AFL 2024

[amber_fluid]

Thought I heard somewhere his fine was for poor leadership?

WTF
How is that poor leadership
Surely they are entitled to have fun still

Nothing to do with his dress up, everything to do with him allowing the behaviour of others to happen.

Steve Smith areas.

He watched another player sandpaper his balls?

Not everything is about the Crows camp mate

[amber_fluid]

No doubt there'll be more to emerge, but considering we're talking about a bunch of neanderthal young blokes (i.e. footballers) at their end-of-season knees up, this stuff really does seem on the tame side and I can't say I understand what the fuss is about.

Imagine if the St. Kilda dwarf ignition incident occurred today.

Or school girl affair

[daysofourlives]

Private function and alleged that the bartender dobbed them in.
One player dressed as Jarryd Hayne and had a blow up doll and another dressed as P Diddy apparently

Its just none of the AFL's business imo, its a private function.
The bartender should lose his job

[locky801]

Complaint laid by a female bar staff member

It wasnt an official AFL or Club sanctioned event, it was a private show

The Club season was over as such, not sure that they can bring the game into disrepute if their season is over

The whole situation is a joke, the boys did the right thing, hired a private venue, had a session with antics amongst themselves, had a laugh, went home

If it's being treated as such by the AFL where is the players association coming to assist their players

Seems to me there are rules for some and not for others

[amber_fluid]

Season is over.
How can their employer act on behaviour at a private function?

Imagine if our employer sanctioned us for our weekend behaviour??

[daysofourlives]

Complaint laid by a female bar staff member

It wasnt an official AFL or Club sanctioned event, it was a private show

The Club season was over as such, not sure that they can bring the game into disrepute if their season is over

The whole situation is a joke, the boys did the right thing, hired a private venue, had a session with antics amongst themselves, had a laugh, went home

If it's being treated as such by the AFL where is the players association coming to assist their players

Seems to me there are rules for some and not for others

Sounds to me like the only appropriate action could possibly be a ban from the venue for a month if their rules are like SA. But thats even stretching it.

[DOC]

Season is over.
How can their employer act on behaviour at a private function?

Imagine if our employer sanctioned us for our weekend behaviour??

Plenty can and do.

Many public servants are regulated at all times.

[amber_fluid]

Season is over.
How can their employer act on behaviour at a private function?

Imagine if our employer sanctioned us for our weekend behaviour??

Plenty can and do.

Many public servants are regulated at all times.

Hope they don’t dress up then…………..

[Armchair expert]

GWS need to invoke the Geelong precedent

[locky801]

GWS need to invoke the Geelong precedent

As a said rules for some and not for others, been happening for decades

[dedja]

So … the AFL say don’t dress up as Raygun or famous people to have some fun at a private gathering with only players in attendance … but …. take as much illicit drugs as you like and we’ll cover it up and pretend that we’re world leaders in drug detection.

Did I get it right?

[tigerpie]

I find the $20k fine to the captain for not shutting it down to be the most offensive thing that happened.
The players would have every right to say ease up skip.
If he then lagged them in then he's finished as a skipper.
Unless there's violence or illegal activity going on then sure step in.
But in this instance he's just letting his hair down like everyone else.

Since when is poor taste a reason to suspend and fine people?

[am Bays]

I find the $20k fine to the captain for not shutting it down to be the most offensive thing that happened.

Could have the captaincy taken away and banned for a year…

[whufc]

Sounds like the big issues are revolving around a P-Diddy dress up that included a black face and players dressed as young girls.

[Booney]

Season might be over but they're still contracted until October 31, or, under contract going forward. Still employees.

[tigerpie]

Just goes to show these player breakups need to be at someone's house, with no phones and no ring ins.

Maybe should've dressed as a white Diddy?

[Dutchy]

People actually think stuff like this is appropriate? OK AFL seems to have gone overboard with the fines - an apology and a few grand donation to a charity and all move on would have been the best play here.

[whufc]

People actually think stuff like this is appropriate? OK AFL seems to have gone overboard with the fines - an apology and a few grand donation to a charity and all move on would have been the best play here.

Depends what the truth is.....................black face P-Diddy and young girls. Nah probably should have thought that one through a fair bit more.

If its just Raygun dressup!!! come on now!!! They cant be serious about fines for that.

[amber_fluid]

People actually think stuff like this is appropriate? OK AFL seems to have gone overboard with the fines - an apology and a few grand donation to a charity and all move on would have been the best play here.

Depends what the truth is.....................black face P-Diddy and young girls. Nah probably should have thought that one through a fair bit more.

If its just Raygun dressup!!! come on now!!! They cant be serious about fines for that.

Dressing up ain’t my go too but what people do in private is their business

[mighty_tiger_79]

It's just a massive over reaction from a governing body who can't even control the one thing they are in charge of.