that playing exposed us to not greater risk than going to the supermarket. Photo: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images. Sport transcends. I went for a run up past Collingwood Children’s Farm and sat with the goats for 10 minutes. People around me are desperately sad and have been thrust into a world of uncertainty, but still have mouths to feed and payments to make. The club arranged a trivia night and a few drinks to mark the end of pre-season, and the night started on a high with Bucks announcing to the group that Lynden Dunn would be signed as a rookie for the season ahead. The game was not the same without our fans. We wanted to play, we wanted to play that week, we wanted to try to play 22 games, and we were happy to play multiple games of shortened duration each week, in an attempt to get them all in. “Much as it’s made me realise how much I love playing football, it’s also strengthened my non-athlete identity,” he said. I can’t wait.”. Kind of like Russell Crowe waiting for the Emperor at the end of a battle in Gladiator. Jordan Roughead with Louie and Bill the Bulldog.Credit:Joe Armao. We got rolled by the Saints. In my mind, sport had always found a way to transcend what was happening in society around it. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Another time, he bought three dozen eggs and gave them to a different cafe. Jordan Roughead with Louie and Bill the Bulldog. It might not be the same, but we’ll find a way. Which meant we could all be in indoor spaces together. The pair compare notes on their fields, both built around performance, both dependent on crowds, now lacking for both. I don’t think we, as an industry, are above this. Some were players, some laid-off staff members keen to maintain a connection with the club. One week out from Round One, our final main training session before Friday Night Footy was followed by a government announcement. They were in the process of delivering our entire gym all across Melbourne. These were not mere and unrelated whims. “It wasn’t about making huge financial sacrifices or enormous efforts,” Roughead said, “it was about acknowledging people for the small things they were doing anyway.”, ''Most people are doing things that could be construed as going the extra mile,'' says Roughead.Credit:Joe Armao. We left the building thinking about our upcoming Thursday night meeting with the reigning premiers, but I had a suspicion that following the final game of the round, we’d be called off. We’d connected, everyone in that room, in a different way.

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