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6 minutes ago, old dee said:

The postive I see is we are not trying to erase history. 

A study of history and how it is or is not recorded is a subject worth of almost compulsory study.

Can't understand why the Alice Game is not a permanent fixture for the Pastor Doug Nicholl's round

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I loved this initiative initially and I love it even more now.

It's not tokenism because we are continuing to do this, and not for the first time, paving the way for the rest of the AFL. We are pioneers of this game, of AFLW, and now of the meaningful recognition of the land on which we play and its traditional owners.

I can't wait to see Kosi tear Freo a new one. Special!

 

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I wouldn't mind so much if it wasnt such a distraction in the week leading up to the game. We'll lose to Pies again if we get tangled up in all this theme stuff.

To me it looks like a money making grift same as all those theme jumpers.  Everyone will have their own view on this .

I know some people are super sensitive and easily outraged ,....too bad.

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6 minutes ago, Deebauched said:

I wouldn't mind so much if it wasnt such a distraction in the week leading up to the game. We'll lose to Pies again if we get tangled up in all this theme stuff.

To me it looks like a money making grift same as all those theme jumpers.  Everyone will have their own view on this .

I know some people are super sensitive and easily outraged ,....too bad.

If we lose to Collingwood, it won't be because we are distracted by a jumper we wore 2 weeks prior FFS.

We play Carlton after Freo then Pies.

Losing to the Pies will come down to our ability to shut down their quick ball movement, it will have absolutely nothing to do with the jumper we wore in round 10 and 11. What a ridiculous notion!

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Last year I wanted a Narrm Beanie, didnt buy online, wanted to buy at the game.

But they weren't available at the game and i was sad with a cold head.

Will be buying a Narrm beanie as soon as they're online to avoid any future disappointment or cold head

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17 hours ago, DemonWA said:

Respect your right to your own opinions, but I can't see how this can be called tokenism (imo)

 

15 hours ago, rpfc said:

I don’t see the tokenism? We are changing our name every year for a set period of time to respect First Nations people that lived in the area of Melbourne.

Don't go too hard on @beelzebub; remember that you're attacking an unarrmed man.

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I love the concept, and I love our Club for initiating it. We are pacesetters with our culture of respect.  Long may it continue!

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13 hours ago, dworship said:

Wondering why the facepalm reaction? Lord Neville is employed as their Forward Development Coach. Yes, he will have an influence on their culture because he is a quality individual. To be fair; CFC have taken steps to address their issues by copying what our Club has been doing for many years. Call me cynical but they didn't want to do those things, they were forced to.

Thanks for your input into the discussion, my comment was about Beelzebub calling what our Club is doing, tokenism. Who knew that you would take aim at my off the cuff comment about Collingwood? Perhaps you need to reassess your comprehension skills and also do a little fact checking before posting.

Go Narrm! Narrm Army! Narrm Army!

Well I stand corrected, I was under the impression that he went there as an advisor on Indigenous matters, considering the fabulous job he did in a similar capacity at Melbourne, (I do believe he won the Jim Stynes Community leadership Award in 2018) so thought they would have tapped into his skill in this area.

PS hardly a facepalm.....

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I don't like this, last year we were 10-0 before NARRM and struggled from then on. If we put correlation vs causation aside then NARRM is 100% what derailed our 2022 campaign.

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19 hours ago, beelzebub said:

I'm going to be that person who thinks we should just be the Melbourne Football Club.

I'm not a fan of what i brand tokenisms.

Plenty of opportunity to embrace this that and the other. But as the MFC.

Each to their own.  

It will no doubt not sit with some. That's fine.

I disagree Beeb, I think there are more positives to Narrm than negatives. It is often difficult for many of us to see life through the eyes of first nations people. Generally I have observed appreciation of our use of Narrm and people applaud the respect and acknowledgement that goes with our use of the name.

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6 minutes ago, chookrat said:

I don't like this, last year we were 10-0 before NARRM and struggled from then on. If we put correlation vs causation aside then NARRM is 100% what derailed our 2022 campaign.

Good, I thought it was my blue socks! I may wait until October to wear them again just in case.

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2 hours ago, roy11 said:

Last year I wanted a Narrm Beanie, didnt buy online, wanted to buy at the game.

But they weren't available at the game and i was sad with a cold head.

Will be buying a Narrm beanie as soon as they're online to avoid any future disappointment or cold head

Yes, that beanie was awesome!  I missed out too and have regretted it ever since


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3 hours ago, chookrat said:

I don't like this, last year we were 10-0 before NARRM and struggled from then on. If we put correlation vs causation aside then NARRM is 100% what derailed our 2022 campaign.

Time to put things right this time!

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4 hours ago, Demon_spurs said:

Well I stand corrected, I was under the impression that he went there as an advisor on Indigenous matters, considering the fabulous job he did in a similar capacity at Melbourne, (I do believe he won the Jim Stynes Community leadership Award in 2018) so thought they would have tapped into his skill in this area.

PS hardly a facepalm.....

You got one thing right.

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13 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Fremantle are also changing their name to Walyalup and I believe we’re playing them during that period.

Be interesting to see who else jumps on board next year.

Lot of bandwagon going on; "Barrawarn is the Wurundjeri word for Magpie, and the Barrawarn Program is the heart of the Collingwood Football Club's Indigenous partnerships, programs, activities and events".

Although the cynic in me suspects some of this is not genuine (not the MFC programs, commitment and buy in). I believe this is all an important step down the right path and will be impossible for people to deny going forward. So over time will become much more than tokenism.

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4 hours ago, chookrat said:

I don't like this, last year we were 10-0 before NARRM and struggled from then on. If we put correlation vs causation aside then NARRM is 100% what derailed our 2022 campaign.

Actually not, we were Narrm at Marvel in round 10, and went 10:0 as Narrm.

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