Almanac (Footy) Fiction: Oscar Compson, revisited

Greetings Tipsters

 

Given the recent malarkey in the AFL, let’s revisit Round Six of 2020, the year I wrote an allegedly fictional series of columns. And so…

 

Could there be any news more astounding than the video that Oscar Compson, twice All-Australian fullback, renowned tough nut, feared by forwards across the land, posted on Thursday evening? The video wherein he sat arm in arm with his pentathlete boyfriend and said “I’m gay.”

 

“I’ve seen how lesbian footballers can kiss their girlfriends and no-one seems to care much. Well, I reckon that it’s time a gay footballer can do the same” and he hugged and kissed Mike Daniels. “Yeah, we’re gay. All my teammates have known for years and they aren’t bothered.”

 

A few minutes later wingman Jason Reilly tweeted “Me too.” Social media went nuts, as you’d expect. Lots of ‘good onya’ and a fair few ‘thank you for your example/you’ve made my life a bit easier’ and a couple of the ‘gonna burn my membership card’ types.

 

Down here at the Stop Privatisation Of Football offices, we reckon that anything that goes on between consenting adults is their business, homo or hetero, vanilla or chocolate. We’re in the ‘good onya Oscar’ camp, glad to see your honesty and we admire your confidence.

 

Oscar was reported on the weekend, the seventh report of his career, for an overly enthusiastic hip and shoulder on a centre half-forward. Post-match, he denied any chance of homophobic remarks, saying “We played together in under fifteens, ol’ Chancy’s known about me since then. It’s just football.”

 

And so…

 

 

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