The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[PaulP]

Agree Paul and EB.
Does anyone actually think Gina has ever had any interest in sport, recreation and health ?
All she wanted was to appear to be a good corporate citizen with minimal outlay and zero compassion, a bit of PR.
She couldn't even muster a token chat, maybe she should talk to her extended aboriginal family...

I try to avoid cynicism as much as possible, but I tend to agree. To my eyes, it seems as though the slightest provocation was sufficient grounds for her to pull the plug. I mean let's face it, that protest action by the players was pretty weak. How much offence / damage could that possibly cause Rinehart ? I'm not sure Rinehart's reputation was all that great even before this started.

I think we will see this mess more and more in the future. Big companies and sporting organisations were never really comfortable bedfellows IMO.