‘Everyone knew our names, but not our faces’: when footy had an escape valve - The Age

Have we created, for our own gratification, an impossible living environment for young men, mentally only part-formed, who happen to be gifted at football?

As the storm clouds descended on Horne-Francis, Nathan Buckley seethed. The North teenager, he said, was being held to account for two promises he did not make: the promise implied by the No. 1 ranki… [+4339 chars]

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