“Australian hockey ‘star’ amputates finger to play at Olympics” [because he didn’t want to wait for an injury to heal]…. I suppose this is the inevitable result of the sick society we’ve ended up with, but it’s still profoundly insane, that he made this decision and rationalized it thus… - Kotaku In Action 2

“Australian hockey ‘star’ amputates finger to play at Olympics” [because he didn’t want to wait for an injury to heal]…. I suppose this is the inevitable result of the sick society we’ve ended up with, but it’s still profoundly insane, that he made this decision and rationalized it thus… (archive.is)

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– bamboozler1 [S] 2 points 148 days ago +2 / -0

Yeah, no you’re right. Field hockey in Aus is professional (i.e. we have a pro league), but their is no free-to-air tv rights, which is where the money is, so pay would be… Less than Women’s netball, or maybe even women’s rugby union, which is only semi-pro, lol…

Hockey is definitely still fairly niche here, and we’re like, world number 3 or 4…

Also regarding his “star” status, I had never even heard of him, and I technically went to school with our hockey captain (he would have been finishing up when I started, but still), and grew up playing it… So he’s not that big a name, imho, lol.

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