Angry about proposed travel ban exemption for footballers

[HappyFlyerFamily]

QLD government AFL hub party is ‘out of control, CEO Gillon McLachlan fuming

AFL’s ‘out of control’ hub party

The AFL’s visit to Queensland continues to be a public relations disaster with the league coming under renewed attacks this week.

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Just another normal day in the antics of the AFL cohort. Nothing special here

Clearly strong leadership being shown “do as I say, not do as I do” comes to mind. At least it’s not this...

Hopefully, this latest incident will be the end of AFL player nonsense in QLD.

yet

 

[p--and--t]

Hopefully, this latest incident will be the end of AFL player nonsense in QLD.

Have you been smoking something - just asking for a friend.


[you can always hope - but they can't help themselves]

 

[Seat0B]

Clearly strong leadership being shown “do as I say, not do as I do” comes to mind. At least it’s not this...

It really is Animal Farm playing out in real life as we watch from teh COVID hotspot of ACT - 59 days and counting since our last case.

 

[Happy Dude]

It really is Animal Farm playing out in real life as we watch from teh COVID hotspot of ACT - 59 days and counting since our last case.

Yes a hotspot to be treated the same as VIC and NSW because our airport is the one place in Australia where the movement of the public cannot be controlled apparently.

 

[drron]

I'm just having a private chuckle.this thread was started because people were upset about the movement of NRL teams. Quite a few suggested that AFL players were better behaved than those sinful Rugby League slobs.
Doesn't look like it now.

 

[Seat0B]

I'm just having a private chuckle.this thread was started because people were upset about the movement of NRL teams. Quite a few suggested that AFL players were better behaved than those sinful Rugby League slobs.
Doesn't look like it now.

Actually I think the thread will morph pretty soon into cricket coverage.

At the risk of exposing myself to a massive flaming, I have not noticed any reporting about bad behaviour by the women's sporting teams in the various bubbles eg netball etc. Now this could be because women don't behave as badly as the AFL and NRL boofheads do, or it could be because bad behaviour by women athletes gets the same attention as all aspects of women's sport ie SFA.

 

[p--and--t]

If we are going to make predictions about off thread tangents - seasons are changing - tennis brats please.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Actually I think the thread will morph pretty soon into cricket coverage.

At the risk of exposing myself to a massive flaming, I have not noticed any reporting about bad behaviour by the women's sporting teams in the various bubbles eg netball etc. Now this could be because women don't behave as badly as the AFL and NRL boofheads do, or it could be because bad behaviour by women athletes gets the same attention as all aspects of women's sport ie SFA.

It is probably a bit of both.

Throughout the pandemic many people have broken various rules, with some then getting fined. Normally their profession is not mentioned unless the media deem it to be newsworthy. ie Sports people will virtually always get mentioned.

Of the many thousands of other cases where individuals have been fined most have remained anonymous (unless they out themselves). Off the top of my head the other professions that have been mentioned was the female stripper and the female shoplifters who all made breaches. I am not sure if the Qld nurse was fined.

 

[Deleted member]

How about we allow all of them go to NZ instead and they stay there long term.

AU would be a lot better off, improved crime rates, reduced family violence, improved TV viewing, and average increase in Australia's IQ.,

Problem is that it would reduce nz’s average IQ (To paraphrase Rob Muldoon)

 

[Deleted member]

Leaving aside all the parochial stuff (eg NRL is just in a few eastern States, and Vic only allow other states to be part of AFL to increase TV revenues), the basis for whether to reopen any "business" must be made on sound medical grounds.
Edit: I should have said Rugby is likely to be just a domestic NZ game now that the Rugby Australia has self-destructed.
Endnote: Ducking behind Pushka for extra cover!

unless something has changed there are two Bledisloe cup matches scheduled for BNE shortly

 

[p--and--t]

Problem is that it would reduce nz’s average IQ (To paraphrase Rob Muldoon)

There has been many a heated debate over a few wines about that observation. For fear of creating an unstoppable sh..storm, I'm not going there

 

[Deleted member]

I don’t know one code from another because I am seriously uninterested in the whole thing. But there are some interesting references on this site, ‘ 10 worst scandals for each code’.

Stephen Milne rape allegations | Sporting News

www.sportingnews.com

So I was reading to see how badly Rugby Inion fared. They didn’t get a mention.

 

[Deleted member]

You mean investment advisers, accountants, and the rest of the financial services industry?

Interesting how advisers and accountants are really busy “ assisting “ their clients right now. But I guess it’s easier to criticise !

 

[Deleted member]

I understand where you are coming from. Unfortunately big football is now big money. Playing sport for the sake of it is not a factor anymore. With so many now earning a living from sport, directly or indirectly, money will win out.

Edit: And some are more special than others, but we knew that anyway.

I would like to point out that sport , live or televised is a great form of relaxation and diversion for many people. There may in fact be some mental health benefits to the wider population!

Not a psychologist

 

[p--and--t]

I would like to point out that sport , live or televised is a great form of relaxation and diversion for many people. There may in fact be some mental health benefits to the wider population!

Not a psychologist

Previously had debates over dinner as to whether this form of sport allows natural pent up aggression a pathway to venting and good for the population at large or whether alternatively this form of entertainment actually fosters, encourages and promotes violent behaviour.

After all the announcers spend many a game describing things in terms such as "he's killing it", what a pansy get in there and attack him", "we need more fight out of this team", "forecasting they will annihilate them tonight".

Allegedly, the NZ police cancel all planned leave for the force throughout the country on days when the All Blacks are playing as family violence sky rockets if they lose.. Some people draw conclusions rightly or wrongly the reason why Saturday nights are the busiest in Hospital Emergency Departments are largely due to the promulgation of violent behaviour in main stream sports and associated drinking by sports spectators as being socially acceptable.

 

[Deleted member]

Previously had debates over dinner as to whether this form of sport allows natural pent up aggression a pathway to venting and good for the population at large or whether alternatively this form of entertainment actually fosters, encourages and promotes violent behaviour.

After all the announcers spend many a game describing things in terms such as "he's killing it", what a pansy get in there and attack him", "we need more fight out of this team", "forecasting they will annihilate them tonight".

Allegedly, the NZ police cancel all planned leave for the force throughout the country on days when the All Blacks are playing as family violence sky rockets if they lose.. Some people draw conclusions rightly or wrongly the reason why Saturday nights are the busiest in Hospital Emergency Departments are largely due to the promulgation of violent behaviour in main stream sports and associated drinking by sports spectators as being socially acceptable.

i guess you have a point. I suspect the all blacks aren’t to blame, so much as the individuals concerned who need to grow the “eff” up. I was brought up in NZ and understand how this is a problem. But I was making the point from an Australian perspective which I hope isn’t the same as NZ.

 

[Pushka]

Actually I think the thread will morph pretty soon into cricket coverage.

At the risk of exposing myself to a massive flaming, I have not noticed any reporting about bad behaviour by the women's sporting teams in the various bubbles eg netball etc. Now this could be because women don't behave as badly as the AFL and NRL boofheads do, or it could be because bad behaviour by women athletes gets the same attention as all aspects of women's sport ie SFA.

The AFLW women didnt get to bubble hubble.

 

[DC3]

The AFLW women didnt get to bubble hubble.

The poor cousins of the AFL, unfortunately. The big money goes elsewhere.

 

[p--and--t]

i guess you have a point. I suspect the all blacks aren’t to blame, so much as the individuals concerned who need to grow the “eff” up. I was brought up in NZ and understand how this is a problem. But I was making the point from an Australian perspective which I hope isn’t the same as NZ.

I certainly would not say its a NZ problem or the blame can be attributed exclusively to the All Blacks or members of any team (but definitely partially)

Years ago now, but I have sat in the emergency department of the old RAH in Adelaide and chatted with staff there who related how they hate Saturday night shifts and the workload that they said was generated by physical contact sports, both from the context of the players themselves and the outfall from spectators coupled with separate workloads generated by alcohol fuelled and general (family and other) violence at other locations in incidents following matches.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

The AFLW women didnt get to bubble hubble.

The Netballers did though.

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