Some people just don't like sport
It was a reminder that there are people on this planet that cannot stomach any kind of sport. They loathe it even more than Nobby loathes techno-pop music, cellphones and television reality shows.
One suspects the portly British actor Robert Morley was also less than enthusiastic about participating in sport. He once complained: "The ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel."
In Nobby's schooldays a long, long time ago, there were kids who would start shaking with fright at the very thought of taking part in a sports session. Sometimes they feigned sickness, but usually they were forced to play, something that wouldn't happen these days, I might add
