This is not normal for this blog, but I was touched by big Mark Geyer's outburst of emotion on this morning's radio show, on Sydney's Triple M Grill Team.
MG's tears during a tribute to Oscar Buhagiar - the 6-year-old number 1 Eels fan who lost his battle against cancer on Monday - showed a softer side of the hard man of rugby league.
Well done to the team for embracing emotion. And well done to the Eels for creating jerseys to remember their gutsy supporter.
As a journalist, we're taught to be objective in everything we do and it goes against the grain to praise a commercial enterprise, or for that matter others in the media industry.
But this is a worthy exception. The emotion of the tribute to Oscar, coupled with one of the funniest Gotcha calls I've heard, along with a giveaway (sending people to the Formule 1 at the airport) made it one of the best mornings of radio I've experienced.
Congratulations to the entire team. You deserve it.
Friday, March 26, 2010
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