King-Eliagh wrote:pookus wrote:King-Eliagh wrote:I'm sorry but this playing the man not the ball argument is fundamentally the most overused piss poor argument the AFL supporters have in their bag of pisspoor arguments. And it's a worrying notion in re to the code of marngrook. What with its ever softer rules around physical contact. But also in thr memtal side of things. Rl on the front foot on the playing field and in these forums
Playing the man is vital in all competitive sport... If ya wanna compete.
I would say that it is your game that is softening at a rather rapid pace.No shoulder charge no highlight package what are you going to wow the crowd with ball skills
Ah I dont think the highlights packages will be too affected by the loss of the shoulder charge. There's plenty more big hits happening and I personally prefer a crunching tackle.
On the flip side have lets have a look at the softest of all the professional footy codes, the AFL's form of marngrook, this past weekend...
One week suspension!?Seriously, the AFL's on the way to becoming a non contact sport. I've seen bigger hits in netball go unpunished, and rightly so!
No wonder pests like Ballantyne are becoming more prominent in the code and no wonder the faking/acting behaviour is increasing
. I mean, the AFL MRP have deadset no idea. It's beyond ridiculous.
NRL on the front foot alright..... =D> =D> =D>
AFL should aim to follow National Rugby League's lead
Jeff Kennet
From: Herald Sun
February 20, 2013 12:00AM
The AFL administration has a hypocritical position over the use of illicit drugs by players, says Jeff Kennett. Herald Sun
THERE is an old saying that 24 hours is a long time in politics. It's true under certain circumstances.
And if so, seven days can be a long and telling time in life and for the administration of sport as well.
Last week in this column I talked about leadership, or lack of it, and the increasing failure of people in senior positions to exercise the responsibility that values of the past would have demanded be exercised.
An example of responsibility being exercised with distinction within sport was when the National Rugby League acted swiftly when it became clear that the administrators of Melbourne Storm were found to have breached the salary cap. Not only were senior administrators of the club, including the CEO, sacked, but the club was stripped of the premierships it won in 2007 and 2009. here her Jeff here here...... =D> =D>
But because the values of the rules of its code were upheld in a most public, forthright way, the club was immediately able to start rebuilding and today is is as competitive and successful as ever.
The administrators of the code are to be congratulated.
Now consider the actions of the Australian Football League. Adelaide was found to have done as the Storm did, deliberately breach salary cap rules. The AFL fined it a paltry $300,000 and suspended its CEO for six months, after which he will resume his role.
Had that CEO conducted himself in a similar way in any commercial organisation - acted outside the laws governing the operation of a company - he would have been shown the door.
The Melbourne Football Club has been the subject of an investigation over "tanking". After a year's investigation by the AFL, not only does it appear the AFL, or someone at the club, leaked information about the findings of the inquiry last Friday, but when the decision was handed down, the club was fined, two people were charged with disciplinary offences and no action taken that in any way relates to tanking.
The reputation of our code is being tarnished by leaders who are not prepared to match the high standards of the NRL. =D> =D>
At Essendon, two weeks after it voluntarily admitted it could not confirm what were the substances injected into its players, no one at a senior level has been held accountable.
It doesn't matter whether the substances prove performance enhancing or not, and we all hope such investigations prove negative, the practices were by any standard unacceptable. They put the welfare of the players at risk. Intravenously injecting vitamin B12 and/or C into a player, at times via their stomach . . . give me a break.
I said last week I thought David Evans, Essendon's president, was the best person to oversee the restructuring of the club, its practices and culture - as long as he knew nothing of the practices. But the longer he fails to exercise the responsibilities of leadership, the more he will be seen as part of the problem.
Then there is the hypocritical position of the AFL administration over the use of illicit drugs by players.
Either you oppose the use of illicit drugs or you support their use. You cannot be half pregnant. But players know if they use illicit drugs, their career is in not threatened until a third strike is registered against them - if they are caught.
The AFL administrators know which players have recorded a first, or second, strike, the AFL doctors know as do the club doctors, but not the clubs themselves.
The AFL Commission must instruct its officers to prepare new rules covering the use of illicit drugs by players and, if it wishes, all employees working in the AFL. It is no longer good enough for the AFL to say the players won't accept a simpler, more transparent code. It is the reputation of the code now and in the future that is more important than any individual.
My solution is simple. Align the illicit drug policy with the performance-enhancing policy. The latter says that if a player tests positive, he is disqualified for two years.
I believe if a player tests positive to an illicit drug, he should be suspended for a year and his salary reduced to that of a recruit for that 12 months. If after a year of rehabilitation the player and club wish to continue with the player's employment, they can re-enter the playing list.
Any second positive test to illicit drugs would result in automatic suspension from the code for life.
If such a policy is too hard for the AFL, then do away with an illicit drug policy and allow players to use them at will, with all the ramifications that could follow.
Playing AFL football is not compulsory. If an individual does not like the rules, he can go and play somewhere else.
If you read the whole article Mr Kennett is on the money..... =D> =D>
Well done Mr Kennett for saying what needed to be said about the leaders leading the AFL away from its once core values...
When is the AFL community going to wake up and see what a terrible leader Mr Demetruio has been for the code over the last phew years, he has lost his touch that's for sure.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/o ... 6581463058
Q xman and Co, NRL had the super league wars now its time for AFL to start eating there own, time for a clean out......................
i heard that the Demetriou tbone is quite nice......................