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Best post on this thread. 100% agree with everything you’ve said.I could understand this if it was the EPL or a European soccer league but seriously this is Australia and we have never had any issues.
I agree it should not be encouraged but suspending a harmless incident makes me almost disgusted where we are as a country.
The AFL should now tell the players you are nit allowed to high 5 the crowd, no heading to the boundary fence after the games you must stay within field of play. No photos with fans either because this is encouraging fans that human contact is ok.
I really feel for this guy, paid his hard earned money to attend and become a member and is suspended for giving an opposition player an encouraging hug.
No wonder our young generation are scared of their own shadow, big corporations trying to protect them from nothing.
I’d hope he would. You just can’t touch any player. End of.I suspect if he did this to a pies player there would've been no ban (or story of any description). I think physical fan/player interactions are usually well intentioned but there's a big difference between a quick pat on the back and grabbing someone's head
ExactlyHe shouldn't have done it, we all know he shouldn't have done it - the penalty is stopping anybody else from doing it. He probably meant no harm.
We don't want to end up having stadiums fenced off from the crowd, like they do with soccer.
You had a bit too much of Dr Hofmanns finest I think, indigenous dance by indigenous lads to celebrate their own culture, I dunno why white people get worried by that.If there was any ambiguity, Lewis Jetta, in support of Goodes, made it unambiguous with a very clear spear throwing gesture towards the crowd.
Jesus, was anyone hurt?What about Adam Goodes imitating throwing a spear directly at opposition supporters.
Nothing worse than whataboutery!Jesus, was anyone hurt?
Why are people acting like a ban from attending the footy for the rest of the year is some crazy harsh punishment? Most people cant go to the footy every week anyway, its a tiny punishment lmao just sit at home and sink beers instead like most people.
If a relatively small punishment like this prevents someone from thinking its ok to touch a player over the fence in the future its 100% worth it
You dont want it to become an issue. If you let it slide then somebody else is going to do it.Never ever been a problem in this country and still is t today. Everyone needs to stop being scared of what if?
Would this have been investigated if it was a bloke in a suit?