http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/wards-journey-to-hell-and-back/story-fn7x8me2-1226034343455

fairly common knowledge i would have thought; but hope he continues to succeed in rebuilding his life

I wish Daniel all the best in his recovery.

Eeeek. Can't help but feel for the guy.

Hopefully he can make good and put it all behind him.

Daniel Ward

Should be compulsory reading...

Is anyone else sick of all the gambling promotions and odds during games?? Who gives a toss...

Daniel Ward

Should be compulsory reading...

Is anyone else sick of all the gambling promotions and odds during games?? Who gives a toss...

It's ironic isn't it. The AFL are happy to support gambling addicts, and try to get them on the straight and narrow again, but are happy to take money from betting agencies (via TV rights).

Good luck Daniel. No doubt you will have people whinging that you opened up like that, I think it takes a lot of guts.

Anyone read the comments on te article down the bottom. God this world has a lot of pr**ks. I know free speech is entitled but the disrespect some people show while one guy is bearing his heart saying how he nearly lost his marriage makes me filthy angry

Poor bastard. Remember that the first hint of his issues were in 2003 - imagine what he went through for the next seven years?

No surprises that the clowns writing in the comments are a bunch of [censored]. Herald Sun comments rank alongside YouTube comments as the lowest form of giving barely evolved morons a say in public events.

Poor bastard. Remember that the first hint of his issues were in 2003 - imagine what he went through for the next seven years?

No surprises that the clowns writing in the comments are a bunch of [censored]. Herald Sun comments rank alongside YouTube comments as the lowest form of giving barely evolved morons a say in public events.

Well said super first all the best Daniel and family. Secondly yes they are assholes those idiots who post on Herald Sun web site.

Daniel Ward

Should be compulsory reading...

Is anyone else sick of all the gambling promotions and odds during games?? Who gives a toss...

Hallelujah jnrmac. As someone who has battled an addiction and seen it in others, I cannot believe that gambling advertising is still allowed. I grew up as a child thinking smoking was cool due to the beautiful adds they had and, I don't know if it was due to that advertising burning it onto my mind, when I was 13 I started smoking (despite by then being fully aware of the medical issues with tobacco) which started a 17 year battle to get it out of my life. I am now 6mths free of the bloody things, and loving life. But if removing the advertising stops 1 person going through what I did, then it is a win. I would give anything to go back and never touch them, as some of the worse damage is pretty well irreversible. If the powers that be can have the foresight to stop cigarette advertising in sport, why is it that the same foresight is curiously absent when it comes to gambling. Now I know that most people can gamble without a problem, myself included. And I enjoy a punt here and there, but why try to entice something which is such a scourge on our society. One only needs to look at the story of Schwarz to see it and I am sure there are myriad others (Fev and Ward being fresh ones). It is not a question of revenue, but one of morals. I can't understand how with the recent press relating to gambling and other issues in our game, that there is not more of a growing voice asking the question of the brainstrust.

Daniel Ward

Should be compulsory reading...

Is anyone else sick of all the gambling promotions and odds during games?? Who gives a toss...

Yes, i really don't get it at all. I pity the poor bastards who do and loose control.

Like The Ox, Daniel's wife sounds like an amazing woman and i wish their whole family all the best in the recovery.

All the best for Mr Ward...its great to see he was a good support network around him.

Like The Ox, Daniel's wife sounds like an amazing woman and i wish their whole family all the best in the recovery.

Exactly Grandson. If I recall correctly, they both acknowledge that they may not have even been around to tell their stories if it hadn't been for the support provided by their respective wives.

Continue the fight Daniel.

I remember doing work experience as a photographer at the Moonee Valley nighht races and I was in the mounting yard and I remember The Ox, Greeny, Danial Ward & Luke Williams getting tips from trainers and this was in 2001, Probably the start of a couple of real gambling problems.

The result was a month-long stay at Gambling Addiction Treatment Services at a stay-in house in Adelaide.

The Players' Association would foot the bill, close to $10,000.

Expensive stuff; pretty good that the AFLPA foot the bill.

As if to back up my comments on Wednesday, the Hun has come out with an article on the very issue of sportsbet advertising in sport. AFL fans doom betting boom Hopefully this can get a bit of traction. I am fully aware it is a viable and important revenue stream for the clubs etc but I am just not sure it can be justified by that. The amount of cost to the community from issues related to gambling should be enough to make a ban, or at the very least some real controls worthwhile.

I don't like the ads on the MFC website for "DeesBet", especially considering the history at the club with Schwarz and Ward, but think small advertising partnerships such as this are (only just) tolerable. That said, I'd much prefer we discarded that revenue stream. It's time for the boffins to get creative and find a better way to fill the void in the coffers. However the biggest issue here though is high visibility advertising. TV being the worst culprit by far, but field advertising, Guernsey sponsors all far to prevalent for mine. Why does virtually any commentary pre game have to include the odds, as if it is as important as the game itself. [censored]! I don't think for a second that the game is so hard up for cash it requires this dirty money to keep going.