10-04-2021, 05:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-07-2021, 10:33 AM by Tesla. Edited 1 time in total.)
Following Austin's devastating loss to the Yeti, rookie tight end Travis Scott was feeling a bit well, worn out, to say the least. Nine straight weeks of ISFL grind had taken a toll on him, and he wasn’t in his best shape anymore. He was starting to lose sleep, and in games, practice or even workouts he wasn’t as energized and just felt kind of slow and much less athletic, it overall was affecting his performance on the field, which he couldn’t deal with.
Following the loss to the Yeti, Scott used what limited money had available to him, and booked a flight. Where? Why, Sydney, Australia, of course! And more specifically, he was headed to the suburb of Bondi Beach. The site of the first ever city Scott would ever play professional football in, following his retirement from music. The city had a special place in his heart, as management took a chance on the tight end and let him immediately play the starting tight end role. This was something he wasn’t sure other teams could provide him, so he graciously accepted the offer, despite not actually being reached out to by any other general managers.
Following joining the Buccaneers in the middle of the season, Scott never really visited the area at all. When he got there, he simply didn’t have enough free time, and with the limited free time he did have, Scott decided to work himself harder than he ever had in his life. Just 2 years ago, Scott had a fire inside of him that he had seemingly lost, after making it to the big time. He could see that something inside of him had changed, that he had lost sight of who he once was. At first with Bondi Beach, every day was a grind for him. He was on an uneven playing field, joining midway through the season and being entered into the draft later that year, rather than going into the draft 2 offseasons from then. He had about 7 weeks to start his football career from scratch and prove that he was worthy of being taken by any ISFL team. That was what motivated him to try and work as hard as possible, but now that he’s been called up, that motivation is gone now. He was suffering from something that he knew a lot of athletes felt, but he had hoped he’d be able to get past it. But here he was.
Scott decided that he needed to go to a Buccaneers game, and stand on the sidelines, for old times sake. He had a relatively easy time getting in, the walk off touchdown in his final ever DSFL game for Bondi Beach had gotten him some clout with the staff and they graciously let him down on the field. There, he watched the Buccaneers face off against the Tijuana Luchadores. It felt weird for Scott to stand on the side of a game at this stadium in street clothes, he actually had never been on the sidelines of a game he wasnt participating in, so this was certainly a new feeling. At first, Scott made sure to keep out of the way of the Buccaneers players, he wasn’t there to coach and was trying to not be a nuisance to the team, after all he was there for free. As the game kicked off, he watched the offensive unit he was once a part of do their thing. Despite the team being so drastically different within just one season, it was nostalgic to see Bondi Beach once again. He was never able to watch one of their games on TV this season, but there was nothing quite like watching it unfold in front of his own eyes. The first pass of the day was a 5 yard pass to Scotts replacement, rookie tight end Lenard Graf. Graf reminded Travis a lot of himself when he was on the team, only he was probably more sought after as a prospect. Scott loved watching Graf play and had seen the moves he was making throughout the league and respected it immensely, that is someone who Scott thought had a future one day in the ISFL.
As the game progresses, at some point towards the second quarter as Bondi Beach is attempting to stop the Luchadores from scoring their third TD of the game, Graf comes over to Scott who has been pretty silent all day. He celebrated with some of the defensive players when Bondi Beach scored a touchdown, but besides that has attempted to remain as invisible as possible. Graf initiates a conversation with Scott about being called up to his ISFL team, and his experience with football in general. Scott talked a lot about how he thought playing in the DSFL was difficult, and then playing his first ISFL game made him realize that everyone up there is either insanely strong, insanely fast, insanely mobile or all 3 somehow. Graf met this revelation from Scott with an attitude that shouldn’t have surprised him, and yet it did.
“I guess I’ll need to become insanely strong, fast and mobile to keep up then.”
It was the kind of attitude that Scott would have had himself, and yet he no longer did, this made him really wonder about what he was doing. Sure he’d “made it '' but if he didn't find some kind of passion like he once had, how long would it be until he became another nobody forgotten by everyone, who had their Dotts card discarded like it was worthless. He could not lose himself like that. Once Graf had to get back on the field to help on the kickoff before half-time, he felt that he had succeeded with this trip. He went on this trip with the intention of returning to Austin ready, more than ever before, to light it up and carve a future for himself in the league, a future that he was kind of neglecting to that point. Of course, he was aware of the sheer amount of work to put in. and yeah, it was probably gonna be difficult as hell to get it done. But ultimately, he needed something to light the spark in him back up, and Scott had felt that conversation had done it.
Following the loss to the Yeti, Scott used what limited money had available to him, and booked a flight. Where? Why, Sydney, Australia, of course! And more specifically, he was headed to the suburb of Bondi Beach. The site of the first ever city Scott would ever play professional football in, following his retirement from music. The city had a special place in his heart, as management took a chance on the tight end and let him immediately play the starting tight end role. This was something he wasn’t sure other teams could provide him, so he graciously accepted the offer, despite not actually being reached out to by any other general managers.
Following joining the Buccaneers in the middle of the season, Scott never really visited the area at all. When he got there, he simply didn’t have enough free time, and with the limited free time he did have, Scott decided to work himself harder than he ever had in his life. Just 2 years ago, Scott had a fire inside of him that he had seemingly lost, after making it to the big time. He could see that something inside of him had changed, that he had lost sight of who he once was. At first with Bondi Beach, every day was a grind for him. He was on an uneven playing field, joining midway through the season and being entered into the draft later that year, rather than going into the draft 2 offseasons from then. He had about 7 weeks to start his football career from scratch and prove that he was worthy of being taken by any ISFL team. That was what motivated him to try and work as hard as possible, but now that he’s been called up, that motivation is gone now. He was suffering from something that he knew a lot of athletes felt, but he had hoped he’d be able to get past it. But here he was.
Scott decided that he needed to go to a Buccaneers game, and stand on the sidelines, for old times sake. He had a relatively easy time getting in, the walk off touchdown in his final ever DSFL game for Bondi Beach had gotten him some clout with the staff and they graciously let him down on the field. There, he watched the Buccaneers face off against the Tijuana Luchadores. It felt weird for Scott to stand on the side of a game at this stadium in street clothes, he actually had never been on the sidelines of a game he wasnt participating in, so this was certainly a new feeling. At first, Scott made sure to keep out of the way of the Buccaneers players, he wasn’t there to coach and was trying to not be a nuisance to the team, after all he was there for free. As the game kicked off, he watched the offensive unit he was once a part of do their thing. Despite the team being so drastically different within just one season, it was nostalgic to see Bondi Beach once again. He was never able to watch one of their games on TV this season, but there was nothing quite like watching it unfold in front of his own eyes. The first pass of the day was a 5 yard pass to Scotts replacement, rookie tight end Lenard Graf. Graf reminded Travis a lot of himself when he was on the team, only he was probably more sought after as a prospect. Scott loved watching Graf play and had seen the moves he was making throughout the league and respected it immensely, that is someone who Scott thought had a future one day in the ISFL.
As the game progresses, at some point towards the second quarter as Bondi Beach is attempting to stop the Luchadores from scoring their third TD of the game, Graf comes over to Scott who has been pretty silent all day. He celebrated with some of the defensive players when Bondi Beach scored a touchdown, but besides that has attempted to remain as invisible as possible. Graf initiates a conversation with Scott about being called up to his ISFL team, and his experience with football in general. Scott talked a lot about how he thought playing in the DSFL was difficult, and then playing his first ISFL game made him realize that everyone up there is either insanely strong, insanely fast, insanely mobile or all 3 somehow. Graf met this revelation from Scott with an attitude that shouldn’t have surprised him, and yet it did.
“I guess I’ll need to become insanely strong, fast and mobile to keep up then.”
It was the kind of attitude that Scott would have had himself, and yet he no longer did, this made him really wonder about what he was doing. Sure he’d “made it '' but if he didn't find some kind of passion like he once had, how long would it be until he became another nobody forgotten by everyone, who had their Dotts card discarded like it was worthless. He could not lose himself like that. Once Graf had to get back on the field to help on the kickoff before half-time, he felt that he had succeeded with this trip. He went on this trip with the intention of returning to Austin ready, more than ever before, to light it up and carve a future for himself in the league, a future that he was kind of neglecting to that point. Of course, he was aware of the sheer amount of work to put in. and yeah, it was probably gonna be difficult as hell to get it done. But ultimately, he needed something to light the spark in him back up, and Scott had felt that conversation had done it.