Gary Ablett - is he staying or going?

Gary Ablett is a star player for the Geelong Football Club ("The Cats") in the Australian Football League. He has been instrumental in the side's success over the past three years, and he is key to Geelong winning the Grand Final again this year. As I am a lifelong Cats fan, I always try to keep up to date with what's happening to "Gazza". I am especially concerned that the Gold Coast football club may take him from us by dangling lots of cash in front of him. Jason Akermanis, one of the biggest idiots in footy, but someone who knows Ablett quite well, has written a story today which gives some very interesting information about developments.

In this story, Akermanis (also known as "Aker") suggests that pro sports is one of the most pressurizing industries you can be involved in. Therefore, players are under a lot of stress, and there can be many factors that can make them move. Do they get on with the coach? Are they in a team that is likely to win a premiership? Do the fans annoy them? Sports stars almost never will let on how they feel about these things, and that is why the footballing public should not be too shocked if Gazza suddenly decides to leave.

When I read this story, I had a pretty negative reaction. Aker, in my opinion, is a self-serving little creep, and there never was much doubt about why he left the Brisbane Lions (his team-mates found him to be unbearable). However, as much as I loathe Aker, it is true to say that he makes some decent points. But does he tell me anything I don't already know? No. Like all of us, he doesn't have the faintest idea about what's going to happen to Gazza. Thanks a lot, Aker.