David EdwardsTodd Carney - Urination 101
July 23rd 2008 03:41
Yet another off-field incident has marred the NRL's already severely blemished reputation, with Todd Carney and Bronx Goodwin stood down indefinitely by the Canberra Raiders for their involvement in alcohol related incidents on Sunday night.
Whilst Goodwin faces the possibility of a terminated contract for his alleged brawl with two other patrons, Carney is said to only earn a strong reprimand for his action; that being the decision to urinate on a fellow nightclub patron.
As a Raiders fan, i am relieved that Canberra have decided to not tear up Carney's contract immediately. He is a brilliant player and will serve as the lynch-pin for the side for many years to come, having recently signed a long-term contract. But the question of what he has done clearly must be discussed in this blog, as a well-known public figure cannot expect to get away with such actions without copping a vitriolic response, firstly from the media and secondly from the so called "blogosphere".
As as a member of the "blogosphere", will attempt to analyse Carney's actions, not only on a superficial level, but also from a psychological perspective. It is indeed important to get to the heart of the matter, why he did it. As we have seen with Barry Hall in recent weeks, the reason that Barry strikes out at opponents is not due to his aggressive on-field game, but relationship issues - particularly his recent lucking out in the game of love.
So what can we deduce from Carney? Unless he was merely offering his urine sample to a NRL drug-tester (who happened to be in the nightclub) and accidentally drenched the volunteer, one can presume that this was a deliberate action against a patron of a nightclub. But why did he do it? Following in the same vein of the Hall saga, perhaps it is reasonable to suggest that he is indeed having similar relationship issues. Perhaps his girlfirend keeps a very tight toilet protocol back home, and he simply wanted to urinate everywhere and not worry about having to put the seat back down and tidy up his mess? Perhaps, still on the girlfriend front, Carney has some unfulfilled sexual fantasties that his girlfriend won't give approval for. The "Golden shower" that Carney laid on this patron could have in fact been a sexual release, an expression of his repressed desires that are going unfulfilled at home? The Freudian analysis may involving tracing the issue back to childhood, or focusing on an occuring dream which may contain water symbolism - perhaps Carney dreams of flowing rivers whilst asleep at night, ergo his inability to use the appropriate toilet facility whilst out and about?
A more appropriate explanation would be that Carney is simply yet another of those NRL players who cannot hold their alcohol, who instead make weird, bosterious decisions when drunk. Everyone has one or two of these friends - ones who have a chemical reaction in the brain when drinking alcohol. An example might be the friend who decides its a good idea to go to Burger King and throw burgers at restaurant patrons, a friend who enjoys ripping the number plates off cars and generally vandalising public/private properties. However it is evident that within Australian sport there is a urination epidemic, one which is rapidly spreading across codes and is primed to consume Australian sport in its entirety. Firstly it was Brendan Fevola, Willie Mason has also been reprimanded for public urination. Todd Carney has now followed suit, indicating clearly that this is not a freakish example of a man that can't control his grog, but a widespread cultural deficit in Australian sportsmen.
The recent AFL questionaire was shown to have been effective in tackling the hard soical issues in the sport, such as [I]"If a woman has had too much to drink, do you.....?" While some players ticked the box pertaining to option d) (Taker her home for sex), the majority ticked the correct box; which was something like a) Call her a cab to take her home. Perhaps both codes should adopt and amend the questionaire? Feel free to answer the question yourselves at home. Here is the proposed question:
When you are out at a nightclub and need to go to the toilet; do you:
a) Go to the toilet
b) Hold on til you get home
c) Urinate in your trousers
d) Urinate on the nearest person
If you ticked box d), you may have a future in Australian sport. God speed to all of you.
-SportingMind
Whilst Goodwin faces the possibility of a terminated contract for his alleged brawl with two other patrons, Carney is said to only earn a strong reprimand for his action; that being the decision to urinate on a fellow nightclub patron.
As a Raiders fan, i am relieved that Canberra have decided to not tear up Carney's contract immediately. He is a brilliant player and will serve as the lynch-pin for the side for many years to come, having recently signed a long-term contract. But the question of what he has done clearly must be discussed in this blog, as a well-known public figure cannot expect to get away with such actions without copping a vitriolic response, firstly from the media and secondly from the so called "blogosphere".
As as a member of the "blogosphere", will attempt to analyse Carney's actions, not only on a superficial level, but also from a psychological perspective. It is indeed important to get to the heart of the matter, why he did it. As we have seen with Barry Hall in recent weeks, the reason that Barry strikes out at opponents is not due to his aggressive on-field game, but relationship issues - particularly his recent lucking out in the game of love.
So what can we deduce from Carney? Unless he was merely offering his urine sample to a NRL drug-tester (who happened to be in the nightclub) and accidentally drenched the volunteer, one can presume that this was a deliberate action against a patron of a nightclub. But why did he do it? Following in the same vein of the Hall saga, perhaps it is reasonable to suggest that he is indeed having similar relationship issues. Perhaps his girlfirend keeps a very tight toilet protocol back home, and he simply wanted to urinate everywhere and not worry about having to put the seat back down and tidy up his mess? Perhaps, still on the girlfriend front, Carney has some unfulfilled sexual fantasties that his girlfriend won't give approval for. The "Golden shower" that Carney laid on this patron could have in fact been a sexual release, an expression of his repressed desires that are going unfulfilled at home? The Freudian analysis may involving tracing the issue back to childhood, or focusing on an occuring dream which may contain water symbolism - perhaps Carney dreams of flowing rivers whilst asleep at night, ergo his inability to use the appropriate toilet facility whilst out and about?
A more appropriate explanation would be that Carney is simply yet another of those NRL players who cannot hold their alcohol, who instead make weird, bosterious decisions when drunk. Everyone has one or two of these friends - ones who have a chemical reaction in the brain when drinking alcohol. An example might be the friend who decides its a good idea to go to Burger King and throw burgers at restaurant patrons, a friend who enjoys ripping the number plates off cars and generally vandalising public/private properties. However it is evident that within Australian sport there is a urination epidemic, one which is rapidly spreading across codes and is primed to consume Australian sport in its entirety. Firstly it was Brendan Fevola, Willie Mason has also been reprimanded for public urination. Todd Carney has now followed suit, indicating clearly that this is not a freakish example of a man that can't control his grog, but a widespread cultural deficit in Australian sportsmen.
The recent AFL questionaire was shown to have been effective in tackling the hard soical issues in the sport, such as [I]"If a woman has had too much to drink, do you.....?" While some players ticked the box pertaining to option d) (Taker her home for sex), the majority ticked the correct box; which was something like a) Call her a cab to take her home. Perhaps both codes should adopt and amend the questionaire? Feel free to answer the question yourselves at home. Here is the proposed question:
When you are out at a nightclub and need to go to the toilet; do you:
a) Go to the toilet
b) Hold on til you get home
c) Urinate in your trousers
d) Urinate on the nearest person
If you ticked box d), you may have a future in Australian sport. God speed to all of you.
-SportingMind
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