There has been a plethora of talk all season about tanking in the AFL, particularly pointing to West Coast and North Melbourne. Last Saturday, Clarko told the tank talkers to GAGF as his team won their final game of the year to get off the bottom of the ladder. Last weekend, West Coast effectively ended the Bulldog's finals push by winning an unlikely game at Docklands. Someone always has to finish last, an unfortunately its West Coast. On the bright side, we get a great draft position and hopefully bounce back.
What is being ignored though, is the only team that has proven to tank in 2023.
Geelong.
There is no chance they didnt say "whelp, we cant make the finals, we wont bother putting a team together for the last game" and proceeded to rule out half their side. This is tanking of the highest order, not seen since Melbourne came out and admitted they were tanking in 2009.
The AFL integrity committee (never have i heard of such an oxymoron statement than "AFL" and "integrity") should open an investigation into the Cat's blatant tanking last round and punish them accordingly but we all know they wont. They didnt look into the Cats winning '07 '09 and '11 flags all juiced up, they are not going to bother with one pissy round of tanking.
What is being ignored though, is the only team that has proven to tank in 2023.
Geelong.
There is no chance they didnt say "whelp, we cant make the finals, we wont bother putting a team together for the last game" and proceeded to rule out half their side. This is tanking of the highest order, not seen since Melbourne came out and admitted they were tanking in 2009.
The AFL integrity committee (never have i heard of such an oxymoron statement than "AFL" and "integrity") should open an investigation into the Cat's blatant tanking last round and punish them accordingly but we all know they wont. They didnt look into the Cats winning '07 '09 and '11 flags all juiced up, they are not going to bother with one pissy round of tanking.
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