5 Reasons Why ScoMo Watching the Sharkies is More Important Than Australia’s Entire Music Industry
A year on, even though Australia is doing a fantastic job in managing ‘the rona’, there are still plenty of industries being completely drained of resources and funds. One of these being one that brings joy to so many Australians, the local music industry.
With the governments job keeper scheme coming to an end on March 28th, the Australian music industry and all within have been left in an extremely tough spot. It’s obvious the government put the end date as March 28th because they thought every industry that was struggling should be running smoothly by then. But seeing Bluesfest cancelled late last month due to one local covid case, shows nothing has or will change for the music industry in the near future.
Bluesfest had worked so hard and pioneered a ‘Covid Safe Plan’ for the festival but were cut short 24 hours before starting without an insurance plan put in place by the government for failure. Yet sport in that same state of NSW, as well as other major events such as ‘The Sydney Royal Easter Show’ took place that same weekend. Even though the show found no new cases after being held, there are some double standards being put in place here.
These double standards are a big find when contrasting the Australian Sporting Industry to the Music Industry. The sporting world has been allowed to have COVID safe huge crowds at their events, although this is a great thing, there has got to be questions as to why this freedom hasn’t yet been given to the music industry.
But hey, our great PM, Scott Morrison is an avid supporter of the Cronulla Sharks. And he’s bloody loving having live sport back! Knowing that, lets all of us Australians sleep better at night. It’s truly a positive for all Australians. So, here’s 5 reasons why ‘ScoMo’ Watching the Sharkies is more important than Australia’s entire music industry.
1. Paul Gallen Used to Play for Them!
Is NRL legend Paul Gallen in one of those music bands? No he isn’t! Paul Gallen, who is one of Scotty’s boys I’ll have you know, used to play footy for the sharkies! Yes you heard me correctly, outright legend, PG, played for the sharks. Yeah people in the music industry may have insane talent that they’ve practised since birth, but could the two boys from Lime Cordiale play second row in the NRL? Pretty sure they couldn’t to be honest with you. ScoMo just said checkmate to the music industry. The mic just dropped.
2. Not Many People Go Watch The Sharkies (or any NRL team) Play That Aren’t from Their Local Area
A great point! Not many people actually travel very far to watch the NRL anymore, apart from Scotty that is. I don’t really know why; I don’t think it’s due to it being an underwhelming sport though. But this is a positive because that’s why NRL games can be played during these crazy times! Because they can easily COVID trace people of Cronulla. This is unlike a music festival where people are actually invested into travelling a fair way to see their favourite artists and enjoy themselves, which is totally COVID unsafe! Bon Jovi doesn’t tour much these days though, so ScoMo doesn’t really have to worry about this music industry thing. Which is super awesome news.
3. You Can’t Have A ‘Cheeky Punt’ on a Music Festival!
Having a punt, that’s what live sports IS all about, there is seriously nothing better. No one is that entertained with the game that they could avoid betting on it, c’mon! And those gambling apps aren’t too bad for our economy either ha-ha! See that’s where live sport wins, you can’t bet on who’s going to play first at a music festival or anything, what’s the fun? I for one love a punt, and I’m sure Scotty loves punting a little bit of the taxpayer’s money on the mighty sharkies sometimes too. Especially with all the spare change he’d have this year due to not being able to take a trip to Hawaii. You simply cannot beat a good old punt!
4. You’re Only Sitting Down When You’re Watching the Footy Anyway!
It’s totally COVID safe. You’re only ever getting out of your seat to get a cheeky beer or some food for Jen and the kids. Music Festivals are all standing up and would totally be unsafe… apart from of course Bluesfest which was a sit-down festival and was again cancelled due to being “COVID unsafe” last month. I thought Scotty might’ve budged with Bluesfest because Cronulla play in blue colours and he loves the sharkies, but unfortunately this wasn’t the case. That’s all good though, at least no one got to miss out on watching the footy on the Bluesfest weekend, which is a real positive. Hopefully they had a bit of a punt on a game too, cause the economy really needs it right now.
5. You Can Sing Along to Footy Songs, which Can Only Do Good for Peoples Mental Health’s!
“Up, up Cronulla, the boys in the black, white and blue!” How good is singing along for your favourite footy team at their home ground! You don’t get moments like those anywhere else other than live sport. It’s the stuff that is really good for people’s mental health, and Scotty cares a lot about the nation’s mental health. He always does a speech on ‘R U OK day’, so you just know he cares. I don’t know any single other events that you could sing along with a bunch of mates like you could at a game of footy, so we completely understand your point of view here ‘ScoMo’.
