evo said:
I'm a bit confuesed Red.What has Eddie got to gain by attacking Caroline Wilson?Why is she suddenly a threat to channel9?Not saying you're wrong,Ijust hate connspiracies going on that I dont know about.Especially ones involving her. ;D
As you know, at one stage the Footy Show was one of the most popular sports shows in the country. One of the most popular shows full stop actually, with a massive audience.
The alleged story goes that some bright sparks at the competing Fairfax media saw an opportunity to ride the coat tails of the Footy Show by proffering up Caroline Wilson to be a regular guest on there. They allegedly said to Channel 9 that they had no female representation on the show and that by doing so would only help to lift ratings even further. They suggested using Caroline Wilson - after all what female does Channel 9 have that knows football as well as her ? Lets face it, she’s the pre-eminent female when it comes to footy and would be the only female in the industry who could possibly bring anything worthwhile/meaningful to the show (besides the Jim Beam girls of course !) Fairfax’s reasoning was that having Caroline on the show would be good for the Footy Show and 9, and it certainly would be good for Caroline’s profile and subsequent sales of The Age. Allegedly Caro was also keen.
However, as I said, Fairfax is a competing media outlet and whilst the Footy Show sometimes has the competition’s employee’s on, it was allegedly very reluctant to have Caro on in any regular sort of capacity. And allegedly, that’s where things all started to turn sour.
After 9’s alleged refusal, Caro got a run on 7 with Talking Footy and started writing a heap of negative stories about the Footy Show. Over the year’s she’s done articles on Everitt, Crawford, Brown, Fevola and their involvement on the show and how it hasn’t been good for their game. Channel 9 and the Footy Show have returned fire on Caro several times and taking the p*ss out of her on numerous occasions. I think last night was just another example of that.
Who knows what the real story is behind the angst between Caro and the Footy Show, this is just what I've heard, but its definitely there and McGuire’s comments about the selection committee (which includes Caro) was just another veiled punch being thrown in my opinion.