Michael Warners article 04/12/24. How woke and hypocritical the afl has become.

[12kilos]

If anyone can post the link I would appreciate it.
Probably i may be wrong the first journalist to take the afl on. In regards to this subject.
Afl hypocrisy in era of identity politics is turning fans against one another
Persistent more then that is required welcome to country ceremonies, Pride rounds, knee dropping, race baiting dosent unite Australians but creates a growing level of resentment turning us against each other
Footballs capture by the woke movement has always reeked of hypocrisy
Your thoughts guys? maybe I am old fashioned but sports organisations should just stick to the best interest of the game, and growing it

 

[Demon in Hell]

First two words in the title were enough to lose me.

 

[draft_enjoyer]

The afl has never had a pride round.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

.... sports organisations should just stick to the best interest of the game, and growing it

Isn't that exactly what these 'inclusive' initiatives are intended to do??

 

[bzparkes]

Hey OP, can you define what 'woke' is?

 

[Happy Mastenator]

So Record ratings, record tv deals, record crowds, record engagement. Yeah being "woke" is really working out poorly for the AFL.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

If anyone can post the link I would appreciate it.
Probably i may be wrong the first journalist to take the afl on. In regards to this subject.
Afl hypocrisy in era of identity politics is turning fans against one another
Persistent more then that is required welcome to country ceremonies, Pride rounds, knee dropping, race baiting dosent unite Australians but creates a growing level of resentment turning us against each other
Footballs capture by the woke movement has always reeked of hypocrisy
Your thoughts guys? maybe I am old fashioned but sports organisations should just stick to the best interest of the game, and growing it

Crowd funding for likes. Not sure if this is going to turn out exactly as you planned.

 

[Iago]

What the hell is identity politics?

 

[Happy Mastenator]

The amusing thing is that AFL house is driven almost primarily by the need to make a $. If they do anything it's through that prism.

 

[projectv]

Using 'woke' unironically is the first sign of brain rot.

 

[The Educator]

What the hell is identity politics?

Politics (alliances, campaigns, narratives) built around religious / racial / ethnic / gender identity

Eg white lives matter

 

[The Educator]

The amusing thing is that AFL house is driven almost primarily by the need to make a $. If they do anything it's through that prism.

Which "begs the question", how would one prove otherwise?

 

[Kappa]

Using 'woke' unironically is the first sign of brain rot.

And yet people in incredibly powerful positions can’t define what a women is…

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

OP must get really triggered when the Anzac Day AFL weekend is on.....

 

[north_lad]

If anyone can post the link I would appreciate it.
Probably i may be wrong the first journalist to take the afl on. In regards to this subject.
Afl hypocrisy in era of identity politics is turning fans against one another
Persistent more then that is required welcome to country ceremonies, Pride rounds, knee dropping, race baiting dosent unite Australians but creates a growing level of resentment turning us against each other
Footballs capture by the woke movement has always reeked of hypocrisy
Your thoughts guys? maybe I am old fashioned but sports organisations should just stick to the best interest of the game, and growing it

He has simply just given mouthbreathers complaining about AFLW "in the comments" a shit new article to like to generate clicks for his trash newspaper, and you have fallen right for it. Sucked in.

 

[Caesarr]

For me, the main problem is the abundance of gambling advertisements which ultimately targets children and families, whom remain the primary audience for AFLs 'product'.

 

[Chadwiko]

 

[SC_Power]

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I don’t know why we can’t just use whatever word we want and give it whatever meaning we want it to be.

I mean, the word woke itself used to be associated with sleeping, and someone decided to re purpose it.

Now others want to reuse the word woke to mean something different, and some people get upset.

The whole thing is a laugh.

 

[Dan26]

So Record ratings, record tv deals, record crowds, record engagement. Yeah being "woke" is really working out poorly for the AFL.

All over the world, woke is losing money. If the AFL is profitable, it isn't because they are woke, but in spite of it. Bud Light lost literally billions of dollars in the USA. There was an immediate backlash to the Pubs here in Australia not celebrating Australia day (and then many of them backflipped). The public have hated this stuff for a while now, but the institutions still cling to it, like it's 2019. I'd say everyone on the political right hates it, 90% on the moderate left hate it, but are too cowardly to call it out, and only the extreme left push it mainly to signal how "tolerant" they are.

Woke used to mean alert to social injustice, but words migrate over time. It's now used by people not to push a certain cause but to signal how good a person "they" are. How virtuous "they" are. It's about the person, rather than the cause. If you are normal you care about the issue; if you are woke, you tell everybody that you care about the issue - that's the difference

It's pretty much dying, it just depends how longer the institutions hang on to it, before they "read the room". Boeing just disbanded their D.E.I department last month and are now just focusing on merit. Lots of others are doing it too.

 

[Elixuh]

I could accurately predict 100% of the posts that will appear in this thread supporting Warners article.

Should be a good thread. Subscribed.

 

[boncer34]

Hey OP, can you define what 'woke' is?

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He'll be using the 2nd definition under adjective.

 

[Nvent]

Great article on the money.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Using an internet forum is woke

Bring back the days when we discussed things in the pub instead

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Can’t show empathy, compassion or inclusion to anyone… that’s woke.


Can carry on about how rude it is to wear a hat into an RSL though.

****ing boomers.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I could accurately predict 100% of the posts that will appear in this thread supporting Warners article.

Should be a good thread. Subscribed.

Accurate predictions are woke