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<blockquote data-quote="Yoshimitsu" data-source="post: 1005478" data-attributes="member: 71899"><p>This is a shambles and I don't like the implications. The Barbarians are a standout concept for me in a time of increasing "professionalism". For "professionalism" read "joyless commercialisation of what was the greatest social sport on the planet". The Ba Bas are already financially barely viable from my understanding. Which is a crying shame given they must be one of the greatest brands in Rugby. This might kill it. I'm not convinced that wouldn't suit some people.</p><p></p><p>Yes there's a degree of idiocy involved but I could live without the histrionics to be fair. Andy Powell drove a golf cart up the M4 at 4am to buy some fags and he's a legitimate legend (it's right up there with the greatest story ever told). Before we get the "yeah but no risk to anyone else...." he was driving ****** up on a motorway in a golf cart. </p><p></p><p>The risk of Covid 19 to young fit people is very low. Not zero but playing rugby isn't zero risk either. Bubbling must be pretty boring to be fair. These are young people.</p><p></p><p>Stupidity does not equal malicious intent in my book. Robshaw may have tarnished a great legacy as a good guy over this and that's a real shame. But it's not like they went on the lash to a strip club or went dwarf throwing is it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yoshimitsu, post: 1005478, member: 71899"] This is a shambles and I don't like the implications. The Barbarians are a standout concept for me in a time of increasing "professionalism". For "professionalism" read "joyless commercialisation of what was the greatest social sport on the planet". The Ba Bas are already financially barely viable from my understanding. Which is a crying shame given they must be one of the greatest brands in Rugby. This might kill it. I'm not convinced that wouldn't suit some people. Yes there's a degree of idiocy involved but I could live without the histrionics to be fair. Andy Powell drove a golf cart up the M4 at 4am to buy some fags and he's a legitimate legend (it's right up there with the greatest story ever told). Before we get the "yeah but no risk to anyone else...." he was driving ****** up on a motorway in a golf cart. The risk of Covid 19 to young fit people is very low. Not zero but playing rugby isn't zero risk either. Bubbling must be pretty boring to be fair. These are young people. Stupidity does not equal malicious intent in my book. Robshaw may have tarnished a great legacy as a good guy over this and that's a real shame. But it's not like they went on the lash to a strip club or went dwarf throwing is it? [/QUOTE]
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