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Since getting the fox footy channel, I've been watching a lot more games; and as a result I've noticed the terribly unsatifying effort players put into running through the banners at the start of matches. As a kid, I remember the players would rip the banners to shreds and oh boy would it be fun to watch. Nowadays, they're either pre-ripped so they don't have to do anything at all (if any of you saw West Coast's banner v. Collingwood today), or they just duck under it. I don't know about you guys (and I know this isn't a big issue) but it's just another thing from the AFL that I remember, where 'chopping the arms' didn't exist, 'being demonstrative' was normal, a 'push in the back' was actually a PUSH in the back and where players would get pumped up as they came out onto the ground and ripped the banner to bits.... but I suppose we don't want players jarring their fingers after going too hard at the tissue paper do we?...Sigh.
