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Surely this would require AFL media accreditation which the AFL could not provide to a suspended player?

Do you mean you don't support it in the way you do support melbourne? Or do you mean you are ideologically against the idea of women being allowed to play football?

What "gender politics" are involved in supporting a woman's football team?

I reckon his boat problem is taking too long to dispose of the ball from a mark. That is where most of his clangers occur. Getting him forward of centre may encourage him to move it quickly as there is more incentive to move it quickly and less reason to hang on and be cautious. Plus his closing speed in the midddle of the ground may make for good defensive play. Not sure he will make it but I hope he does.

" Internal valuations show there was a 27 per cent discrepancy last season in terms of what could be considered over-payment, but that margin is set to be slashed to 4 per cent this year, meaning, Mahoney said, "we are getting to the stage of paying the players what they are worth" Why aren't comments like this being raised to show that the current salary floor plus free agency is clearly not working!

I don't understand this action. Stumping up money to protect originally, I understand. But he lost. He is disgraced. There is no longer a benefit to your club. Why waste the money?

For this reason, could they develop a boot or guard that would provide protection from point loading causes by being stepped /stomped on? May be overkill, but after what he's been through I'd do everything i could to protect it.

I don't they should be able to. But i honestly am not sure.

BTW following from the other thread, do we know if the players are getting paid, are allowed to get paid and if so by whom? Personally i thought a drug suspended employee should not be paid. Any analagous situation in other industry would result in suspension without pay. The complexity club administered the program thus the fault/guilt may be shared. But i would have right that would be dealt with in a civil matter - suing for lost income, reputation damage and personal injury etc. Not by paying salaries.

Why would their insurer pay? Surely it is the players responsibility not Essendon's and thus not Essendon's insurer?

If this is true (and i have no reason to doubt) it is a disgrace. All clubs and players in the competition should be condemning the Essendon players as drug cheats. I don't mind sympathy or olive branches but that doesn't mean they should be tarred with the brush. Either all of the industry has been brainwashed or the other clubs were undertaking similar "beyond the line" programs and just didn't get caught (thus the sympathy).

It is time the federal government passes a law the excempts elite sporting competitions from restraint of trade laws. It's easy. It would be called "the integrity of major sporting competitions act" and identify that to enable a fair and equal competition, associations can set their own mechanism of player movement and note that payers are adequately compensated for this loss with inflated salaries. Would apply to AFL, NRL, ARU, NBL, Cricket Australia and the A League only. Easy.

I know a few people who have been acquainted with Warne over the years. Apparent he is an amazing bloke, charismatic, remembers names and personal details about you etc. It isn't surprising that women seem to be constantly attracted to him despite being an average looking bloke. How he behaves when it comes to ethics may be another story (i.e. smoking, suspension for drugs, chasing women).

For me, I'd rather the club shut up about the Goodwin transition. He can do all the work behind the scenes but leave Roos as the public face. That week reduce the pressure on him next year as rather than "you've had 12 months to prepare" it'll be his first year. I expect it will be a successful transition but i know how far back this club was and have relatively low expectations for how quickly we will propel upwards.

Does that apply to everyone? Women? Or just male footballers?

It's rough but it comes with the territory of a $60k per year job straight out of high school in an industry where you are the focus (everything is done for you and tailored personally to you: coaching, fitness, personal trainers, massages, specialists looking after you), with a chance for that to jump to $200k plus within a couple of years.

They were selling tickets!

And i have no idea why they need to either. Surely that can be reorganised?

Curtain raiser is a great idea. But it needs to finish closer to the start of the main game. Not finish 90 minutes before!

THIS. It gave me the shits. Made no sense.

I hope for you all, Christmas is better than match days typically are.

I am always happy to give him a break. Why? Because he is a good bloke, who tries hard and is a good club man. If he isn't up to it, the way we'd like him to be, he will get repaved when better players take his spot. He isn't commanding crazy high salary. He isn't settong a poor off field example for others. He isn't wasting his talent by not traininf hard or by partying. When Watts stops getting a game this team will have seriously improved. Until then he offers a better on field option than many other available options while at the same time offering off field value. Why the hate?

Prefer set to new line. Otherwise every post will be longer for no reason. If you want a paragraph you can hit it twice.

I'm not sure I agree re player movements. Did Frawley go to Hawthorn for more money? I really believe a lot of players move for success. We'd offer Prestia more than Hawthorn or Geelong could afford. And given Collingwoo/Treloar this year I expect them too. Of the other vic clubs, I think he would command a pretty similar salary anywhere. If someone offers him crazy money well yeah, take it, but if we are in the ball park, we won't pay overs at the expense of our current list. I.e. double his true last value. And i don't think he's expect it.

If Prestia is coming to us it will be because he sees us as a genuine finals threat. In that case he'll take salary commiserate with his position on the list. Top 10 player, somewhere in the top group of mids including Jones, Vince, Viney and in the future Brayshaw. They know they can't demand massive salaries at clubs that are going somewhere, and given his melbourne connection I'm confident we'll get him unless GCS through mega bucks at him.