Oppo Camp Other Clubs News/General Discussion

[sr36]

2 words. Shock value. Plain and simple that’s all it is. Whoever can get the biggest laugh from their mates is a hero at these things

Yep. You've got to be that little bit more outrageous - just creep that little bit further each time. And before you know it you're dressed as a rapist humping an inflatable doll on stage and copping a suspension from the AFL. Could have happened to anyone ...

 

[sr36]

Not gonna lie though, I'm kinda glad to see that smart ass Cooper Hamilton cop it. Was on board with his genuinely humourous stuff on socials until he developed a kinda weird Collingwood obsession

That's their media machine. I really like them. And I quite like that they're aiming high by trying to create some GWS Collingwood thing.

 

[Abdul_The_Bull]

Comment on these events, in great detail, as a reporter -
Use these events for humour in your show as a comedian -
Express your interpretation in a skit as a footballer -

Everyone needs to take a breath and relax a little.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

That's their media machine. I really like them. And I quite like that they're aiming high by trying to create some GWS Collingwood thing.

That's fine, but a lot of it just became....weird

Like, they'd bring us up even when we weren't involved in anything

It felt more like a genuine creepy obsession. Bringing us up even when playing other teams.

Either way, karma's a bitch I guess

 

[Pistol Night]

Yep. You've got to be that little bit more outrageous - just creep that little bit further each time. And before you know it you're dressed as a rapist humping an inflatable doll on stage and copping a suspension from the AFL. Could have happened to anyone ...

Im not condoning it im just saying how shit is. Take it as you will

 

[sr36]

Im not condoning it im just saying how shit is. Take it as you will

I'm agreeing with you. Give them a penalty. But they're just young blokes pushing at a black comedy line. Don't carry on as though they're somehow terrible people because they got the line wrong.

 

[manicpie]

I'm agreeing with you. Give them a penalty. But they're just young blokes pushing at a black comedy line. Don't carry on as though they're somehow terrible people because they got the line wrong.

It sounds like they all got the lines and had too much. They got the right punishment in the end. It's was a bizarre event .

 

[Kilmo]

Comparisons of the AFL with other workplaces is flawed. The AFL have their own rules and regulations across the board that wouldn't stand up in any other corporate environment. That doesn't mean that I condone them... quite the contrary, I have a very solid loathing for the way the AFL insert themselves into social and civil arenas and feel compelled to direct social commentary and direction. This is largely a result of the obligations around State and Federal Government funding however.
I try not to get too caught up in the politics of the AFL and like to limit my exposure to the actual game. This can be a very difficult line to draw, though.

Are you saying that what the GWS players did would be OK in a corporate environment?

 

[sr36]

It sounds like they all got the lines and had too much. They got the right punishment in the end. It's was a bizarre event .

I grew listening to Derek and Clive and laughing about them singing "He's got cancer of the arseh*le. He's got cancer of the knob "

I don't find it bizarre. I like irreverent humour. They just pushed too far.

 

[manicpie]

I grew listening to Derek and Clive and laughing about them singing "He's got cancer of the arseh*le. He's got cancer of the knob "

I don't find it bizarre. I like irreverent humour. They just pushed too far.

I don't mind that sort of humour, they did push it too far. To be honest, I've never been that drunk in my life so I probably don't understand the situation. The only time I got drunk was 1990 and I ended up in hospital because my stomach and body can't handle it. I want to get drunk quite a bit but you don't miss what you've never really had

 

[Jen2310]

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Damn. I was hoping he'd retire & come to us as Development Coach

 

[Jen2310]

Damn. I was hoping he'd retire & come to us as Development Coach

Yeah, guess he was weighing that up. Would have been a nice get

 

[Pistol Night]

Damn. I was hoping he'd retire & come to us as Development Coach

Next year with Butters

 

[Maggie5]

I’m gonna probably offend here but I’m gonna say, if you’re prone to be offended or sensitive to the antics that you’ll get from drunk young men, then I would say you’re in the wrong line of business working in a bar

I very much doubt that they were intoxicated when they thought of the idea.

 

[Abdul_The_Bull]

Are you saying that what the GWS players did would be OK in a corporate environment?

Possibly. We don't actually 'know' what they did so it's difficult to say for sure. However, I feel that those that have been offended perhaps have taken advantage of the profile of the AFL. There are plenty of corporates that would have intervened and difused the situation. I suspect that this is a combination of faux outrage and then an overreation which has been seized on by the media - knowing that this could be made much, much larger than it would otherwise be.
I doubt that if this exact incident had occured in any coproate environment (sans AFL players) that we would not have even have heard about it.

 

[Abdul_The_Bull]

I very much doubt that they were intoxicated when they thought of the idea.

Maybe, but I think Kes's point remains....

 

[manicpie]

I very much doubt that they were intoxicated when they thought of the idea.

This was my concern from the start. They would've met about this and discussed it prior. That's the part that worries me

 

[gouki88]

Possibly. We don't actually 'know' what they did so it's difficult to say for sure. However, I feel that those that have been offended perhaps have taken advantage of the profile of the AFL. There are plenty of corporates that would have intervened and difused the situation. I suspect that this is a combination of faux outrage and then an overreation which has been seized on by the media - knowing that this could be made much, much larger than it would otherwise be.
I doubt that if this exact incident had occured in any coproate environment (sans AFL players) that we would not have even have heard about it.

What is faux about the outrage re: joking about and normalising sexual violence?

 

[Kirby]

I very much doubt that they were intoxicated when they thought of the idea.

See, that's a failure on their part.

If that's not not a big tick for intoxication then I don't know what is!

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

This was my concern from the start. They would've met about this and discussed it prior. That's the part that worries me

And that's when the leaders should've stepped in if they knew.

 

[gouki88]

I’m gonna probably offend here but I’m gonna say, if you’re prone to be offended or sensitive to the antics that you’ll get from drunk young men, then I would say you’re in the wrong line of business working in a bar

Bartended for years and never saw shit like this, and if I had they would immediately have been thrown out and barred. Absurd thing to say

 

[Chameleon75]

Damn. I was hoping he'd retire & come to us as Development Coach

grab josh Carr as development coach, and sit back and watch the port board explode

 

[Kilmo]

Possibly. We don't actually 'know' what they did so it's difficult to say for sure. However, I feel that those that have been offended perhaps have taken advantage of the profile of the AFL. There are plenty of corporates that would have intervened and difused the situation. I suspect that this is a combination of faux outrage and then an overreation which has been seized on by the media - knowing that this could be made much, much larger than it would otherwise be.
I doubt that if this exact incident had occured in any coproate environment (sans AFL players) that we would not have even have heard about it.

That's kinda the point...
But to suggest that this would have been OK in a corporate environment is absurd. Everyone involved would have been fired—instant dismissal.

 

[Fat Jesus]

That's kinda the point...
But to suggest that this would have been OK in a corporate environment is absurd. Everyone involved would have been fired—instant dismissal.

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