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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
... along the lines of 'clean up your own grubby backyard before poking your nose into ours'.
www.theage.com.au
Could this be a continuation of what seems to be a concerted effort (first Gale, then Hardwick, then Balme, now O'Neal) to remind the AFL of its role as a servant of the clubs and not the opposite? I have the sense all clubs have had enough of the AFL's secrecy, rules-on-the-run, dysfunctional MRO/tribunal, boys-led culture.
For those unable to access the article, here are the key quotes from the president:
“I think ... if reports like that were coming out of my club, I would want to get to the bottom of it. I would want to know how it was not made public or wasn’t as transparent.”
“I think it is a concern. I don’t have any of the facts … but it’s a terrible concern in a time when we want the sport to be open and welcoming to everyone that there are women who allegedly have been treated poorly and if I were the AFL Commission I would want to get to it as quickly as possible.”
Whack.
McLachlan open to meeting disgruntled former AFL staff
Richmond president says the AFL must investigate bullying claims but AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan insisted the league had not silenced complainants.
Could this be a continuation of what seems to be a concerted effort (first Gale, then Hardwick, then Balme, now O'Neal) to remind the AFL of its role as a servant of the clubs and not the opposite? I have the sense all clubs have had enough of the AFL's secrecy, rules-on-the-run, dysfunctional MRO/tribunal, boys-led culture.
For those unable to access the article, here are the key quotes from the president:
“I think ... if reports like that were coming out of my club, I would want to get to the bottom of it. I would want to know how it was not made public or wasn’t as transparent.”
“I think it is a concern. I don’t have any of the facts … but it’s a terrible concern in a time when we want the sport to be open and welcoming to everyone that there are women who allegedly have been treated poorly and if I were the AFL Commission I would want to get to it as quickly as possible.”
Whack.