Lack of influence
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
I was very disappointed not to see Kevin Muscat’s name not appear under the Sport category of The Age’s Melbourne Magazine’s Melbourne’s Most Influential People.
For a player who is constantly accused of influencing referees and match officials; getting away murder on the field; having more power than Ernie Merrick; and is despised by every other opposition fan surely would get on the list.
On a more serious note, you would think that Geoff Lord should have been on the list, considering that he has taken the Melbourne Victory from nothing to be the A-League’s most successful team both on and off the field.
Instead we had five out of the eight people have some relationship to the AFL. Considering that the three of the members on the selection panel (Jake Niall, Bruce McAvaney and Peter Hanlon) of the Sports category have some sort of AFL affiliation it’s hardly surprising. Surely you would have Michael Lynch or someone of his ilk on there to balance things out.
