Recently on The Facebook, local footy legends from all over the country have been reminiscing about the glory days by posting their favourite footy photos/memories and tagging others to do the same.





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I don't actually know what started this, but my guess would be local footy being given the boot by the 'Rona, which has forced an entire generation of young men to spend an extra 4-12 hours a week with their partners, or even worse, their own thoughts.





I recognise how much it sucks that Corona has stuffed the entire sporting world in a locker ( a level of domination not seen since Fev bagged 8 to lead a 48 point comeback against the Bombers in '07 ), but as far as social media 'challenges' go, this one's pretty bad.





"Post a picture of yourself OR donate to charity."





How many blokes out there do you think are going to donate to charity instead of posting a picture when they were anywhere from 5-50 kilos lighter?





Seriously, who's idea was it to have the charity donation be the alternate option that is as enforceable as a Hail Mary KFC tag request?

It's just terrible PR. Wouldn't the obvious play here here have been to nominate people to post proof of a small donation to charity and as a result, get to post/share one of their favourite footy memories? Celebrating how awesome the footy community is and making everyone else feel great in the process?





I know that would involve actually donating to a charity that isn't Sportsbet or the local Pokies, but still, can't we do a bit better?

If I wanted to see a bunch of pale blokes with shit facial hair not contributing much to society, I'd get one of these mirrors:

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