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OK, good to see they've hammered VFL House for their poor practice and disproportionate response.

I would have liked to have seen them state that sanctions above and beyond those given out for on-field violent conduct, actual drug use, and actual DV are entirely out of order.

The thing is, now what?

This hits the AFL with a wet lettuce leaf, is that all they are going to do?
 

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Giant Strides said:
Can I ask what are your personal thoughts on this whole situation?
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Personally I believe the players were denied any due process and were railroaded by a weak afl house looking to virtue signal.

A small fine for those going a bit too hard, if anything, and some further education would have been appropriate

Edit: let me add that this only applies as the event became ‘public’.
If it had remained private as it should have, nothing was wrong in my eyes.
 
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Bottom line is we are heavily funded by the AFL and even though publicly, the statements put out aren't what people want, privately these same people are likely conflicted and just towing the line due to lack of other options. They have to appease sponsors and give the impression of not biting the hand that feeds us. It's shit, but it's just easier to accept the situation and move on. We get a look at some youngsters early on and assess who is putting their hand up for the freshly vacated spots in the 22.
 
Analysis by the ABC of the incident and possible adverse impact on our reputation as well as the relationship with the AFLW team

The Giants' male AFL players are on leave now, but when they return to the club and cross paths with the women in the organisation, one imagines they will do so with a considerable amount of shame and be forced to take part in some extremely difficult conversations.

The Giants have done a great job presenting a face to the world as an open and friendly football club.

They have an enormous job to restore that reputation.

www.abc.net.au

After years of fighting to build their reputation, the GWS men have let their club down appallingly

The Greater Western Sydney Giants have always had to go above and beyond to make a mark in rugby league heartland. But its antics at an end-of-season function have damaged its reputation, writes David Mark.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
 
MelbourneGWS said:
Analysis by the ABC of the incident and possible adverse impact on our reputation as well as the relationship with the AFLW team

The Giants' male AFL players are on leave now, but when they return to the club and cross paths with the women in the organisation, one imagines they will do so with a considerable amount of shame and be forced to take part in some extremely difficult conversations.

The Giants have done a great job presenting a face to the world as an open and friendly football club.

They have an enormous job to restore that reputation.

www.abc.net.au

After years of fighting to build their reputation, the GWS men have let their club down appallingly

The Greater Western Sydney Giants have always had to go above and beyond to make a mark in rugby league heartland. But its antics at an end-of-season function have damaged its reputation, writes David Mark.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
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While the AFL have gone massively over board with their reaction, the boys have given the Sydney NRL media and the VFL media a free hit with this.
 
Colonial said:
While the AFL have gone massively over board with their reaction, the boys have given the Sydney NRL media and the VFL media a free hit with this.
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Not really. The NRL have no moral high ground, and no one will get too stuck into us for fear that someone starts muck raking into their own end of season activities.

Our taxpayer funded lefties at the ABC will join the handwringing crowd because that's what they do.
 
BarryAglett said:
Not really. The NRL have no moral high ground, and no one will get too stuck into us for fear that someone starts muck raking into their own end of season activities.
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They don’t. But they use it.
BarryAglett said:
Our taxpayer funded lefties at the ABC will join the handwringing crowd because that's what they do.
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Fair
 

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The whole beat up is absolute horse shit

Lessons to be learned is don't trust anyone, anything public has to be completely straight laced blandest corporate nothing speak

Jokes fun etc has to be had in private in person with no phones no more mad Mondays where photos are taken
 
Fletched said:
The whole beat up is absolute horse shit

Lessons to be learned is don't trust anyone, anything public has to be completely straight laced blandest corporate nothing speak

Jokes fun etc has to be had in private in person with no phones no more mad Mondays where photos are taken
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I think best to imagine if no Josh Fahey, Riccardi skit on Hayne.
If that doesn't happen, there is no story, no fines or suspensions.
Having said that, the Hayne re-enactment with the doll did happen, so I think a suspensuon for one or two players is ok. No others should have been suspended in my view.
 
sydney_gws said:
I think best to imagine if no Josh Fahey, Riccardi skit on Hayne.
If that doesn't happen, there is no story, no fines or suspensions.
Having said that, the Hayne re-enactment with the doll did happen, so I think a suspensuon for one or two players is ok. No others should have been suspended in my view.
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That's my view as well. Yes, they shouldn't have done it. Yes, it wasn't a good look. But the punishments for everything was way out of proportion.

One thing I found really odd was the Idun situation. Yeah it was a bit weird to dress up as he did, but having the AFL decide for a man of colour what he did was racist is very weird.
 
Mors said:
One thing I found really odd was the Idun situation. Yeah it was a bit weird to dress up as he did, but having the AFL decide for a man of colour what he did was racist is very weird.
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Paternalistic racism.

White men/women who think they know what's best for people of colour. That they can't think and act for themselves.

Absolute BS. I'd love Connor to come back and hit VFL House with a Human Rights complaint. Black man punished for dressing up as a black character from a popular movie!! Zero illegal or untoward there whatsoever.
 
Giant Strides said:
OK, good to see they've hammered VFL House for their poor practice and disproportionate response.

I would have liked to have seen them state that sanctions above and beyond those given out for on-field violent conduct, actual drug use, and actual DV are entirely out of order.

The thing is, now what?

This hits the AFL with a wet lettuce leaf, is that all they are going to do?
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Sadly I don’t think it will change anything for this case: but may make the AFL think it through a bit harder next time.

Such an annoying organisation sometimes


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The whole thing smacks of a corporate power trip by the AFL.

I understand there's a police investigation into whether the venue involved breached section 2A (c) of the NSW Surveillance Devices Act 2007 No. 64. If that is true, who made the complaint? Or can the police launch investigations based on what is in the public sphere?
 
Land of the Giants said:
The whole thing smacks of a corporate power trip by the AFL.

I understand there's a police investigation into whether the venue involved breached section 2A (c) of the NSW Surveillance Devices Act 2007 No. 64. If that is true, who made the complaint? Or can the police launch investigations based on what is in the public sphere?
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Well, I'm guessing any of the players could have.
 

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