5 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

I worry more for the person who accepts the advances having just been weighed 😅

Indeed! Talk about having low self-confidence. Honestly I wouldn't be totally shocked if some [censored] insisted later in their relationship that their partner stand on a scale to decide if they'd stay. But even the most shallow loser doesnt need scales to be an *****ole

7 hours ago, Go Ds said:

The weight thing has always been such a silly non-issue. Only doctors and people trying to get thinner/stronger care about exact weights. Could you imagine someone taking a set of scales to a nightclub and only hitting on someone after they've weighed them?!!!!! Even when size matters to someone their eyes are a better judge for 'discerning' size. Player weights were such a silly stat. They fluctuate daily and whether they were because of extra fluid, fatty tissue, muscle or a full belly is relevant. But, no, the AFL would get some momentary, transient measure for players during preseason that somehow the general public would use months later when theyre doing their footy tips in August. (!)

The thing is people have always used their eyes to judge size. Whether kids want to say Amber has girl germs because she looks fat or you can see that a lanky 6'6 rookie ruckman will struggle against his opponent who is built like a brick s****ouse we dont need a scale. None of this has changed. Despite whether weights are published or not people can still fat-shame and football staff and fans can still see if players are/were fat or muscular - all regardless. We may as well include, and then not include, players' favourite colour in their stats.

Well said.

Every fan could reel off dozens of names of footballers who are/were rake thin and hard as nails. And a similar number who are/were built like the brick s###house you mentioned and not really cut out for such a physically demanding game. Weight, for all the reasons you've said, tells us almost nothing. And even if it was a steady number, it would still tell us almost nothing.

Footballers are not farm animals; they're not more valuable because they have more meat on them.