News Jack Darling resumes with WCE

[Rowan18]

Wasn't the rumour that he was wating for Novavax? If so, he might have to wait a couple of weeks for supply, but could be back training shortly.

It's weird that he would do most of a preseason only to refuse all vaccination and retire.

 

[Mr Eagle]

Wasn't the rumour that he was wating for Novavax? If so, he might have to wait a couple of weeks for supply, but could be back training shortly.

It's weird that he would do most of a preseason only to refuse all vaccination and retire.

I think the club's PR machine would be taking a very different approach to the story if that was the situation.

 

[kane249]

I really do wonder how this plays out for him. Covid clearly isn't going anywhere, neither are the mandates.

What will change after standing down?

His LinkedIn status

 

[BeornJ]

Wasn't the rumour that he was wating for Novavax? If so, he might have to wait a couple of weeks for supply, but could be back training shortly.

It's weird that he would do most of a preseason only to refuse all vaccination and retire.

If that's the case, I will downgrade my 'dumbarse' comment to 'silly boy'

 

[Eastern Rangers]

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died for this?

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[Altum Volantes]

At least it’s only 1.

Cheers for your 3rd Quarter in the 2018 GF Jack.

Also, I know it didn’t matter in the end but seriously, **** you for making the last minute of that game so cringey to rewatch, you fumbly moron.

 

[Eagle Wrath]

What an idiot Darling is. Oh well we have a surplus if big guys we can use.
Hes obv not a team player.

 

[Chad in Vegas]

I think the club's PR machine would be taking a very different approach to the story if that was the situation.

"The club will continue to support Jack as he contemplates his options and is optimistic that he will return to build on his outstanding career to date."
I reckon that is the exact type of PR statement they would make if they thought he was waiting for Novavax.

 

[Jupes]

Then don’t take your pay . It’s just a game as you say and how he can take his pay without doing what is required by his job.

i don't know that he is being paid. do you? either way that's between him and the club. perhaps the club isn't so vindictive about a personal health decision that they would just flush away one of theirs while other options are still on the table, at least for the time being.

 

[InTheWings]

If he wants to make that choice then that is his right but - as Djokovic found out - the choice he made consequences.

Put him on the long term inactive list and pay him 25% of his wage, which would still be more than most people would make.


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[twinkletoes#17]

Can't believe fans on the Facebook post drawing comparison between the Covid jab and Essendon's doping scandal. There's a genuine comparison piece about how players should stand up to the doctors at the club to protect their bodies. Some people are too far gone

Fans is a bit of a stretch. Most are not eagles fans - word has got out in anti-vaxx circles and they have flocked to the post... most have fake profiles and probably don't even know what AFL is.

Imagine being a poster child and hero for some of the dumbest tin foil hatters on the planet.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Hopefully he's in the waiting for Novavax bracket so he could return at some point

 

[KERRPOW]

What a muppet

 

[Coasters7]

Ah yes, lose the next bloke in line for nothing and then one of the guys holding him back is going to retire 2 months out from the season opener anyway. Love how our list management works. Could be no JK and no JD in 2023 and we’ve just lost Brander for a bag of chips

 

[bzparkes]

Ah yes, lose the next bloke in line for nothing and then one of the guys holding him back is going to retire 2 months out from the season opener anyway. Love how our list management works. Could be no JK and no JD in 2023 and we’ve just lost Brander for a bag of chips

We didn't even get the empty bag for Brander though..

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

good on him. footy is just a game and the mandate is insanely ******ed considering half the players over east got covid anyway.

A game that has happened to pay him several million dollars and be able to buy a multimillion dollar house while he’s still in his 20s. What else is he going to do to earn nearly a million dollars a year? I doubt Fox Footy is super keen to hire a commentator who quit the league because he didn’t want to get vaccinated during a global pandemic.

 

[Sammy J]

Super disappointing.

Allen is going to have to have a very big year to fill his shoes.

 

[BrotherDodge]

It's a damn shame that such a good player is going to be remembered as that antivax dingbat who dropped marks in grand finals, but tough shit I guess!

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

Jack has the right to choose and stay out of football.

It solves us being too tall with Oscar a permanent KPF difficult to fig in with HK and Jack plus it should give us wiggle room in the salary cap. I’m assuming Jack was in around $750 - so 25% gives us just over half a million to get us back to a more comfortable place.

Alternate could look at Guv to CHF. Happy we have Harry down back

 

[Dylan82]

Potentially throw away a lucrative career, associated marketing, future reputation as a club great and probably a lot of friends due to an irrational fear based on misinformation.

It just baffles the mind.


Trying to be optimistic on this - perhaps his absence will now cause a reversion to a smaller forward line and increased forward pressure.

 

[Igavemyloveachicken]

Willie is back this year .. To fly the redemption flag ..

Will probably fake his vaccination status

 

[Jupes]

A game that has happened to pay him several million dollars and be able to buy a multimillion dollar house while he’s still in his 20s. What else is he going to do to earn nearly a million dollars a year? I doubt Fox Footy is super keen to hire a commentator who quit the league because he didn’t want to get vaccinated during a global pandemic.

not sure what point you're making here. that there is some magical amount of money that renders bodily autonomy null and void? that this decision will result in a huge pay hit? i think he's probably aware of that.

 

[The wily weagle]

I may very well be reading too much into the clubs statement, but, the vibe i got from it is that unless the league somehow retracts their vaccination policy, then Jack has effectively retired.

There was always going to be some "casualties" from the mandate to be vaccinated, but its demoralizing that we have lost the highest profile player as a result of this.

I would like to say that perhaps sanity will prevail in time, but, if Jack hasn't got vaccinated now, i doubt he will in the future

Its annoying, and i very much disagree with his position, but, if this is the end i suppose we can only wish him well in his future endeavors

2022 season off to a flyer...........

 

[pride of the West]

Ah yes, lose the next bloke in line for nothing and then one of the guys holding him back is going to retire 2 months out from the season opener anyway. Love how our list management works. Could be no JK and no JD in 2023 and we’ve just lost Brander for a bag of chips

Hmm don’t look good however we still have waterman will definitely play now. Perhaps a smaller forward could work in our favour?

 

[HoneyBadger35]

If he is transferred to the inactive list, he receives the CBA base salary, eg the AFL minimum. The 25% rule is for AFLW only.