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Reckon 5 is pretty light considering the players were surely read the riot act after the Finlayson incident.
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He should've waited for the guy to put his head over the ball and just cleaned him up, he'd be getting lesser sentence...sure he probably would've given him CTE but at what cost hurt feelings?
Ochre
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Probably should've just done neither I reckon.
In all my years playing sport, I think I only heard one homophobic slur. From a former test cricketer, and he fell in my estimation from that point.
5 weeks for name calling? Idk, seems pretty harsh to me - how sensitive is everyone now adays?
Don't get me wrong - It's incredibly stupid and wrong - and yes should be punished - but 5 weeks? You get less for punching someone
You'd probably get 'Performance managed'/sacked at most workplaces for such a thing these days.
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If a player doesn't like a decision and just says "pfft that's gay"
will they get suspended?
or is it just direct homo comments?
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or is it just direct homo comments?
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Whats next 5 weeks for calling someone a dog campaigner
Might be time to address the "Flintstones" intro song ?
Wonder if King will be all over this given how into high contact he is, can stove someone's head in and get less time.
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I can see someone deliberately dobbing someone in that said nothing just to get them suspended
no proof but the AFL wouldn't want bad press
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You're far more likely to get someone denying their slur than someone making it up.
Yeah I dont think most players take the field with the intention of get someone suspended after the match. If it resulted in a free kick however some might try it on.
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'A truly national competition': The NT makes its case for its own AFL side within a decade
A newly released business case says an NT team would need federal government support, but argues it would boost the territory's economy by $116 million each year and improve liveability, health and social outcomes.
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NORTHern Territory you say?
'A truly national competition': The NT makes its case for its own AFL side within a decade
A newly released business case says an NT team would need federal government support, but argues it would boost the territory's economy by $116 million each year and improve liveability, health and social outcomes.
NORTHern Territory you say?
Nah, not for me. Having lived there twice, the conditions during the AFL season [Southern Australia] are horrific for playing footy. That's why their season is in our off season. It would be debilitating!
It's the use of a slur, not name calling, that is the problem. If he called him a f**head or something that would constitute "name-calling", it'd be juvenile, but we'd all move on.
Also not about "sensitivity". The person he directed the homophobic slur to might not even be of that sexuality. They might not even be offended, or see the use of that slur as problematic. The issue is broader than the direct exchange between 2 players on the field. It has real world consequences.
Are you intentionally missing the point?
Should the use of a slur (a term used to denigrate a minority group) be a part of the game, or society for that matter?
Nah, not for me. Having lived there twice, I found the weather during our regular AFL season debilitating. It would be horrific for players playing in such humidity.
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They're not going to pick him, Mitch.
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What happened to the country I love, where you could proudly and confidently say any slurs you liked in the workplace without receiving what is ultimately a relatively short paid holiday.
Pretty ****ing easy to avoid running into trouble on this one I reckon, probably just don’t direct slurs at your colleagues.
Pretty ****ing easy to avoid running into trouble on this one I reckon, probably just don’t direct slurs at your colleagues.
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I wonder if the AFL are discussing with Sydney that they are no longer to be sponsored by an airline hailing from where Homosexuality is illegal or is it again just about the money and virtue signalling??
You would think they would have the contract cancelled immediately or is it just Wayne Carey and Ben cousins who get punished immediately on their crusade of choice… one would hope the Winmar statue has also been removed from Optus stadium given his history.
You would think they would have the contract cancelled immediately or is it just Wayne Carey and Ben cousins who get punished immediately on their crusade of choice… one would hope the Winmar statue has also been removed from Optus stadium given his history.
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They're not going to pick him, Mitch.
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This isn’t the own you think it is. It’s not virtue signalling (whatever the **** catch all “world’s gone woke” bullshit that is) to say “do not say slurs at the workplace”.
I think a lot of people would be happy for some sponsors to not be involved in footy, you really wouldn’t get much fight.
From memory when some Freo players raised concerns about being sponsored by oil and gas (effectively what you’re ironically suggesting the AFL should do here) everyone was very respectful of that and didn’t absolutely pillory them for it. Or when netball and cricket did the same thing, people online were very measured and not at all performative about it.
To say “we, as a business, no longer tolerate a behaviour that was once tolerated, and if an employee acts this way they will receive a suspension” is a pretty uncontroversial take, I would have thought.
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They're not going to pick him, Mitch.
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**** it that was way too many words to just say this:
'A truly national competition': The NT makes its case for its own AFL side within a decade
A newly released business case says an NT team would need federal government support, but argues it would boost the territory's economy by $116 million each year and improve liveability, health and social outcomes.
NORTHern Territory you say?
It's about the only option left that North would have to secure their identity long-term.
That said, the case for any AFL team to be based from NT is laughable.
It rests upon the Federal and NT Governments coming up with $1B for a stadium in a city of just 130k.
The annual total budget of the NT is less than $9.5B.
Brisbane has 18 times more population and the impetus of hosting the Olympics in 2032, yet cannot get state and Commonwealth to justify that kind of expenditure on a new sporting venue during the current inflationary period.
Good luck in finding a fraction of that in the Territory.
And that's before other deciding factors like the climate, splitting of home matches to Alice Springs and Cairns, and travel (they would end up travelling more than WA teams) are even considered.
NT license is just a ruse to circumvent discussion away whenever merger talk starts to gain traction.
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Fair to say it's just some expensive lip service for now.
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