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  On 06/04/2020 at 23:26, Demonland said:

 

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Kennett with his insistence on remaining in the world of pokies and white anting the AFL's deal for Norf to play more games in Tasmania a few years back is certainly not the AFL Commission's poster child. A dose of humble pie caused by a few years of bottom four finishes would be nice I think.

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  On 06/04/2020 at 12:42, Jaded said:

Nothing about 2020 makes sense. 
 

Someone ate a bat in China and now I can’t watch football. 

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Really??

 

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PROPOSED HUBS DEEMED ‘IMMORAL’

As the AFL grapples to contrive a 2020 season, Fox Footy’s AFL 360 host Gerard Whateley has weighed into the debate around teams being segregated into potential hubs.

While the proposal could be key to the season’s completion, and indeed its integrity, Whateley told SEN it was at odds with the pace of the world.

“The mega quarantine hubs carry the conceit that sport is somehow immune from a global pandemic and separate from what the community is being asked to do,” Whateley said.

“I said yesterday, and I’m absolutely resolute on this now, that proposition is unreasonable, it is inappropriate and it would be desperate.

“You wouldn’t have to go too far to conclude that it is also immoral. “I don’t believe for a single second that the AFL administration would take our community down that path.

“I might ultimately be proven wrong, but I don’t believe for a second that is where we will end up. “No matter how twitchy we are for sport, now is a time where we’re going to have to wait.”

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  On 07/04/2020 at 02:14, Demonland said:

“You wouldn’t have to go too far to conclude that it is also immoral. “I don’t believe for a single second that the AFL administration would take our community down that path.

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This...

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  On 07/04/2020 at 01:07, Diamond_Jim said:

Kennett with his insistence on remaining in the world of pokies and white anting the AFL's deal for Norf to play more games in Tasmania a few years back is certainly not the AFL Commission's poster child. A dose of humble pie caused by a few years of bottom four finishes would be nice I think.

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Especially if they trade out future 1st rounders for injury prone 'stars' like they have with Wingard and Omeara

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Hawks president Jeff Kennett has proudly revealed they have the war chest to survive 2020 and told struggling clubs to lift their game.

I'm not sure what pride there is in raking money in from gambling and depriving your membership of four home games a year for a big cheque from the Tasmanian government. It might have been more appropriate if he'd told struggling clubs to lift their gaming. 

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Can anyone access the club website?
I've been trying for a few days now and it isn't working. All the other clubs are.

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well, that's me done in the footy industry then

have worked at club level for port adelaide, for telstra network, then fox sports over the last decade and a half

made redundant today, along with a plethora or others

covid-19 has been a helluva blow to the industry

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  On 07/04/2020 at 04:47, DemonWheels said:

Can anyone access the club website?
I've been trying for a few days now and it isn't working. All the other clubs are.

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Working for me.

I had an issue a few weeks back where occasionally I couldn't access it. Like you all other clubs worked fine.

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  On 07/04/2020 at 06:59, whatwhatsaywhat said:

well, that's me done in the footy industry then

have worked at club level for port adelaide, for telstra network, then fox sports over the last decade and a half

made redundant today, along with a plethora or others

covid-19 has been a helluva blow to the industry

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sorry to hear that wwsw

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Jeez Kennett makes me want to vomit sometimes, might also have something to do with the disgusting colours of his club.

Would love nothing more than to see the Hawks bottom out for a good 4 years, and perhaps little side of being caught in some kind of controversy just to really give people a chance to sink the boots in. 

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  On 07/04/2020 at 10:01, Pates said:

Jeez Kennett makes me want to vomit sometimes, might also have something to do with the disgusting colours of his club.

Would love nothing more than to see the Hawks bottom out for a good 4 years, and perhaps little side of being caught in some kind of controversy just to really give people a chance to sink the boots in. 

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I'm getting a bit sick of this type of comment. (Apologies to Pates - I'm commenting generally, not specifically about your post). We need as a club and as supporters to stop wishing ill on others and instead concentrating our efforts and our support on a philosophy of making the Melbourne Football Club one of those teams that are perennially successful both on and off the field. It's entirely within our own club's control (with "club" in this context meaning all of us). Let's make Melbourne a success and not care about who is down the bottom of the ladder.  

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  On 07/04/2020 at 23:21, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I'm getting a bit sick of this type of comment. (Apologies to Pates - I'm commenting generally, not specifically about your post). We need as a club and as supporters to stop wishing ill on others and instead concentrating our efforts and our support on a philosophy of making the Melbourne Football Club one of those teams that are perennially successful both on and off the field. It's entirely within our own club's control (with "club" in this context meaning all of us). Let's make Melbourne a success and not care about who is down the bottom of the ladder.  

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I get what you're saying and I'm very much on board with the attitude of "let's focus on making us the best we can be". But I would hope that if/when we get there we remember where we came from and how we were when we were struggling. The Hawks fans and power brokers have forgotten that they were not all that long ago in history in a difficult place, well done to them for coming out the other side and they have created a dynasty on the back of probably the best modern day coach and some excellent teams. But they have also created an arrogance that rivals some of the worst Essendon and Carlton periods, they have an almost insatiable entitlement for being up the top out of that dynasty, and Kennett himself is just as bad (maybe even worse) as Eddie in him constantly changing the narrative to suit his and Hawthorn's position.

So yeah, if I had a choice of us being up the top and having to be up there with the Hawks, fine and dandy. But I think Kennett and the Hawks are due for a little humble pie.

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Not sure what to read into this but if I was channel 9 I would be rethinking my weekly payment....

Channel Nine has launched a scathing broadside at the NRL over the league’s plans to restart a shortened competition as early as 21 May, claiming the broadcast rights holder has not been consulted on the proposal and accusing the NRL of squandering millions of dollars over a number of years.

In a strongly-worded statement, the national broadcaster criticised the NRL’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, which forced the 2020 season to be put on hold after just two rounds and plunged the game into financial crisis.

“At Nine we had hoped to work with the NRL on a solution to the issues facing rugby league in 2020, brought on so starkly by Covid-19,” a Channel Nine statement read.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/09/nrl-2020-season-restart-decision

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The argument between NRL and Channel 9 heats up:

https://au.yahoo.com/sports/nrl-2020-channel-nine-stunning-attack-mismanagement-015505242.html

The game’s administrators are expected to announce plans to recommence a shortened 15-round season as early as May 21, however Channel Nine are considering that a breach of contract.

Nine’s chief executive Hugh Marks has reportedly told the NRL they want to renegotiate the game’s $1.8 billion broadcast deal, launching an extraordinary broadside on the code.

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ch9 just don't want to hand over any money, naturally, but i can understand being miffed if the nrl weren't in close collaboration with them re future plans for 2020 season. 

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  On 09/04/2020 at 07:37, Demonland said:

 

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was just talking on the phone to a friend in eildon. holiday makers are everywhere up there today. boat ramps are all closed but there are heaps of boats out on the weir. he's been involved with holiday makers in the past and today he's had heaps of them just knocking on his door asking for this and that. He's put up a sign that all enquiries must first be by phone but they all just ignore that. A friend of his has multiple sclerosis and is aged and at high risk, so her sister just drove up from melbourne and dumped her teenage kids with her to have a "holiday" and left. her sister is a nurse too.

idiots everywhere

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  On 09/04/2020 at 07:46, daisycutter said:

was just talking on the phone to a friend in eildon. holiday makers are everywhere up there today. boat ramps are all closed but there are heaps of boats out on the weir. he's been involved with holiday makers in the past and today he's had heaps of them just knocking on his door asking for this and that. He's put up a sign that all enquiries must first be by phone but they all just ignore that. A friend of his has multiple sclerosis and is aged and at high risk, so her sister just drove up from melbourne and dumped her teenage kids with her to have a "holiday" and left. her sister is a nurse too.

idiots everywhere

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Yes, but it's not helped by what I refer to as the "fuzzy" logic going on. I know that it's difficult for those charged with managing this crises but they need to be more forthcoming with the explanations around the decisions. Everyone should be staying put and limiting contact is a great objective but where is the logic in banning golf for example. I can walk a golf course (that's called exercise) but if I'm carrying a club and hitting a ball at the same time; that's illegal, irresponsible and liable to a $1600 fine.   

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