Laura Kane - Does Not Impress Me At All !!

[craffles]

Is the rumour about Kane forcing clubs to have a female present in their “war rooms” for the draft and one club having a membership chick in there true?

I’m all for Diversity and inclusion but that mandated approach is just tokenism. Work with clubs on creating better pathways into the roles for people with disabilities, women, cultural backgrounds etc.

 

[tugga]

Is the rumour about Kane forcing clubs to have a female present in their “war rooms” for the draft and one club having a membership chick in there true?

I’m all for Diversity and inclusion but that mandated approach is just tokenism. Work with clubs on creating better pathways into the roles for people with disabilities, women, cultural backgrounds etc.

Richmond had AFLW player Ellie McKenzie there.
I remember at the time thinking Ellie must be interested in list management or recruiting or talent scouting and thinking good on her.
Turns out she was possibly there to fill a quota.

 

[craffles]

Richmond had AFLW player Ellie McKenzie there.
I remember at the time thinking Ellie must be interested in list management or recruiting or talent scouting and thinking good on her.
Turns out she was possibly there to fill a quota.

It was on the scandals and rumours board. Supposedly 3AW reported on it.

 

[H Dolphin]

Richmond had AFLW player Ellie McKenzie there.
I remember at the time thinking Ellie must be interested in list management or recruiting or talent scouting and thinking good on her.
Turns out she was possibly there to

Karmala Harris springs to mind

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Is the rumour about Kane forcing clubs to have a female present in their “war rooms” for the draft and one club having a membership chick in there true?

I’m all for Diversity and inclusion but that mandated approach is just tokenism. Work with clubs on creating better pathways into the roles for people with disabilities, women, cultural backgrounds etc.

Absolutely true and a symbol of how far the AFL has fallen. Laura Kane is a disgrace, what a sexist, tokenistic, anti merit directive.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Absolutely true and a symbol of how far the AFL has fallen. Laura Kane is a disgrace, what a sexist, tokenistic, anti merit directive.

How was it anti-merit? Are you seriously suggesting that clubs had unqualified people providing input into drafting decisions?

If instead the AFL had a directive that they wanted all clubs to have a young supporter in the box observing proceedings, would anybody have a problem with it? Of course not. And they certainly wouldn’t be labelling it a “disgrace”, “tokenistic” and “anti-merit”.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

As weird as it is if that was something Laura Kane was pushing for, I wouldn't have blinked twice if I saw Daisy Pearce in our war room because it's Daisy

 

[sydney_gws]

Is the rumour about Kane forcing clubs to have a female present in their “war rooms” for the draft and one club having a membership chick in there true?

I’m all for Diversity and inclusion but that mandated approach is just tokenism. Work with clubs on creating better pathways into the roles for people with disabilities, women, cultural backgrounds etc.

What about men in netball admin. Where are they?

 

[FlowersByIrene]

How was it anti-merit? Are you seriously suggesting that clubs had unqualified people providing input into drafting decisions?

If instead the AFL had a directive that they wanted all clubs to have a young supporter in the box observing proceedings, would anybody have a problem with it? Of course not. And they certainly wouldn’t be labelling it a “disgrace”, “tokenistic” and “anti-merit”.

Any forced need to have x or y type of person is clearly anti merit. If they had the merit to be there. They would be there. It's inherently anti merit.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Absolutely true and a symbol of how far the AFL has fallen. Laura Kane is a disgrace, what a sexist, tokenistic, anti merit directive.

May help explain why Kane is in her role.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Absolutely true and a symbol of how far the AFL has fallen. Laura Kane is a disgrace, what a sexist, tokenistic, anti merit directive.

What did you think of the little kid in the Richmond room?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I don’t think it’s a big deal.

Obviously if they said “you have to have a woman on your list management team” that’d be ridiculous.

This is just a TV production. That’s all. Everything about it is tokenism and show business.

What’s the worst that could happen? A girl sees it and thinks “hmm women can work in AFL admin”. I mean who really cares.

 

[danster168]

What did you think of the little kid in the Richmond room?

what's that got to do with absolutely anything. The kid was the son of a Richmond recruiter who recently passed away. It was a really nice touch.

 

[danster168]

At the end of the day, if they wanted a woman to be front and centre then they should've just got someone capable like Nat Edwards to run the show. At least she could actually read the names out correctly and she would know more about the players too because she works alongside Cal Twomey and Riley.

 

[Kappa]

How was it anti-merit? Are you seriously suggesting that clubs had unqualified people providing input into drafting decisions?

If instead the AFL had a directive that they wanted all clubs to have a young supporter in the box observing proceedings, would anybody have a problem with it? Of course not. And they certainly wouldn’t be labelling it a “disgrace”, “tokenistic” and “anti-merit”.

How is demanding someone gets into the room based on gender not anti merit?

 

[hyperfuzz]

As weird as it is if that was something Laura Kane was pushing for, I wouldn't have blinked twice if I saw Daisy Pearce in our war room because it's Daisy

gotta love it when blokes tell women what they should be insulted about. any danger of old mate talking to one of the women involved or nah?

 

[76woodenspooners]

How is demanding someone gets into the room based on gender not anti merit?

Because nobody is actually meriting them to do anything?

 

[Bostonian]

How was it anti-merit? Are you seriously suggesting that clubs had unqualified people providing input into drafting decisions?

If instead the AFL had a directive that they wanted all clubs to have a young supporter in the box observing proceedings, would anybody have a problem with it? Of course not. And they certainly wouldn’t be labelling it a “disgrace”, “tokenistic” and “anti-merit”.

Yeah. It's not needed.

 

[Bostonian]

Because nobody is actually meriting them to do anything?

Then they don't need to be there.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

What did you think of the little kid in the Richmond room?

Did Laura Kane force that he was there too?

 

[76woodenspooners]

Any forced need to have x or y type of person is clearly anti merit. If they had the merit to be there. They would be there. It's inherently anti merit.

Rubbish.

There are accepted examples all around our society of people being provided with exposure and opportunities to things that aren’t based on merit. Kids doing work experience. People getting access through an apprenticeship. Parents taking their kids to work. Med students observing autopsies. There was a time not long ago that expectant fathers didn’t belong in the delivery room but that’s now clearly changed.

When you see a 300 game player photographed on the MCG with their wife and kids, do you point out that the wife and kids don’t belong on the MCG because they didn’t get there on merit?

I’ve been inside the cockpit of a flying 747, inside an operational nuclear power plant, an operational coal fired power plant, and an operational steel mill. Was I visiting any of those environments based on merit? Absolutely not. But I was given as much control of those environments as any unqualified person in a draft ‘war room’ box on draft night.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

what's that got to do with absolutely anything. The kid was the son of a Richmond recruiter who recently passed away. It was a really nice touch.

So he was put there for a reason other than being qualified for the job?

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Did Laura Kane force that he was there too?

I'm not sure. I'd doubt it.

But do you think he was qualified to be there?

 

[danster168]

So he was put there for a reason other than being qualified for the job?

there was no job...but to answer your question yes. Richmond would've done that, not the afl though. so what's your point?

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

there was no job...but to answer your question yes. Richmond would've done that, not the afl though. so what's your point?

Is anyone bothered by a token gesture of letting an unqualified person in the room on Draft night?