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Originally Posted by curves2000
...I am a big fan of Brian McGrattan but sometimes I think he has a challenge letting things go. I had mentioned in another thread about his twitter feud with Damien Cox. Even during the interview when Boomer asked him about continuing to fight after getting knocked out, fully knowing the health effects and the fact that he has a 1-year-old, he deflected to never backing down. I am a pro enforcer, am ok with fighting and am a big fan of his but sooner or later you got to look after yourself and your family health wise. Before anybody question's my thoughts on this, understand that the league he is going to play in for the next 2 years is a full on fighting league. His role there is to sell tickets, get the crowd into the games and to intimidate opponents. He is going to be getting into scraps all the time and at 35 and counting, with all the battles he has been in, you got think that he should be careful...
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This is the part of the interview that I found most disturbing. McGrattan justifies his chosen career by insisting that he is chasing a dream (still??), and that he seems to be worried about losing his kid's respect if he does not do everything he can to fulfill it. He says at one point something to the effect of: "how can I expect my kid to follow after his own dreams if I turn around and quit?"
Is he serious? As a parent and a child I find that train of thought incredibly disturbing. I would never set my own life in danger just to ensure that my kids learn a valuable life lesson, because it is so, SO unnecessary. I think I would more likely have lost respect from my father had he not taken every precaution to protect our family at the expense of quashing my own ambition. It's a very strange rationale to employ in an effort to justify his decisions, but it really strikes me as quite hallow and ultimately selfish. The message I received from the interview was that in the end, McGrattan fights because he loves fighting, and he won't let anyone or anything interfere with that. That is a borderline obsession.