More NRL players acting like filthy animals

[Xman]

Let me state now that the bulldogs are not representative of the nrl. They have been a cheating slimy club since atleast the 80's when they continually tried to take out the best players on the other team illegally in Gf's ala Ray Price, who they couldnt take out as much as they tried. I hear billy slater was targeted in this years gf also. A shameful club which needs massive reform.

They are in the NRL so they represent the NRL. If the NRL doesnt want them they should act or kick them out.

[Striker]

Of course Slater was targeted! We all saw what that slimeball Graham did!

If the NRL was onto this, they'd be telling the Bulldogs to offload Jaycar as a sponsor quick smart.

[King-Eliagh]

Yes I now agree with you folks. The NRL should act on this disgrace, even though these folks are just 20 year olds, a firm action should be taken to send the message that this shite is not ok, rather than suggesting that women shouldnt go into bars...

[Xman]

CANTERBURY's major sponsor, Gary Johnston, was under siege last night after claiming the sexist behaviour directed at a female Nine Network reporter during the Bulldogs' Mad Monday celebrations was no different to what any woman could expect to hear in a Sydney bar on a night out.

While Johnston said on 2GB that he considered the comments "disgraceful" and "unacceptable", he justified the players' behaviour by accusing Azzopardi of invading their privacy and behaving like a "peeping tom".

"What they said is outrageous, but they're only young blokes and in every pub in Sydney you can come across that language, and it doesn't make it right - it just makes it the reality of what it is," Johnston said.

"If a woman walks into some bars in Sydney she will be ogled, she will be treated as an object and that's the way it is. She doesn't have to walk into those bars."

Johnston continued his attack on the Nine Network for gatecrashing the players' party and even alleged it had breached the Surveillance Act of 2007 by recording the conversation.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/n ... 6487682265

Wow, just wow!!!

The NRL going out of their way to insult women then blaming it on them as well. Way to go NRL!

No wonder barely any women watch the sport.

Hes not from the NRL you dribbling half wit
hes one of the Dogs sponsors

& at least our sport is not hiding from its issues .... the issue here being we have a ways to go to correct society's .... thats right .. society's ..lingering sexist attitudes through educating our players & not being tokenistic about it like some other sports whos tight shorts wearing w@nker players are about this ... & everything else they touch
multiculturalism & racism
indigenous issues
the treatment of women
the VFL's actual record here is far worse then any codes in this country ... they just put a themed round on & think thats the end of their responsibiliy
& their dopey brain washed fans lap it up
VFL & its arrogant .. delusional fans who think their sport is perfect & don't have any of these types of problems
I mean wot world do these F wits live in ?
they live in a fantasy world

I could list 100 incidents of disgraceful behaviour from singlet wearing flogball turds far worse then this

the VFL... our nations secret shame

Ok Dave, there have been three disgraceful NRL incidents this week, and many more during the season. So it looks like you need to find at least 500 AFL incidents to make your statement true. Good luck...

[eelofwest]

Of course Slater was targeted! We all saw what that slimeball Graham did!

If the NRL was onto this, they'd be telling the Bulldogs to offload Jaycar as a sponsor quick smart.

Over the last few days, journalists have defended each other over the presence of the media at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Mad Monday celebrations.

In the wake of the furore that has erupted, it’s been extremely interesting to observe the media’s response.

In fact, it’s provided a real insight into the modern media’s mentality.

The media camping out of the front of the Belmore Sports Ground as the players partied inside is not, of course, the main story. The main story, and the reason for which the media was even there – and intently hoping and praying for – came in the form of some unsavoury and unacceptable comments directed at Channel 9 reporter Jayne Azzopardi.

While it has since been suggested that the vile comments were not made by players, that in no way excuses what was said by individuals who were still representing the Bulldogs football club, and rugby league in general.

The alleged comments made cannot be defended. They were disgraceful.

Yet the incident has provided the catalyst for a larger conversation about the media in general, what type of stories they desire, and their expectations, in terms of dealing with players.

Over the last couple of days, we’ve heard some consistent themes from the media, in response to their presence at the private function. These have included: access to players, respect towards the media, and a lack of trust from players towards journalists.

I have to say, the comments about access to players is quite ridiculous. Do the media really need access at that precise moment when players are drowning their sorrows and reflecting on a long, tough year? Really? At that very moment, you desperately need to talk to the players? That’s absolute rubbish.

Likewise, there is a delicious irony in bemoaning the lack of respect and trust from players towards the media, in an incident that revolved around the media attending an event to which they were uninvited and asked to leave. Would you respect and trust an individual that turned up to your wedding uninvited, and refused to leave?

I would argue that respect and trust is a two way street.

By no means am I defending the comments that were made. As colleague David Lord said yesterday, if the comments aren’t said, this is a non-story.

But the point about access to players is interesting, because it does seem like journalists think it’s their right to have contact with the players whenever they want. To me, that’s disrespectful and arrogant. Access shouldn’t translate to harassing players with impunity. It should equal players and coaches providing access voluntarily.

The most insightful sporting show in Australia, without doubt, is the AFL Fox Footy Channel’s On The Couch. What’s the crucial ingredient of this show? Coaches and players come on voluntarily, and are days removed from the heat of the battle. I learn a lot more about the individuals that participate on this program than I do from stories from journalists that camp out the front of training facilities.

Likewise, I recently read a fantastic article in Inside Sport about the Wests Tigers’ Benji Marshall, which was written after two separate one-on-one interviews with the player. That is, as opposed to him having a camera shoved in his face after he’s leaving a court hearing, or a reporter asking him questions through the window of his car as he departs training.

To me, On The Couch and Inside Sport represent how information and content about athletes should be both attained and consumed. It’s more insightful for the public, and more respectful to the athletes.

I can’t recall anything interesting or informative coming from unscheduled and intrusive media reporting. In fact, I believe the media drastically overestimates how important their beloved access to players really is.

To be more precise, I think it comes down to the type of access. I agree that players have a responsibility to promote their game, and to talk to the media. But that shouldn’t extend to 24/7 access, or pointless and banal questioning.

During cricket’s Twenty 20 Big Bash, the interviews by Fox Sports sideline reporters with batsmen who have just got out are cringe worthy, and hardly ever offer anything insightful. It’s clear the batsmen don’t want to talk, as their emotions are running high from being dismissed. It’s much more enjoyable listening to Shane Warne commentate while bowling. Why? Because it’s part of the game – the real reason we are watching.

Likewise, immediate post-match interviews rarely provide anything but a chance for a reporter to annoy someone, or catch them off-guard. It’s difficult to recall anything truly important ever being said straight after a game. Quite simply, players are either excited or disappointed. Coaches are either thrilled or angry. And they’re almost always fuming at referees or umpires either way.

Interviews out the front of a player’s house. Microphones shoved in the face of a coach as he arrives at an airport. Halftime chats with tired players. Does any of this really get fans closer to the sport or to the individuals?

It seems like some sports reporters are rapidly becoming reality TV cameramen, and nothing more.

The old fashioned one-on-one interviews are where we learn most about an individual. Those interviews can still provide the opportunity to ask tough, probing questions. Meanwhile, the individual in question doesn’t have to forfeit their privacy.

Professional athletes deserve professional journalism.

And vice versa; professional journalists deserve professional athletes.

After this week, I think it’s evident that the professionalism of all those involved in Australian sport, particularly rugby league, could do with an increase.

Now have people learned a valuable lesson here, not to believe everything the media says.... =D> =D>

Yes they should look for a new sponsor imo.

[Xman]

Any chance you could provide a link to your quote?

[Xman]

Eels,

That paper still condemns the comments, and rightly so. They were disgraceful. That's the story.

[eelofwest]

Eels,

That paper still condemns the comments, and rightly so. They were disgraceful. That's the story.

Yeah and that is why you will see my comment (they need to look for a new sponsor....) Mate do you read other peoples posts or just make up shit?..

Now Xman have you learned your lesson to stop jumping the gun and wait for the facts/evidence to come out before you jump on the media's jok straps again..

[Xman]

Eels,

That paper still condemns the comments, and rightly so. They were disgraceful. That's the story.

Yeah and that is why you will see my comment (they need to look for a new sponsor....) Mate do you read other peoples posts or just make up ****?..

Now Xman have you learned your lesson to stop jumping the gun and wait for the facts/evidence to come out before you jump on the media's jok straps again..

Wtf do the original comments got to do with their sponsor? A club person made the comments!

Their sponsors representative then embarrassed the club and company by defending them.

Where's the link for the article too?

[eelofwest]

Eels,

That paper still condemns the comments, and rightly so. They were disgraceful. That's the story.

Yeah and that is why you will see my comment (they need to look for a new sponsor....) Mate do you read other peoples posts or just make up ****?..

Now Xman have you learned your lesson to stop jumping the gun and wait for the facts/evidence to come out before you jump on the media's jok straps again..

This comment from one of the fans is worth noting and it is a shame the doggies did this, now the media are getting payback.

Agree wholeheartedly that respect and trust is a 2 way street. But in reality the Bulldogs only have themselves to blame. Forget the comments that were made. They were disgraceful no doubt about that. But it is the way the Bulldogs Management decided to shun the media in the wake of the Grand Final which was wrong.

Firstly they did not allow the media into the dressing rooms after the match for fear that all the questions would centre around James Graham. They were the first losing grand finalists to ever do this.

They then told the media to not turn up the next day to Mad Monday. What? This is a very simple drill that ALL clubs have to go through, particularly the Grand Finalists who will always get airtime the following day. All the media ask is for a couple of players to come out and give a small interview, tell them what they are getting up to today, get a few happy snaps and they will be off. If the media choose to stay around, it is up to Team Management to come out and tell them to show some respect, they have fulfilled their duties and let the players enjoy their Mad Monday in peace. The media leave. Everyone is happy.

But this was all too hard for the Bulldogs. They have been happy with the media focussing all year on the positives of the club. We have been bombarded by the Greenberg PR machine. Well now they have to take the other side of it.

This sort of BS is not what league and its fans need, fans deserve full access after the big day full imo.

[Xman]

The argument around media access to players, or whether the function was private etc etc has NOTHING to do with the disgraceful comments made by bulldog representatives, nor the pathetic excuse to excuse them by the sponsor.

That's the story. The treatment of this woman by the bulldogs was unacceptable, and then women in general by the sponsors rep was pathetic. The rest is a different issue entirely.

[Beaussie]

Where is the outcry from NRL fans demanding action from the ARLC/NRL and the Bulldogs to not only discipline their players involved, but dump the sponsor who thinks treating women this way is acceptable?

Disgraceful, but exactly what we've come to expect from this hypocritical lot.

[Raiderdave]

Where is the outcry from NRL fans demanding action from the ARLC/NRL and the Bulldogs to not only discipline their players involved, but dump the sponsor who thinks treating women this way is acceptable?

Disgraceful, but exactly what we've come to expect from this hypocritical lot.

where was the VFL & you lot of hypocritical D heads .. calling for the removal of this piece of sexist filth from your game earlier in the year
the utter hypocrisy of slinglet wearers is astonishing
I have a dozen more lined up ..... all swept under the carpet by the most vile .. corrupt ... shit bag sporting organisation on the planet .. the VFL
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/tech...html?feed=html

Former AFL star Dermott Brereton insists he has the utmost respect for women despite sexually taunting an Age journalist on a publicly accessible Facebook page.

The Hawthorn great weighed into angry comments being made by disgraced former player manager Ricky Nixon, who vented on his public Facebook wall yesterday about a story written this week by Age journalist Suzanne Carbone.

The attacks on Carbone, whom Nixon has nicknamed 'CarDog' on his Twitter feed, quickly turned personal and took on a sexual tone, with one person suggesting that the "poor girl [Carbone] just needs a good shag!".


Standing by it ... The tawdry exchange about columnist Suzanne Carbone on Ricky Nixon's Facebook page.

Nixon, whose accreditation as an AFL player agent was suspended last year after it was found he had an "inappropriate" relationship with a 17-year-old girl, responded that he would vote for "Dermott to do that on our behalf haha".

Brereton quickly responded: "I don't do charity like that ..!"

The Fox Sports AFL commentator this morning confirmed that he had made the comment on Nixon's Facebook page, which he believed was only visible to Nixon and his friends on the social networking site.


Sexist rants ... Ricky Nixon has attacked Carbone on Facebook and Twitter, nicknaming her 'CarDog'. Photo: Craig Abraham

Asked repeatedly if it was appropriate to make such a comment as the AFL attempts to foster a better attitude towards women, Brereton said it was "a throwaway line".

He said he "undoubtedly" had a positive attitude towards women, and in the past had raised awareness of the "social etiquettes from males towards females".

He accused The Age of sensationalising his comments.


'Get back in the Car, Dog' ... Ricky Nixon's Twitter page.

"My understanding is that that is your charter [to sensationalise], and that if your were to look into it, if you were to go down that line, I am one of the few people who has actually lent my time to awareness of social etiquettes from males towards females," Brereton said.

"I'm very comfortable in my own skin. Very few people have more respect for women but I understand what your charter is. Common sense will prevail here so you make of it what you will."

It is not the first time Brereton has sexually taunted an Age journalist.

In 2008, he attacked Rachel Wells for including him in a worst-dressed list, wrongly telling radio station SEN: "I think I actually slept with her, but didn't call her back..."

The online rant followed Carbone's story in The Age on Monday about Nixon charging $1500 to entertain his fans at a football corporate box.

Nixon let rip with abuse on Facebook and Twitter about Carbone about how unfair and inaccurate he thought the story was. That is despite Carbone sourcing the information from Nixon's website.

Nixon also took aim at The Age's chief AFL reporter Caroline Wilson, tweeting: "... to be honest when u have to resort to Caroline Wilson as yr major AFL writer u know the ship aint sinking its sunk".

Brereton claimed Carbone had written an inaccurate story about him in the past, but when given the opportunity to address what he thought were those inaccuracies, he declined.

"I would bring it up and it involves a female and I don't want to readdress that but it was completely and utterly wrong. It would be disrespectful to the woman should she actually get the story right," Brereton said.

He said he would "have to speak to Ricky" because he did not know the comments could be publicly viewed. The comments could still be accessed publicly this afternoon.

AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said Nixon had no association with the AFL, and the online comments did not reflect the AFL's attitude.

"From our point of view we absolutely don't condone any such behaviour," he said.

"We're going to continue to have failures or opinions expressed that we absolutely don't agree with but that doesn't mean we don't continue to try to lead the change.

"When something happens it means we don't give up. It means we continue to put the work in with our player group, our clubs and hope that that filters through to the wider community and continue to do things also with all our grassroots leagues and competitions across Australia."

Brereton's employer FOX Sports has been contacted for comment.

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[Raiderdave]

how bout this one .... Ringworm apologised .....but was that enough ?
you F wits are calling for stronger action & sponsors to be run out of our game ..... perhaps a lame apology is all that is required here
afterall that was enough from this VFL super star for abusing a women in front of her 13 year old daughter

F'ing Disgracgeful ...a 13 year old girl has to listen to this
& it shows the respect that VFL players have for females doesn't it ..... wot a low low game
Nick Riewoldt apologises to woman after obscene words, gestures

* Matthew Schulz
* From: Herald Sun
* February 07, 2011 5:45PM

A WOMAN says St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt told her to "f--- off" after she took a picture of the team at a beachside restaurant, in the latest bad behaviour claims to emerge about the team.

But Mary, who aired the allegations on Derryn Hinch’s show on Radio 3AW this afternoon, claims her treatment by the club and by player manager Ricky Nixon made her far angrier than the initial incident.

“Mary” told Hinch this afternoon “all the players were there” at St Kilda’s Stokehouse in the daytime gathering the day after the team failed at last year’s AFL Premiership Grand Final against Collingwood.

She was walking along the boardwalk with her 13-year-old daughter, her husband and her dog when she took aim with a camera.

But she says she was stunned by Riewoldt’s alleged reaction, when he gestured and put his finger up and said “f-off very loudly”.

She said her daughter was left very distressed by the incident.

But Mary said complaints to St Kilda largely fell on deaf ears, with staff repeatedly failing to follow up suggestions they would “look into it” and “get back to us”, including the suggestion Riewoldt was overseas and could not be contacted.

Instead the issue was “brushed under the carpet”, she said.

After contacting the AFL to press for an apology, Mary said player manager Ricky Nixon contacted her.

While Nixon initially appeared civil, it was not long before his tone changed, Mary said.

“He proceeded to swear and bully and intimidate for 10 minutes and finally I just hung up.”

Nixon reportedly denied the claim and told Hinch before the interview with Mary was that Mary had used a long lens camera to photograph players and ignored requests to leave.

Mary denied the suggestions.

Within 30 minutes of her interview going to air, Riewoldt contacted Mary through the station to address the claims.

“It was not a story I wanted to get any bigger than what it was. I just wanted an apology,” Mary said.

The heraldsun.com.au is seeking comment from Nixon and Riewoldt.

The claims come on the heels of embarrasing revelations for the Western Bulldogs after a YouTube clip emerged of team members causing havoc in Hong Kong.

[Raiderdave]

wow

bastions of respect for females aren't they our singletballers
yep.... their fans can be proud of their players & sport & stand on soap boxes lecturing everyone else on how their sport simply doesn't have any problems where respect for women & sexism is concerned

oh ... hang on

absolutely nothing done about this disgusting incident... but a nice little tokenistic donation
nicley ..overlooked .... by the hypocrits in the media & flogball fans in general
where were the crys for strong action .... against these up themselves arrogant . disrespectful sleazy .... sh.it bags in tight shorts & singlets
More AFL culture here
http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/blog-wit...717-22834.html

Quote:
Saints makes donation to Butterfly Foundation after young girl insulted by players
Posted by: Ellen Feely | 17 July, 2012 - 4:56 PM
saints st kilda

St Kilda Football Club have confirmed they made a donation to the Butterfly Foundation and provided a guernsey to a young girl who claimed she was insulted by players at the airport last week.

This morning on the Rumour File it was alleged a young girl insulted by a St Kilda player after requesting a photograph.

“We save ourselves for the hot chicks. There should be no fat chicks section in our contract,” the unknown player is alleged to have said.

Speaking with Derryn Hinch, St Kilda’s Head of Football Chris Pelchan said he had spoken directly with the girl involved and her mother, after a complaint was made to the club and a letter written from the mother would be communicated to the entire playing group.

Mr Pelchan said the girl had requested the photograph for her best friend who is a St Kilda supporter, which she planned to give to her in lieu of missing her birthday. Despite the players claiming none of them had neither made nor heard the comments, the St Kilda Football Club has provided the young girl with a Guernsey to make up for the “photograph that she was not able to get at the time”.

"I certainly believe that she believes she heard remarks made, so yes we certainly believe her," he said.

”We certainly take the matter seriously. At the same time when our players have said to us, and we've got some senior players in that group who have indicated to us that they didn't hear those remarks made, we have to at least listen (to) their version of events too.”

Mr Pelchan said the young girl was able to take one photo with a couple of the Saints players, but was unable to get a group shot as her phone had rung.