It's Not Football, Mate

The ethnic conflict and violence which has historically undermined Australia's attempts to maintain a viable professional soccer league showed up at a strange venue on Monday - Rod Laver arena. Apparently it was a slow day for hooliganism, and thus rowdy young men clashed at Day 1 of the Australian Open. I say, there's nothing more manly than a punch-up while wearing one's tennis whites. The conflict erupted between large groups of Aussies still harbouring nationalist feelings toward their ethnic homelands in the Balkan peninsula (Serbs, Croats, and Greeks). The police ultimately got it all sorted, but tournament officials are a bit embarrassed.