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Conspiracy theory.
- Thread starter Bones17
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I concur with this theory.
The vast majority of the current AFL media hounds grew up in an age when we were very ordinary (1983-2012) and prefer to keep it that way.
Doesn't explain why they love the likes of the Bulldogs and Melbourne who were just as ordinary and for longer.
Maybe it's more important to them that Richmond are kept in their box because we are a potential behemoth.
The Bulldogs and Melbourne might win the odd flag but that's about it.
They aren't a threat to the AFL's Inner Sanctum.
With our massive membership base, sustained Richmond success makes us *the* biggest club in the land which potentially, if we had an Eddie type President, we could make life difficult for the AFL.
Nah it was because we beat the Crows in 2017 the annointed.
Then we really doubled right down and twisted the knife murdering GWs on Grand Final Day in 2019.
Then we tripled down to knock off the annointed Cats in 2020 with Gazzas final game and really shoved it up Hocking
Nno doubt Dimmas big Woooo!! as he walked past Hocking went down a treat !!
No wonder they hate us.
Tall poppy syndrome.
They will never accept that from our working class roots we have survived bankruptcy and a 37 year premiership drought to emerge as the leading club on and off field with a unique style and authenticity.
That we have an outstanding female President, strong visionary Internally-cultivated leaders in our outstanding CEO Benny Gale and the former Godfather(now father-figure) Neil Balme and a no-nonsense coach in the same mould as Hafey, Jewell and Clarkson.
Most in the media are old groupies whose families brainwashed them into thinking it was fashionable to follow the Demons, Blues or Cats. Or the great unwashed inbred Magpies. Finally those Hawthorn fanatics who stood by and allowed an imbecile like Kennett to ruin their club just like he completely ruined true Victorian values.
They will never accept that from our working class roots we have survived bankruptcy and a 37 year premiership drought to emerge as the leading club on and off field with a unique style and authenticity.
That we have an outstanding female President, strong visionary Internally-cultivated leaders in our outstanding CEO Benny Gale and the former Godfather(now father-figure) Neil Balme and a no-nonsense coach in the same mould as Hafey, Jewell and Clarkson.
Most in the media are old groupies whose families brainwashed them into thinking it was fashionable to follow the Demons, Blues or Cats. Or the great unwashed inbred Magpies. Finally those Hawthorn fanatics who stood by and allowed an imbecile like Kennett to ruin their club just like he completely ruined true Victorian values.
I don't think the AFL has it in for us at all, in fact I think they would love us being successful.
Gil McLachlan openly hoped for us to win after the Bulldogs in 2016 and he gave his tickets to 2017 to a Tigers fan.
Gil McLachlan openly hoped for us to win after the Bulldogs in 2016 and he gave his tickets to 2017 to a Tigers fan.
anachronistic theory, the AFL has been against us since hominids first walked the earth
But since then, we have been disruptive.
Brendan and Peggy do not sing from the AFL hymn book, and, through success and integrity, have developed the clout and respect to push back.
Back then, we were a cute story, to be patronised. Then we became a disruptor. We won the wrong way, and too often. We held back the love child. We were precocious, and then dominant. We ruined the first interstate grand final. We challenged the fixturing. We badmouthed their stadium. We defied equalisation.
He may have wanted us to fill their pockets for a season. But he oversaw a radical change to the fabric of the sport, specifically designed to hobble us.
It is us against the world.
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Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
Yet they seem to be going to extreme lengths to find a credible alternative to Benny as CEO. Josh Frankenfurt?
The AFL was happy for us to win in 2017 but everything in the AFL's prospectus is skewed towards spreading out success as evenly as possible.
The 2019 flag was not in their playbook. Gil needed his baby to be successful to justify the enormous expenditure. It was then that the tide turned against us.
By 2020 they were doing everything they could to stop us.
The 2019 flag was not in their playbook. Gil needed his baby to be successful to justify the enormous expenditure. It was then that the tide turned against us.
By 2020 they were doing everything they could to stop us.
What a disaster, the AFL will be bankrupt in no time, and if you thought the AFL is corrupt now under the Dill and previous Demitripoo, wait till Fraudenburg get the reins.
Latest twitter whisperings is that Josh seeded that story to the media himself and the AFL were surprised to hear he had been approached. Goyder strangely embarrassed by the media "leak".
No way.
Crowds have plummeted since Melbourne achieved success.
The AFL wants large attendances, high ratings.
Richmond provides that.
In terms of fixture, we get the Geelong game at home.
Crowds have plummeted since Melbourne achieved success.
The AFL wants large attendances, high ratings.
Richmond provides that.
In terms of fixture, we get the Geelong game at home.
I thought that because a big chunk of Kardinia Park is under reconstruction?
