After reading this blog post by my classmate Alistair(here), it got me interested into researching more on this cricket related scandal. As of today it seems that the relationship has come to an end as you can see from this news post(here). This does suggest that Clarke does not want to deal with anything that would hinder his cricket career and poses the question on high profile sportsman's relationships, would they run out at the drop of a hat if things got tough? be that as it may its a little different then a normal persons relationship when it turns into a media frenzy when something such as this happens and it turns to be bad publicity for Clarke. Im sure most of you know but just incase, this all came about after nude photos were released by AFL player Fervola and once the media got a hold of it, the public eye turned to Bingle and Clarke, Clarke soon after that left his teammates in NZ to come back to Australia to sort the situation out, until today they had been avoiding the media but Bingle had been seen without the engagement ring which sparked rumours of a seperation. as the second link states both Clarke and Bingles manager's made announcements of the pair's seperation, which concludes the saga
Roosters vs Rabbitohs
Arch rivals since foundation, my favourite upset of the weekend. Mostly because my team is the roosters, and the fact that the Rabbitohs always talk up their team before round one starts and it generally ends in disappointment, and this year, the talk was about the Rabbitohs forward pack and it so called being the best in the league this year. Well, not only did the Sydney Roosters prove that they were wrong, but they smashed them. 36-10 the final score as new Sydney Recruit Todd Carney had a huge hand in the victory. Coach Brian Smith of the Roosters has definately had a large impact on this Roosters outfit, and it is definately for the better. Smith has a reputation for instant recognition for improvement as soon as he acquires a team .
massive massive upset there with the footy. carney will rip it up for you guys this season. lets just hope he can stay out of trouble, but i seem to think he may have matured a bit since his raiders days!
ReplyDeletenow clarkey can finally concentrate on his cricket and doesnt have a bored high maintenece girlfreind hassling him all the time
It is really hard to judge the situation personally I think the media took it too far and got too personal.
ReplyDeleteIf clarke broke up with her just so his reputation wasn't ruined than I think thats pritty low and shows where his priorites stand and I would be as mad as lara was but you never know he could have found out she cheated on him or something big and bad enough for him to leave her, you never really know the truth!!
Interesting question you posed re professional sportsmen relationships. tiger woods is another scandal in media at the moment but from what i've read he is going to try to stick it out.
ReplyDeleterussell crow wouldn't be happy rabbitohs got beat.