Peter Moss asks sports fans to sacrifice all for the Republic. For every season, There is a reason, And a time, For every purpose, Under heaven. From The Bible via Pete Seeger.
Spring is a schizophrenic time for the sports fan.
At once, the mad weeks of footy finals fever - and the imminent emptiness that is October. The juggernaut of test cricket will arrive, as ever, in late November. For some, the eight-week interval between grand finals and the Gabba test is a welcome hiatus of quiet reflection, or hibernation. There are distractions, if you want them. But most are flashy trinkets littering a soulless marketplace.