Running On The Field For 100 Goals Is A Tradition
In ice hockey, if a player scores three goals in a game all the fans throw their hats on the ice. In many sports the winning team pours large amounts of orange liquid over their coach. At the soccer, riots often occur due to the lack of action on the field. The winner of the Indianapolis 500 race drinks milk.
Some traditions don't really make sense, like Detroit Red Wings fans throwing an octopus on the ice or baseball fans in Anaheim waving a monkey above their heads, but they are things that those who fund the sports do seem to enjoy. Without the paying fans, there are no professional sportspeople.
Lance Franklin has at least four more games to play, so 100 goals is nearly assured. Many traditions are being taken away from people and the 100 goal celebration has been under threat for some time now. There are plenty of Hawthorn fans who cheered Dunstall when he got to 100, they probably want to do the same for their "buddy".
It isn’t like these people have not been on a football ground before with Franklin. During the breaks in play for the VFL and Under 18 games people saunter onto the field. The members and supporters who line up for autographs from Franklin at Waverley, during training and family days, deserve to be part of a celebration of his goal-kicking as they may be stopped from attending a Grand Final he plays in. The days of a club membership guaranteeing a Grand Final ticket are supposedly over, the occasional centurion celebration won’t make up for that but it is fun for the fans to do.
Some traditions don't really make sense, like Detroit Red Wings fans throwing an octopus on the ice or baseball fans in Anaheim waving a monkey above their heads, but they are things that those who fund the sports do seem to enjoy. Without the paying fans, there are no professional sportspeople.
Lance Franklin has at least four more games to play, so 100 goals is nearly assured. Many traditions are being taken away from people and the 100 goal celebration has been under threat for some time now. There are plenty of Hawthorn fans who cheered Dunstall when he got to 100, they probably want to do the same for their "buddy".
It isn’t like these people have not been on a football ground before with Franklin. During the breaks in play for the VFL and Under 18 games people saunter onto the field. The members and supporters who line up for autographs from Franklin at Waverley, during training and family days, deserve to be part of a celebration of his goal-kicking as they may be stopped from attending a Grand Final he plays in. The days of a club membership guaranteeing a Grand Final ticket are supposedly over, the occasional centurion celebration won’t make up for that but it is fun for the fans to do.
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