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Footy media , love’m or hate’ m ?

Total Tiger said:
The whole AFL industry's approach to concussion is infuriating. The clubs, media and even the fans talk the talk until it's one of their own suspended for a dangerous tackle then it's challenge and defend at 1000 paces. The AFL have done some things to try and slow the game down, but then cop pressure from the broadcasters to speed it back up so their rules are just a jumble of inconsistency. Meanwhile, the insurers have just given the whole industry the middle finger and the clubs are playing players who should be medically retired. I do not for one second think Geelong are on their own in this any more than I think Essendon were in the peptides - they're just the ones who got caught. If the league took this whole issue seriously, the concussion protocols should be 21 days (that's what the report they brought them in on recommended), there should be a 3 concussions and you're retired policy, and the clubs should stop challenging every suspension based on injuring, and potential to injure, the head of an opponent. And the fans should stop bleating about it when one of their own is suspended
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And given this is the media thread, they should stop highlighting players who pull out of a contest to protect their own and the head of their opponent as weak, and stop going the AFL when they try and suspend a player for a dangerous action. Too many retired players who literally have teammates and peers who suffer (or have sadly suffered in the past tense) with CTE who should be ashamed about how they speak in this area
 
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Ndts said:
Starting to recognise Jack a little more now…a bit over the top but he’s right

Yeah…Leigh…the only player I know that got better every year AFTER he retired. I don’t remember anyone saying while he was playing that he was the best footballer of his generation, let alone the 20th century.

Listened to the 3aw commentary on Saturday afternoon…interesting that for such a “legend” his commentary wasn’t insightful at all.

Some Leigh gems - they went up a notch, tougher in the clinches…

No explanation why the game changed…zero nuance, analysis.

I saw KB and Leigh pkay. The fact the KB is not rated a better player is remarkable. At least KB was never deregistered…
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Ha ha must be a similar vintage , saw both play , to the Richmond faithful we loved KB , he got so much of the ball , wether it be crumbs or a handball

And with Leigh , I think it was us v hawks at Princess Park , “he’s such a good player but he’s so dirty he’ll never win a Brownlow” , that comment etched into my brain, it was so spot on ,and I think it was by a Hawks person and long before the Bruns incident , he had smashed so many guys in the head and before we get too fired up , we had Balme at the same time

Both Leigh and KB won hardball and lots of it just very different styles , while people at the time couldn’t embrace Leigh , dirty, KB frustrated oppo supporters , the thin build , the comb over flapping in the breeze , and their players couldn’t catch the weedy little bastard , and it seemed for those superficial reasons , he didn’t get the respect and accolades he deserved
Instead they went to Royce 😁
 
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DavidSSS said:
On the media, not footy media this time, I was listening to the ABC in the car this afternoon and they were talking about the Geelong concussion saga.

What really gets me about this, and they actually said this, is that the media are presenting the offence as Geelong not lodging the paperwork with the AFL and not informing the AFLPA (company union) of the contract. Yes, that is a serious issue, but the non-reporting on the waiver is not the full issue. At least as important is the fact that Geelong was ok with requiring a player to sign away their right to sue if their work put them in danger. Concussion is a huge issue, an issue the AFL needs to come to terms with, and an issue that this controversy shows they have no idea how to handle.

We need to make sure the media know that we are not only upset about how Geelong assume they are above the law, but also that we are upset with the fact Geelong thought it was fine to get a player to sign a waiver to avoid responsibility for putting said player in harms way.

DS
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Yes. And this is what Nerdley was referencing last night. Getting JK to sign away completely, his rights to seek compensation.

Nerdley reckons this is the part of their side agreement that the AFL never entertained with Geelong and that otherwise, any agreement should be based around a risk recognition with the player that might reduce any potential compensation under a claim, but not remove it entirely, which is what Geelong did.

You add the complete disdain and lies on top of this and in any half well regulated business or sport, you’d be heavily penalised and the key person behind it fired (Hocking).

But this isn’t a well regulated business, of course.
 
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Wankerly spoke well about the Pussies issue but when it comes to ANY Cartoon story, he agonises.....his show on SEN has become a Cartoon Club most mornings and a bit on AFL 360.
 
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TigerForce said:
Wankerly spoke well about the Pussies issue but when it comes to ANY Cartoon story, he agonises.....his show on SEN has become a Cartoon Club most mornings and a bit on AFL 360.
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He almost blew his top last night when he and Lyon worked out that Carlton could play Collingwood in the 'Top 10' finals.
Carlton form on the G is crap Collingwood will slap them.
Fraser has them finally tuned to play on the telstra dome not the big ground on the G.
 
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Little Ziggyadee said:
He almost blew his top last night when he and Lyon worked out that Carlton could play Collingwood in the 'Top 10' finals.
Carlton form on the G is crap Collingwood will slap them.
Fraser has them finally tuned to play on the telstra dome not the big ground on the G.
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Again this morning. This bloke is weirdly fixated with this Cartoon team.
 
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Ch 7 showing our boys in Mad Monday and using us to start a bad story?? Looks they're all in a hot tub with Smiles doing some acting.
 
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Finn said:
Whipping each other with a belt. Hopefully that’s the extent of it
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In the country, not in public, just acting and these *smile* media a-holes just want to raise issues re: the Swans case.....what laughter!!!:ROFLMAO:
 
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They've gone out of town to celebrate in private and someone's gone the long lens like they're royals in the French countryside and sold the video to Channel 7. Classy stuff
 
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Nick McAllum ramping it up. ‘Smillie pulled his pants down…’
Umm, you do not know that you flog.
Boys were having a hoot, and not a stripper in sight..!
 
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