Past #26: Tarryn Thomas [Part II] - will honor his contract and play on at NMFC in 2024, so says the reality TV manager

[Harris 10]

North Melbourne Kangaroos star Tarryn Thomas loses Nike deal
www.codesports.com.au

Troubled North Melbourne star Tarryn Thomas has lost an endorsement deal with Nike as his future hangs in the balance amid allegations of inappropriate conduct towards women.

Thomas, 23, has been stood down by the Kangaroos after failing to meet requirements in a respectful treatment of women program.

That came on the back of a series of allegations that he sent problematic messages to women.

Taken as a top-10 draft pick in 2018, Thomas had been on an upward career trajectory in 2021, averaging 18 disposals, more than a goal a game and polling five Brownlow Medal votes, earning the backing of the footwear giant.

Thomas’ future hangs in the balance. Picture: Felicity Elliott/AFL Photos/Getty Images

But Nike, the world’s biggest sports shoe manufacturer, has dropped Thomas from its list of endorsed sportspeople.

A company spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday that Thomas was no longer a Nike athlete. The financial terms of Thomas’ former deal are unclear, however industry sources indicated these sorts of arrangements are generally worth thousands of dollars.

A reference to Nike remained in Thomas’ Instagram handle on Wednesday.

North Melbourne has stood the 23-year-old down. Picture: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images

Thomas earlier this week sought an adjournment for a separate charge of threatening to distribute an intimate image.

The case is set to return to the Broadmeadows Magistrate Court on July 18.

“We reiterate the strong stance that North Melbourne takes towards respectful behaviour towards women,” North chief Jennifer Watt said last week.

“We are still committed to supporting Tarryn however it is clear he must show further progress before he can return to play matches for North Melbourne.”

Good, the more hits he gets the quicker he might wake up to himself.

 

[king of the road]

Today I learned that I can get psilocybin from my Psych in July

I can get it from the bush in June.

 

[King Corey]

North Melbourne Kangaroos star Tarryn Thomas

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Tarryn Thomas

Age

24

Ht

190cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

5.7

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

3.3

5star

CL

0.9

3star

D

7.8

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

3.2

4star

CL

0.2

2star

D

12.8

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

0.4

3star

loses Nike deal
www.codesports.com.au

Troubled North Melbourne star Tarryn Thomas

26

Tarryn Thomas

Age

24

Ht

190cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

5.7

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

3.3

5star

CL

0.9

3star

D

7.8

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

3.2

4star

CL

0.2

2star

D

12.8

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

0.4

3star

has lost an endorsement deal with Nike as his future hangs in the balance amid allegations of inappropriate conduct towards women.

Thomas, 23, has been stood down by the Kangaroos after failing to meet requirements in a respectful treatment of women program.

That came on the back of a series of allegations that he sent problematic messages to women.

Taken as a top-10 draft pick in 2018, Thomas had been on an upward career trajectory in 2021, averaging 18 disposals, more than a goal a game and polling five Brownlow Medal votes, earning the backing of the footwear giant.

Thomas’ future hangs in the balance. Picture: Felicity Elliott/AFL Photos/Getty Images

But Nike, the world’s biggest sports shoe manufacturer, has dropped Thomas from its list of endorsed sportspeople.

A company spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday that Thomas was no longer a Nike athlete. The financial terms of Thomas’ former deal are unclear, however industry sources indicated these sorts of arrangements are generally worth thousands of dollars.

A reference to Nike remained in Thomas’ Instagram handle on Wednesday.

North Melbourne has stood the 23-year-old down. Picture: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images

Thomas earlier this week sought an adjournment for a separate charge of threatening to distribute an intimate image.

The case is set to return to the Broadmeadows Magistrate Court on July 18.

“We reiterate the strong stance that North Melbourne takes towards respectful behaviour towards women,” North chief Jennifer Watt said last week.

“We are still committed to supporting Tarryn however it is clear he must show further progress before he can return to play matches for North Melbourne.”

The first of many fairweather alliances he's going to find deserting him if things keep going south.

 

[justroyal]

Good

 

[Psicosis]

Reposted a training video to his insta story - He does look more muscular then I remember...

 

[shinboner magic]

Reposted a training video to his insta story - He does look more muscular then I remember...

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Body double ????

 

[rickety]

Nike - Don't Do It

 

[R00StaR]

Reposted a training video to his insta story - He does look more muscular then I remember...

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Step in the right direction, good stuff

 

[Val Keating]

I can get it from the bush in June.

Let’s goooo

 

[roos 10]

He will be back soon

 

[DesertRoo]

I can get it from the bush in June.

Tea party!

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

He will be back soon

An in the know or a guess?

 

[roos 10]

An in the know or a guess?

Feeling

 

[king of the road]

Tea party!

Had a couple in my flask of tea for one of Boomers record breaking games. Quite an emotional evening.

 

[SammyRoo]

See, my initial impression is this bloke is a dickhead and shouldn’t be out partying right now. I get it, kids, fun, haha, booze, music, gang signs… but he is skating on the thinnest of ice right now and I don’t understand how or why he thinks party time is a priority.

I dunno, maybe I’m alone on this.

Whatever

I’m really concerned bout his manager looks like they had imo a deal with port over Jhf last year and now TT doesn’t seem to care about what’s going on at the moment. Maybe as someone else posted his manager has already spoken to another club has an offer for next year so he couldn’t care less.

Hopefully

Lightening might strike twice and we might get another Chesseel or WarLord opportunity out of it

 

[shinboner magic]

Feeling

What’s your thoughts on the Easter bunny

 

[TruRoos7]

Two weeks!

 

[TruRoos7]

Two weeks!

Oh wait that’s the injury thread not the Tool Shed…!!

 

[HTPunter]

I personally laughed with the talk of TT moving to the Gold Coast last year for a swap with Bowes and pick #7. I thought we were getting short changed by a mile based on potential. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Everyone kept telling me he was only in the VFL as he was unfit, unbeknownst to anyone this sort of s**t has been happening for nearly 12 months and the first AFL integrity report was handed to us during the mid season bye last year!

The final straw for me is whilst his teammates are fighting tooth and nail for one of our best wins in years and he is clinging onto his career, he finds the need to go to a nightclub and post some sort of s**t on Insta that no one cares about, will do nothing to improve his current predicament and nothing to support his teammates who keep going into bat for him. Your cryptic posts are s**t, you’re not in the NBA, you’re an indigenous lad from Launceston, not an African American from Brooklyn. You’re embarrassing yourself and going to end up exactly like Harley Bennell last week playing for minimum wage in front of 500 ppl in the VFL. Your manager should have launched a PR campaign and said “make sure you’re only posting pics working out or in a gym so it looks you are working hard to get back”. “Maybe donate to a women’s domestic violence charity or White Ribbon”, to show you are committed to righting your wrongs.

Instead he is posting nightclub pics. I don’t know if he is that silly or his manager also doesn’t give 2 *s about whether he gets back?

I have officially given up hope and will now spend my energy on who we can pick up in the MSD with an extra list spot.

If Clarkson and Viney get him back from here and he has a meaningful career I will be astounded. 1000-1 at the moment I would guess!






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His manager (Ben Williams ) has proven to be a puppet - he’s invisible.
Someone near TT must be wise enough to work out he is throwing away a career to set him up for life

It’s just as likely that they are and he’s ignoring it because he’s an arrogant piece of shit

 

[HTPunter]

Point is, that's why we think he's a lost cause and are reacting accordingly. He clearly isn't learning. The goading was just breathtakingly stupid, the sign of someone who's either mentally checked out of the club already or is too ******* arrogant and set in his ways to even bother trying to change. Not to mention the utter lack of interest in any team related developments. I think he's done, and if he suits up for another club and plays a vital role for them, I will vomit profusely

I won’t. Long term losing 1 supremely talented but culture ruining player is 100% worth it.

Guys are gonna **** up along the way, all clubs have players that do dumb/awful things, but they typically at least get a chance. Not multiple. This is bordering on 9 months now since we first received an integrity report and TT has done **** all to change.

When he tears it up at another club I will smile knowing he will be TT first forever, he’ll never put in for a club first.

 

[rickety]

See, my initial impression is this bloke is a dickhead and shouldn’t be out partying right now. I get it, kids, fun, haha, booze, music, gang signs… but he is skating on the thinnest of ice right now and I don’t understand how or why he thinks party time is a priority.

I dunno, maybe I’m alone on this.

Whatever

So many pages in here, but for me, this is bang on. Obviously a lot late, but certainly should have pulled his head in and become a model citizen. Cheer for your club, your teammates and tick the boxes you need to tick. You wanna go clubbing, buy a Wii machine and play the fur seal game at home!! Not the time for extravagance, imo. He's looking for a way out, or has found it.

 

[SammyRoo]

SEN this morning saying he’s lost his Nike endorsement.

Nike usually stick fat through those type of things?

Tiger woods was banging cocktail waitress & pornstars 2 ata time …. And they stuck with him for quite a while. ( Albeit a different superstar status )

 

[rickety]

Oh wait that’s the injury thread not the Tool Shed…!!

I thought he was talking about the Easter Bunny

 

[ferball]

I can get it from the bush in June.

I can get it from the paddock next door right now.

****en rain...

 

[ferball]

Let’s goooo

Trentham Falls.