Mick Doohan, The Headbutting Hero
August 8th 2006 08:43
Mick Doohan, photo by Gary Watson
For the average female, headbutting is an extremely perplexing concept. And by “perplexing” I actually mean, ridiculous, illogical and stupid.
Two reasons. Firstly, why on earth would you actively choose to put the one thing that encompasses your brain, your face and essentially, the person that you are, in the path of serious damage? And secondly, if you really want to hurt the guy, doesn’t it make more sense to just go in for the full swing? Really boys, I just don’t get it.
Yet everyone’s doing it. The martial arts people, soccer players and even the Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, Mick Doohan.
He was recently arrested after doing some Zidane-style headbutting at a Darwin strip club. The 41-year-old was subsequently charged with the assault of the club's bouncer and failure to leave a licensed premises after being told to do so.
Today, The Thunder From Down Under was in court pleading guilty to the charges. Doohan’s lawyer submitted that he was acting completely out of character. He apologised on Doohan’s behalf to the bouncer involved and also to the police and the court for taking up their time.
Magistrate Greg Cavanagh fined the sportsman $2,500 but said that no conviction would be recorded because Doohan is “ a veritable Australian hero”.
I was hoping there would be something in the judgement that explained the whole headbutting concept, but no, there’s was nothing...
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