Round 20 - "Green" Round

[tranquilli lace]

What is it? Why is it? And does anyone really care?

One thing for certain, Visy & Carlton will be rolling Juddy out next week to justify his salary at Visy.

 

[DoggieStyle07]

I don't see how a league that plays probably 60%+ of its games under floodlighting powered by brown coal can pass itself off as being 'green'.

 

[year of the cat]

What is it? Why is it? And does anyone really care?

One thing for certain, Visy & Carlton will be rolling Juddy out next week to justify his salary at Visy.

Juddy receives his VISY cheque that week.

 

[Sunday Red]

Nothing but PR crap.

 

[BLUES82]

What is it? Why is it? And does anyone really care?

One thing for certain, Visy & Carlton will be rolling Juddy out next week to justify his salary at Visy.

Nup, you just need to look at the state of the environment for proof

 

[FRUMPY]

Something Carlton came up with so we could get Juddy and pay him under the table as a 'green' ambasador!

 

[Geoffa32]

I don't see how a league that plays probably 60%+ of its games under floodlighting powered by brown coal can pass itself off as being 'green'.

That was my first thought. Perhaps they should have made all 8 games day matches, and minimise the travel with Vic teams playing each other, the WA and SA teams play each other and Brisbane play Sydney at Nimbin. Bussing it there in solar powered buses.

 

[arrowman]

I don't see how a league that plays probably 60%+ of its games under floodlighting powered by brown coal can pass itself off as being 'green'.

Oh, don't you understand? The AFL can buy carbon offsets, which will install flouroscent lightglobes in the Amazon rainforest or somesuch, and that makes it all OK!

Even the Clipsal 500 is "carbon neutral".

FFS I'm waiting for the day when a major sport says "stuff off, we're not going to play silly games and pretend we're all environmentally friendly. We are a sport. We burn fuel for lighting, transport, and heating overpriced pies. Deal with it."

 

[BlackHat]

Juddy should be made to wear a "green" wig this week.

The LOL factor alone will negate his out of cap payments.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Wow, good to see the powerbrokers down at AFL house have been reading BigFooty....

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=522183

 

[The Sultan]

it answer the OP, along with womans and indiginous (sp?) round amdit is to keep the lefty pink greeno's happy.

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[100action]

Nothing but PR crap.

yea i know, also speaking of carlton, looking at the paper a few days ago it appears carlton rushed to invite that poor bash victim to one of their training sessions in front of media, which reeked to me of trying too hard to gain PR.

 

[jonoman89]

yea i know, also speaking of carlton, looking at the paper a few days ago it appears carlton rushed to invite that poor bash victim to one of their training sessions in front of media, which reeked to me of trying too hard to gain PR.

But if another club invited the poor guy along, that would be fine?

I agree, we are such black hearted assholes

 

[Jesse Custer]

But if another club invited the poor guy along, that would be fine?

I agree, we are such black hearted assholes

Geesus, that was a great gesture by the CFC.

I can't believe anybody would say anything about that.

 

[Fevola99]

It's the round where we celebrate the contributions of people named Green.

Russell Green, 304 games for St Kilda and Hawthorn 1974-1988

Brad Green, 198 games for Melbourne 2000-2008

Rachel Green, 238 episodes of Friends 1994-2004

 

[magic_johnson!]

I don't see how a league that plays probably 60%+ of its games under floodlighting powered by brown coal can pass itself off as being 'green'.

Having 30,000+ at a ground uses less electricity then having 30,000+ at home.

 

[lenny&carl]

it answer the OP, along with womans and indiginous (sp?) round amdit is to keep the lefty pink greeno's happy.

Correct. Wht's it all got to do with footy?

 

[Lensen]

It's the round where we celebrate the contributions of people named Green.

Russell Green, 304 games for St Kilda and Hawthorn 1974-1988

Brad Green, 198 games for Melbourne 2000-2008

Rachel Green, 238 episodes of Friends 1994-2004

The Big Green, $143.50 at the Box Office 1995

 

[Rob]

I don't see how a league that plays probably 60%+ of its games under floodlighting powered by brown coal can pass itself off as being 'green'.

That was brought up as an problem a year ago when WA had the power crisis caused by the gas explosion - the AFL offered to move a Subiaco night game to the day. Turned out according to Western Power a footy game at night actually resulted in less overall energy use, as all the spectators that are at the footy would use a lot more energy at home (or doing other things) if they weren't at the footy.

So the footy stayed at night.

 

[underthestars]

win-win for the afl.
in our modern world words seem to have taken on a higher significance than actions. so the afl is now an environmentally responsible citizen - and continues to do as it has always done - turn over every stone in it's lustful hunt for money!

 

[Not Bob Keddie]

Correct. Wht's it all got to do with footy?

Agree the fans should have a let's boycott the leftie, tree huging, climate change myth pushing AFL round. How the AFL has managed to become an arm of the Labor party up there with the Age and ABC is sickening. Is the board of the AFL made up of school teachers and unionists?

 

[galindez]

the state of the environment isn't a left/right issue einstein

 

[magic_johnson!]

K Rudd met with Juddy and others yesterday about green round.

 

[jim boy]

There's only one thing that is green that Judd is really interested in