Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we will discuss some of the sporting decisions made by athletes, coaches, signings that have had negative consequences and have come back to bite, either on the field, court, globally, career wise. Some of what we discuss include
- football teams signing players on big money contracts and the players not performing or become injury plagued.
- a spanish cyclist who lost much respect by not paying respect to the tradition of the yellow jersey.
- a former english goalkeeper who became a promising sportsreporter, however through it all away to spread lunacy and conspiracy theories around the world and state he is the son of god.
- coaches making decisions at crucial times that resulted in a loss, eg, warren ryan 1989 grand final, soviet union ice hockey coach at 1980 winter olympics.
- portland trailblaizers trading sam bowie instead of the great michael jordan
- atlanta falcons letting go of nfl great brett favre to the green bay packers
- cricket captains who decided to enforce the follow on and go on and lose then go on and lose the series eg, kim hughes, steve waugh.
- the cut to heidi add at a crucial time in a 1968 nfl game.
- everett sanchez deciding to put his balls (testicles) in a ball washer with terrible results
- former aussie cricket captain when involved in a sexting scandal and his unbelievable review that handed england a test win.
- jarrad hayne deciding to leave the nrl in 2014 to chase his nfl dream
- french golfer jean van de velde deciding to use the driver on the 18th hole at the 1999 open championship
- the corrupt judges who robbed boxer roy jones jnr of gold
- the charlotte hornets letting kobe bryant go.
- oj simpsons prosecution team deciding to go for the glove
- real madrid letting go of manager vincent del bosque
- clive palmer and gold coast united
- tiger woods and his infidelity
- john mcnamara and his decision to leave on bill bucknor
- ryan lochte and his porky pies (lies) at the 2016 rio olympics
We discuss our winners and losers for the week in sport, Glenn gives his slap of the week. we also have our quiz and our who am I and where are they now? segments.
