In life, if not in sport, sometimes it’s best not to choose any side

Sometimes, that media exposure isn’t all its cracked up to be anyway and can be better off avoided, writes Mike Quirke.

THE final weekend of National Football League action provided no end of entertainment: Nine goals and 119 points scored across all four divisional finals. An average of 36.5 scores per game isn’t too shabby for what some would have us believe is an ailing game.

Who knew that pairing evenly matched teams against each other would have such positive outcomes.