Rumour It’s not a lie if you believe it !!

[Slartibartfast]

The AFL have reverted to the George Costanza philosophy of “it’s not a lie if you believe it”.

After reporting at this weeks AFL gig that ex Hawthorn player Michael Porter was deceased they doubled down on their bullshit after they were told he was alive. They came out and said they had apologised to all affected including Michael and thanked him for his understanding .

Thing is they never contacted him at all.

But what Porter was truly annoyed about was the fact that no one from the AFL had chosen to reach out to him, despite the AFL putting out a statement saying otherwise.
“I read today that the AFL said that they had actually spoken to me and they haven’t,” Porter said.
“They made a mistake and then they’re saying ‘oh we’ve contacted him. He understands’ but they haven’t contacted me.”


In a statement released earlier, an AFL spokesman said they had reached out to Porter to apologise for the mistake.
“Once this innocent mistake was realised we moved quickly to ring and apologise to everyone affected, including Michael, and we thank him for his understanding,” the statement said.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-great-michael-porter-breaks-his-silence-after-hall-of-fame-mistakes-him-for-dead/news-story/9239c2125202f03ea5d7299b77b679d2

 

[Sentinel]

I'd trust a statement out of Pyongyang more than one from AFL HQ at the moment.

Dillon, Kane et al have apparently decided to take the political/legal approach to communication rather than the honest one, taking football fans as fools. We're all worse off for it but boys club gonna boys club.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

 

[tigs2010]

Classic power move. Going to send the bloke crazy wondering if he's dead or has dementia.

 

[Registered User]

he was on SEN today

 

[matthew_s]

he was on SEN today

I'd rather be dead than listen to Andy & Gazey.

 

[brmi]

AFL house really stinking everything up at the moment.

 

[the avoca drover]

It’s Laura Kane’s fault.

 

[Red Bull]

AFL house really stinking everything up at the moment.

Promotion from within keeps everything inside the tent.
Ability has nothing to do with it.
And here we are …

 

[Philhawk]

I just don’t understand why it’s that hard to just call the bloke. Let alone lie about it.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Lol, people in the know have been saying for years this is how the AFL operates, yet you're shocked now?

 

[bresker]

Get on the Sportsbet app , they're offering Michael Porter to be dead within 5 years at $3.75

 

[TwiggleyFanClub]

Flat earth motto.

 

[mick06]

Previous regimes would have had the bloke knocked off to make sure what they reported was correct

 

[craffles]

AFL leadership is abysmal at the moment. Dillon is more absent than a 22 year old Ararat father and Laura Kane has more spin than Harbajhan on a day 5 Mumbai deck.

How the **** did we end up with those two clowns after a worldwide executive search?

 

[unfollowed]

Previous regimes would have had the bloke knocked off to make sure what they reported was correct

Even if he gets hit by a bolt of lightning now it’s gonna look pretty suss for them.

 

[dmc333]

Dillon grew a mullet in his 50's when they made a comeback with 15 year olds.

Tells you a lot.

 

[buzzhuzz]

Dillon is more absent than a 22 year old Ararat father...

Now that is beautifully specific.

Kane shits me just from her speech cadence. Valley girl upspeak mixed with a dismissive sounding drone and it would send me homicidal in close quarters.

 

[ash_1050]

“I read today that the AFL said that they had actually spoken to me and they haven’t,” Porter said.
“They made a mistake and then they’re saying ‘oh we’ve contacted him. He understands’ but they haven’t contacted me.”

Well of course they wouldn't actually reach out to him, he's dead.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Well of course they wouldn't actually reach out to him, he's dead.

They probably got James Van Praagh to get in touch with him

 

[Registered User]

Now that is beautifully specific.

Kane shits me just from her speech cadence. Valley girl upspeak mixed with a dismissive sounding drone and it would send me homicidal in close quarters.

I can't change the radio station quickly enough when Laura Kane comes on.
Upspeak is the TRUE pandemic! It's out of control and does my head in. When it comes to the media, it's worse in bogan footy land than anywhere else I hear. A few of the worst offenders who spring to mind are Buckley, Dwayne Russell, Adam White and Craig McCrae

 

[Iago]

I can't change the radio station quickly enough when Laura Kane comes on. Upspeak is the TRUE pandemic! It's out of control and does my head in. When it comes to the media, it's worse in bogan footy land than anywhere else I hear. A few of the worst offenders who spring to mind are Buckley, Dwayne Russell, Adam White and Craig McCrae

Are you referring to the Australian inflection of finishing every sentence at a higher pitch than at the beginning so it sounds like a question?

 

[Registered User]

Are you referring to the Australian inflection of finishing every sentence at a higher pitch than at the beginning so it sounds like a question?

Yep. I can't COPE with it!!!! Matthew Lloyd is another culprit

 

[hairy biker]

I still haven't heard why they thought Michael Porter was dead?

Random look through the HSun death notices for anybody that matches the name of a VFL/AFL player?
The person who put together the obit section sending out a warning to a love rival?
Carl Ditterich getting his own back for being decked in the 1971 GF by Porter?

Overlooking someone who has died, happens, but seemingly randomly killing someone off does seem just a tad odd.

 

[Registered User]

I still haven't heard why they thought Michael Porter was dead?

Random look through the HSun death notices for anybody that matches the name of a VFL/AFL player?
The person who put together the obit section sending out a warning to a love rival?
Carl Ditterich getting his own back for being decked in the 1971 GF by Porter?

Overlooking someone who has died, happens, but seemingly randomly killing someone off does seem just a tad odd.

One explanation I heard, although not straight from the AFL, was that they mixed him up with another Hawthorn player Robert Porter, who died last December. He only played 6 games in 1962

Robert Porter (Australian footballer) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org