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Callum Mills has sustained a shoulder injury that requires surgery and will likely see him miss round one. The injury was as a result of wrestling with a teammate during Mad Monday celebrations.

I’m wondering if clubs should 86 the whole Mad Monday thing. Why tempt fate?

 

Nah gruelling season that's already about 4 weeks too long (that's coming directly from a few players i've spoken to).

A traditional bonding 'let-your-hair-down' bit of fun.  The old way is probably more risky (end of season trip).

If you don't let them have the mad monday they'll just find other ways of letting their hair down.  Some of which may end up in worse outcomes.

Boys will be boys.  Let them be boys.

Edited by Demon Dynasty

 

Agree with you Demon Dynasty up until the final line about boys will be boys.  Our AFLW team are the dangerous ones!  (Just ask WCW 😂)

Definitely like the team bonding aspect and people will destress with parties in the end of season whether or not the club sanctions it.

I think with our boys, they're really quite sensible these days (aside from the Entrecote moment last year 😬). The Insta stories about our AFL Mad Monday seemed to be at a very boring venue with nothing much except for a pool table.  Probably a smart move.

 


Mad Monday is only fun if you win a premiership. (Personally great experience....)

Now days it's a silly Sunday/all day drinking session. That's pretty much an opportunity for all players just to wind down and enjoy each other's company before you all part ways until pre season.

Obviously you'll get the occasional idiots that just really blow off steam but other then that I think it's certainly a bit more tame these days.

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The boys should be allowed to unwind and relax a little. It's a long season. 

the problem is nowadays with smart phones and journalists it can attract unwanted attention. There has to be some kind of club oversight to make sure nothing happens that can reflect badly on the club. Which kind of defeats the purpose of mad Monday. No fun if the boss is supervising.

That said I don't think the young ones today are as big into the booze as older generations. I'm not sure whether they have much interest in it anymore.

 

Let them run riot.

1 hour ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

I think with our boys, they're really quite sensible these days (aside from the Entrecote moment last year 😬). The Insta stories about our AFL Mad Monday seemed to be at a very boring venue with nothing much except for a pool table.  Probably a smart move.

 

19 minutes ago, BDA said:

That said I don't think the young ones today are as big into the booze as older generations. I'm not sure whether they have much interest in it anymore.

I'm not so sure.  Bit of leaked footage from our mad monday...

 


These guys need to have football on the mind 24/7 in season.

They need to have the chance to let their hair down in the tiny off-season they have until pre-season comes round, and it all starts again.

2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’m wondering if clubs should 86 the whole Mad Monday thing. Why tempt fate?

The myth of Mad Monday at the top level far exceeds the reality of it.  
 

Serious’/unsavoury Mad Monday incidents in the last 10 years at AFL level are rare.

 

Mad Monday/Sloppy Sunday/Tanked Tuesday/Wiped Out Wednesday at local level is often a different story though (Glen Hawks a case in point).

 

I don't mind it noting you can dress up and go out drinking without being too silly about it. Most of the players are pretty good about it and understand how anything they do in public is likely to be filmed.

Geelong ruined it with their dress up nonsense

Of course the boys should meet up and get hammered together and have a laugh. Spotlight is too much these days so they do it on the quiet or at someones house

1 hour ago, The Jackson FIX said:

The myth of Mad Monday at the top level far exceeds the reality of it.  

Serious’/unsavoury Mad Monday incidents in the last 10 years at AFL level are rare.

 

You mean they dont set fire to a dwarfs hair any more?


4 hours ago, BDA said:

The boys should be allowed to unwind and relax a little. It's a long season. 

the problem is nowadays with smart phones and journalists it can attract unwanted attention. There has to be some kind of club oversight to make sure nothing happens that can reflect badly on the club. Which kind of defeats the purpose of mad Monday. No fun if the boss is supervising.

That said I don't think the young ones today are as big into the booze as older generations. I'm not sure whether they have much interest in it anymore.

Makes me wonder...would clubs have some responsibilities (OH&S, etc) for the behaviour of players at "Mad Mondays"? I know at my workplaces over the last 20-30 years, the employer has had increased responsibility for the behaviour of its employees during events such as Christmas parties, etc. 

5 hours ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Agree with you Demon Dynasty up until the final line about boys will be boys.  Our AFLW team are the dangerous ones!  (Just ask WCW 😂)

I was lucky enough to be invited to our W Mad Monday (a week prior to breaking my foot at the B&F 😩) and lemme tell ya… those girls can party! But there was no stupid behaviour. Just a lot of drinking and dancing and generally having a ball. Kudos to the girls for partying long into the night with us considering it was the day after winning the premiership, most of them hadn’t slept because they’d partied the night before and they’d come to Mad Monday straight from the airport.

PS I got to wear Edo’s premiership medal. I don’t fully remember that but I’ve seen photos so it must’ve happened. 😁

2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

You mean they dont set fire to a dwarfs hair any more?

Times have changed, the world is a much more inclusive place today and I’m confident they would set fire to ANYBODY - not just dwarves - if that happened today.

25 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Makes me wonder...would clubs have some responsibilities (OH&S, etc) for the behaviour of players at "Mad Mondays"? I know at my workplaces over the last 20-30 years, the employer has had increased responsibility for the behaviour of its employees during events such as Christmas parties, etc. 

I'm in the corporate sector. any firm organised event needs to be supervised including any after parties. OH&S requirements apply (there are some funny stories. there's always one). Staff are free to socialise together in their spare time and many do. as not firm sanctioned we don't need to worry from an OH&S perspective.

Football clubs are different in that the staff are well known footballers. If they head out and about in Melbourne they'll be seen by the general public. I've run into footy players back in the day in various states of intoxication. Whatever about OH&S, the PR aspect means the club will want to know what the players are up to and who they are socialising with. And Mad Monday may not be club sanctioned but it's so well-known its quite likely OH&S applies. If I'm the club i would make it a club mandated event so i can ensure it doesn't go off the rails. 

If i was player, I'd be heading overseas. Vegas would be my go. Nobody knows who you are so if you do get in trouble much less likely to be front page news. No excuse for players to get in trouble on Mad Monday in Melbourne. Not very clever at all (Jordan De Goey would be a likely suspect though).

One simple rule for Mad Mondays - keep your hands to yourself.  Done.  

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My favourite thing is people who spent their entire adult life at uni and then straight into an office job, where they’ve remained, having an opinion on how a group of young, elite, high performing individuals should spend their first day off. Let them be and just go away. 

Edited by Ethan Tremblay

5 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

My favourite thing is people who spent their entire adult life at uni and then straight into an office job, where they’ve remained, having an opinion on how a group of young, elite, high performing individuals should spend their first day off. Let them be and just go away. 

If we let the latte-chardonnay sipping woke leftist trans communist gays take away our mad monday, what will be next!

They can do whatever they want, as long as it does no harm to themselves or others.

It's the Mad Mondays that end up with someone getting done for assault, a long term injury, or inappropriate sexual behaviour, that I feel we have all moved past in 2023. 

 
19 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

If we let the latte-chardonnay sipping woke leftist trans communist gays take away our mad monday, what will be next!

Allowing kids to undergo sex change surgery? The extreme-left I believe you’re referring to. 

Edited by Ethan Tremblay

3 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Allowing kids to undergo sex change surgery? The extreme-left I believe you’re referring to. 

OMG! I had no idea that was part of mad monday.


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