Mega Thread Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. (Thread part 1 - cont in part 2, link in thread)

[Chief]

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Mega Thread - Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. Part 2 * CONTINUED ABUSE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED *

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[Collingwood 4 eternity]

Sam McLure saying on 3aw that AFL Will informs clubs via phone call at 6:30pm

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Again you are missing the point. A lot of people are going to be unemployed. I have friends who have already lost jobs. People’s freedom to do as they like has been stripped away from them in an instant as well. We look headed for a recession. That is going to destroy many peoples savings. This isn’t just some minor occurrence.

Find me one credible source that says we’re going to have a vaccine for everyone ready by October. That is a ridiculous prediction.

There is something called budgeting. Seriously people save some of your earnings. I hope everyone has a job at the end of this though.

 

[Veer Right]

Surely 7 News will release it?

Of course. We'll find out at 6.45 when the sport begins.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Should be moved to July in a shortened season lasting 11 weeks

... or no season at all

Why?

 

[Mr Magic]

What? Either way a horse would have won. You think the horses listen to the crowd?

yeah.

they are creatures of nature, they do not live in a vacuum

 

[gingernuts]

I am so friggin happy that we dont have Gill running our country, the guy would not know how to organise himself to a press conference let alone make a call on whether a tax needed to be implented or not. What an absolute debacle today has being from Gill

He has to fooking go

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

I just heard the CEO's of all the clubs are having another tele-conference tonight so no news until late tonight or tomorrow morning.. just radio info it could be wrong.

 

[PP34]

There is something called budgeting. Seriously people save some of your earnings. I hope everyone has a job at the end of this though.

Budgeting doesn’t take away from the fact that they’ve lost their jobs.

Far out. You don’t get it.

 

[spudmaster]

And here we were thinking Andy D's handling of the Bomber's drugs-saga was a colossal balls-up! Talk about a 'hold my beer' moment.

 

[Monkey King]

Tier 1 is the underlying cause of all that has come since, you couldn't buy toilet paper from early February around here because of you nut cases.

What bullshit. I started sending care packages to loved ones in China back in January because they desperately needed certain items and were locked down. There was plenty of food and toiletries available when I was making gradual preparations for what I knew was coming, so nothing to do with me.

I get it. You got caught sitting on your hands and are looking for someone to blame. Surely you have a mirror somewhere in your house?

 

[spudmaster]

I just heard the CEO's of all the clubs are having another tele-conference tonight so no news until late tonight or tomorrow morning.. just radio info it could be wrong.

I'm looking forward to Gil's presser during the half time break of tomorrow's match informing us that they're close to reaching a decision.

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

When are Thursdays game team announcements meant to be today?

 

[Lsta062]

When are Thursdays game team announcements meant to be today?

6:25pm

 

[Mr Magic]

Who is stopping the game at the moment??

 

[Skull Face]

So play one game (without any crowd mind you) and that's enough for clubs not to refund memberships

May be members need to suck it up and be happy that their money is keeping their club afloat in these uncertain times

That is going to be great when half the country is unemployed in a months time, at least the club survived.

 

[Mr Magic]

Leaders need to be decisive.

How can we be nearly 24 hours from the opening game, and still not know whether it's going ahead or not?

There is only one feasible position - suspend the season until we come out the other side of the virus.

If it eventuates that the season ends up being cancelled, so be it.

Friggin debacle.

Gil needs to say, we can't take any notice of Sco Mo, we are playing and let them try and stop us!!!

 

[jatz14]

I agree.

A lot are dying, but people dying is a part of life.

People need to get a perspective.

Without football why live??

Even a doctor I spent time talking to said most of the health spend is on peoples that will die within 12 month anyway


there has been only one death below 40 hasn't there globally?

Italy has had 2, dont know about anywhere else, although I would be staggered if China didn't have a bunch.

Majority of them are in the 50 - 90+ bracket.

People on here will try to imply this means everybody thats going to die is like 80, and at deaths door anyway. Not true.

Age and co-morbidity are significant factors. The problem is, people are either not taking into account how many people have these factors, including the young, or they just do not give a **** (I honestly think its both, they dont know, and they dont know because they do not give a ****).

There are a great many healthy looking people walking around that have significant health issues that put them at significant risk, and there is no realistic way to protect them if the disease is rampant in the community.

So, if you care at all about the 100s of thousands of people, besides the very elderly, who are at risk from this disease, then its hard to see this as an over reaction. If you dont, the fuss is very confusing, 'all this over the flu'?

 

[Rod Stroker]

I am so friggin happy that we dont have Gill running our country, the guy would not know how to organise himself to a press conference let alone make a call on whether a tax needed to be implented or not. What an absolute debacle today has being from Gill

If he was running the country and there was a tax to be implemented (i.e revenue for his organization), he would have put out a press release in haste before any conference.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Haven’t they? OK then;

British racing shuts down entirely - what next? - Racenet

Racing in Britain has been shut down entirely because of the coronavirus pandemic and it begs the question – is Australia next? French racing has also been cancelled while the Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in North American horse racing‘s Triple Crown, has been postponed to September 5 from...

www.racenet.com.au

Cheers
Had missed that. Knew they raced on Saturday. Must have been a late call.
In Australia we’ve been racing to closed audiences but prob only a matter of time

Sydney has prob its biggest meeting of the year Saturday with the slipper. At this stage going ahead albeit behind closed doors

 

[1990crow]

Ol Gil’s done it again. Useless ceo

 

[Plugger35]

I just heard the CEO's of all the clubs are having another tele-conference tonight so no news until late tonight or tomorrow morning.. just radio info it could be wrong.

You'd think they were deciding the fate of the world the way this decision is dragging on.

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

On thursday/friday when this thing really went crazy I thought let's give the AFL the weekend to get their ducks in a row and we'll have an announcement on monday. Now we are going to get the teams before we know if there's actually a match on.

 

[Skull Face]

What bullshit. I started sending care packages to loved ones in China back in January because they desperately needed certain items and were locked down. There was plenty of food and toiletries available when I was making gradual preparations for what I knew was coming, so nothing to do with me.

I get it. You got caught sitting on your hands and are looking for someone to blame. Surely you have a mirror somewhere in your house?

You struggle with the basic ability to read do you? I said in my post I am always prepared

I'll label myself Tier 4, I am always prepared to live 2 weeks at a time without going to the shops because I hate it with a passion and I am still calling Tier 1 + 2 doomsday morons.

 

[StillAtLarge]

So play one game (without any crowd mind you) and that's enough for clubs not to refund memberships

May be members need to suck it up and be happy that their money is keeping their club afloat in these uncertain times

I'm perfectly happy for my 2020 membership to be treated as a donation but my tier only costs around $350 and I haven't been made redundant...

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I am so friggin happy that we dont have Gill running our country, the guy would not know how to organise himself to a press conference let alone make a call on whether a tax needed to be implented or not. What an absolute debacle today has being from Gill

Then again, with the doofus we do have running the show, would it be any worse?