No Oppo Supporters 2024 AFL General Discussion

[Jewelsbon]

The biggest offenders in this whole saga are the media.

They have the ability to take the moral high ground and say the details may be too hurtful to certain people that we will not share it publicly. All we'll say is that players behaved inappropriately and are being sanctioned by the AFL.

The constant theme here is to think about the real victims who would be hurt by those skits. If the media refused to publish specific details about what transpired, then the public would be none the wiser. Victims would not have been hurt, and the AFL could have provided the appropriate punishment and education to the players involved and actually worked to make the best of a terrible situation.

But no, the media make out like they're upholding the highest standards of morality while throwing the players under the bus, after having made the rational decision to publish those details to generate revenue.

What the players did was wrong, but morally, what the media did was worse. They were willing to inflict pain on victims for profit.

Note: different if images and details made it to social media, but in this case it was all driven by the mainstream media with the aim of making a buck irrespective of how many people get hurt in the process.

Nailed it GTS.
Yes it was all in appalling taste, dreadfully carried out and a completely brainless exercise by all involved, but as a woman, mother of three daughters, grandmother to two granddaughters, I am most sickened by the media for the exacting details they have felt the need to reveal.

 

[Bloods86]

The biggest offenders in this whole saga are the media.

They have the ability to take the moral high ground and say the details may be too hurtful to certain people that we will not share it publicly. All we'll say is that players behaved inappropriately and are being sanctioned by the AFL.

The constant theme here is to think about the real victims who would be hurt by those skits. If the media refused to publish specific details about what transpired, then the public would be none the wiser. Victims would not have been hurt, and the AFL could have provided the appropriate punishment and education to the players involved and actually worked to make the best of a terrible situation.

But no, the media make out like they're upholding the highest standards of morality while throwing the players under the bus, after having made the rational decision to publish those details to generate revenue.

What the players did was wrong, but morally, what the media did was worse. They were willing to inflict pain on victims for profit.

Note: different if images and details made it to social media, but in this case it was all driven by the mainstream media with the aim of making a buck irrespective of how many people get hurt in the process.

No, it's the players.

If the AFL didn't publish details, which were more detailed than the media, then you'd have a whole bunch of people rushing to have a crack at anyone else, including the club, AFL and the venue, before they even consider that the players did something bad. Oh wait, that's still happening, but maybe to a lesser degree.

I think it's in the interest of the industry (at least) to know what occurred and then it's nigh impossible to think the details or falsehoods wouldn't be spread anyway.

 

[Kiama Chris]

After years of fighting to build their reputation, the GWS men have let their club down appallingly

The Greater Western Sydney Giants have always had to go above and beyond to make a mark in rugby league heartland. But its antics at an end-of-season function have damaged its reputation, writes David Mark.

www.abc.net.au

 

[ashep]

Shedding light on abhorrent behaviour is always the right decision.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

One bad night doesn’t define us as a team? Where have I heard this before?

 

[Kbroome]

One bad night doesn’t define us as a team? Where have I heard this before?

Atleast they win the final consistently. Had won 6 of the previous 8 editions of the t20 world cup

 

[KingV23]

One bad night doesn’t define us as a team? Where have I heard this before?

We need Johnny Lawrence from Cobra Kai to talk to our team before GFs. I can already imagine:

Player: One game won't de..
Johnny: SILENCE.

 

[.Shotties.]

I used the word “boorish” not “booring”.

It means crude & lacking sensitivity and yes, that is what I believe it was.

Yeah I'm aware of what boorish means, but using it in that context is equivalent of saying it was just "locker room talk".

 

[.Shotties.]

Mate you cant be serious no human being is going to have that thinking of making fun of a rape victim.

If so they got off lightly

So when two players decided to dress up as Jarryd Hayne and a taxi driver an simulate sex acts with a blow up doll, what do you think was going through their heads if not that it was funny?

 

[.Shotties.]

What happened on that Wednesday is completely irrelevant to solving a very difficult epidemic of violence.

Actually, no. The normalisation of violence against women is a very big part of the problem. I bet you're someone who's dismissed the idea of rape culture but this is part of it.

 

[anotherletdown]

I'm sure the GWS women's team aren't laughing. Unsafe workplace

 

[Kbroome]

I'm sure the GWS women's team aren't laughing. Unsafe workplace

Yep they already made a statement through their captain about being disturbed by the actions