The Breakdown of 'The World Game'

Andy Harper

Was the first to leave ‘The World Game’ to work on Fox. Having already appeared to be falling out with SBS after getting in bed with Eddie McGuire several times (he told SBS he was going on business trips), Andy hosted the complete failure that was Channel 9's coverage of the World Cup 2002. There was mass confusion as to which channel was actually showing the competition at the time. When SBS fans tuned in to see the World Cup and instead were treated to Ukrainian News and The News Hour with Jim-Lehrer, they were enraged. Fans revolted and burned down the Nine network, killing six directors and injuring twelve others. Sadly Harper survived the ordeal unharmed.

Robbie Slater

Having secretly dated football commentator Andy Harper during his time at SBS, it was no surprise that he was the next to join Fox Sports ‘Total Football’. Robert Slater, famously known for nearly losing his life in Lens after he was attack with baseball bats by Paris St-Germain supporters, was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. He came from a large, respected family of rhinos and a school of sharks. They were all accountants. Slater began to think of his future after surviving his traditional family eating bar mitzvah ceremony, where all the children faced-off against each other in a 'last man standing' competition in order to achieve their manhood. With his stomach satisfied with all his former brothers and sisters, and the advantage of picking up the recessive gene of not having gills like his father, Slater decided to head for solid ground and start a career in football for Australia. With his Football Resume full and his rhino legs too old to carry him, he joined the SBS team as a "special" commentator. Because of the increase of energy due to the lack of playing time he once had, his animal instincts started to get the better of him. Robert Slater started to develop an obsession with eating Les Murrey and Tony Polumbo. On July 2006 after hearing Polumbo commenting on the Italian Leagues ability to be very technical and tactically superior to any other league for the hundredth time, Slater cracked. Polumbo was airlifted to hospital with bite marks along the abdomen similar to a sharks, and lacerations to his leg and face. This behind-the-camera incident brought the downfall of his position on The World Game.

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