Tom morris doing his best to get Alan Richardson's contract not renewed. Other management getting a free pass. Reckons the Petracca affair and this are enough for him to walk. May be but ...what would he know?

Seems like it was well intentioned but very clumsily handled.

On 05/04/2026 at 10:06, BDA said:

Nor we should we try to frame what this whistle blower has done as noble. It wasn't.

Once the AFL and AFLPA were notified that should have been the end of it. Leaking to the media was designed to bring unwanted attention on the club and did nothing for Steven May or his partner.

We don't necessarily know that the whistleblower handed it directly to the media. Could be they passed the recording on to May and his partner who then went to Morris.

7 hours ago, zoe1617 said:

Now i dont know what took place and it seems like all of the mfc the afl as the victorian police force dont either, what seems to alegedly taken place is a domestic dispute between a man and a women that many of us have had at some part of our lives, now the important part is that niether partie involved in this alledeged domestic has been charged with any wrongdoing by police, so why the [censored] is this being talked about and why are may and his wife's private life being discussed by the mfc, the media and anyone else sticking their nose into someone elses private life the only peole who have that right are the immediate family . I cant believe the mfc approach to this is to not only tell the players but even worst their wives who history shows they love to gossip and add bits and pieces to the story i mean seriously this man gave his all to the mfc a important all Australian premiership player . If no chargers are laid and they would of been if he or she did something wrong than its not worth talking about.

My very limited understanding of what went on suggests the meeting was organized to stop the speculation around may and his partner being discussed around the club. I may well be wrong about this though. Looks like the intentions were good and the execution very poor.

2 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

We don't necessarily know that the whistleblower handed it directly to the media. Could be they passed the recording on to May and his partner who then went to Morris.

I think once you make a recording and let it out of your privacy then you may as well be taking it to the media.

It is careless and stupid.

8 hours ago, zoe1617 said:

Also why wasnt may and his wife invited to the meeting ? Because they are weak as [censored], there are always two sudes to a story

7 minutes ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

  8 hours ago, zoe1617 said:

Also why wasnt may and his wife invited to the meeting ? Because they are weak as [censored], there are always two sudes to a story

Wtf

2 hours ago, Bowserpower said:

I think once you make a recording and let it out of your privacy then you may as well be taking it to the media.

It is careless and stupid.

Not really, since in my hypothesis they were giving it to the affected parties.

I can't believe we're up to 8 pages on this thread about nothing. It would make the perfect subject for a Seinfeld episode. It's just the usual suspects coming out to criticise the club and it's administration at every possible chance, for what reason I cannot imagine.

In so many ways, this has been a wonderful week for the Melbourne football club. Our captain is currently leading the coaches Association votes, we just beat a premiership contender and beat them convincingly, our recruiting department has been shown to be, yet again, quite incredible in finding talent that didn't seem to be there – I'm thinking of, in particular, Harry Sharp.

But no, everyone wants to criticise the Club about nothing.

Edited April 7Apr 7 by Ollie fan

2 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Not really, since in my hypothesis they were giving it to the affected parties.

Not saying your hypothesis is wrong.

If someone makes a recording of sensitive information being discussed though then it is their responsibility if it gets out beyond their 4 walls.

Not necessarily, how about an invited party couldn’t make it, wife was doing some wag stuff, player was meeting his Mum.

So one or the other recorded it to show the partner.

When they heard the breach of player privacy on the recording, they did the right thing and blew the whistle.

Plausible.

10 minutes ago, bluey said:

Not necessarily, how about an invited party couldn’t make it, wife was doing some wag stuff, player was meeting his Mum.

So one or the other recorded it to show the partner.

When they heard the breach of player privacy on the recording, they did the right thing and blew the whistle.

Plausible.

This is how it was reported by Caro last night on Agenda Setters - i.e. that an invitee to the meeting recorded it, not the club.

Fancy blowing the morality whistle to Tom Morris who was sacked by Fox Sports for gross and indecent conduct.

That’s all I’ll say on this matter.

5 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Fancy blowing the morality whistle to Tom Morris who was sacked by Fox Sports for gross and indecent conduct.

That’s all I’ll say on this matter.

Isn't he allowed to ever do his job properly again ?

1 hour ago, Gator said:

Isn't he allowed to ever do his job properly again ?

spot on

3 hours ago, Bowserpower said:

Not saying your hypothesis is wrong.

If someone makes a recording of sensitive information being discussed though then it is their responsibility if it gets out beyond their 4 walls.

Again, in that scenario the affected parties would be the ones making the choice to share that with the press so it would be a non-issue from that perspective.

On 04/04/2026 at 14:18, demoncat said:

On a similar note - this is very damning on Richardson

I don’t doubt he had good intentions but he clearly doesn’t have the tact or competence to manage sensitive internal issues and relationships

His poor communication around and management of the Trac situation - particularly the messaging about why Trac was taking time off in Noosa - made a bad situation far worse, and clearly contributed to the breakdown between parties

It was then mentioned that he had to undergo communications training as part of the 2024 internal review, with the implication being that this was a weakness of his

And now it seems he’s again mismanaged a situation by inadvertently spilling sensitive and confidential information, without any understanding of HR and welfare practices

Honestly ready to say see you later - we don’t need any more controversies due to people’s incompetence, and he’s been at the heart of a couple now

I can't believe he's lasted this long.

4 hours ago, Gator said:

Isn't he allowed to ever do his job properly again ?

Dannyz intimated that the situation of going to this man for a moral concern is ridiculous. And it is. He is not commenting on ‘whether he should ever do his job again’ which is the chosen strawman of those defending people from ‘consequence culture’.

Tom revealed his character with those comments years ago, he was fired quite rightly and he has weaselled his way back into the industry and congrats to him.

But one can point out the ridiculous situation of this immoral grub standing in the middle of a story with a moral concern like this one.

4 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Again, in that scenario the affected parties would be the ones making the choice to share that with the press so it would be a non-issue from that perspective.

Sure, except that you dont know that the affected parties were the ones who leaked it.

10 hours ago, Bowserpower said:

Sure, except that you dont know that the affected parties were the ones who leaked it.

Yes, I am speculating.

Tipping a scandal about to erupt during Gather round when a player farts in an elevator causing discomfort to several passengers.

AFL will investigate.

What if he entered a lift on the ground floor, pressed every button, dropped a particularly toxic fart then got out quickly.

It would be wrong on so many different levels.

Let's not give this any oxygen...cease and desist!