LaughingKookaburra wrote:Brodlach wrote:I listened to two different Tim Silvers interviews on the radio on the way home, thought he spoke well and debunked some of the rumors going around
Wasn’t happy the integrity unit had leaked some information to the media.
That’s what I mentioned over the last couple days. AFL’s handling of it is a disgrace and leaking it to a person with a strong conflict of interest is dead set shithouse.
Would the 4 week penalty and the ‘medical discount’ be as big an issue if 5 weeks wasn’t leaked to Eddie Maguire who then chose to put it out as fact?
The public then expected 5. All the commentary now is on how the afl / Adelaide crows negotiated a discount - and the rationale behind that discount and how bad that makes both parties look.
A discount that wouldn’t have been mentioned if the full process had been let to play out behind closed doors. It would then have been a 4 week ban announced, not 5 reduced to 4.
The process is a shambles and the footy media’s swarming fight for a story or an angle contributes to the shite show.