Now I'll just address some lies and other matters in here, starting with the assertion that I'm Truthsayer.
1. Truthsayer has been defending the AFL drug policy to an unacceptable level. Being totally reliant on rehab won't resolve the real problem, and that's suppliers. I've always said that they are the issue. Neither AFL policy nor NRL policy address it. It's pie in the sky stuff to suggest that if full rehab had been done from the very beginning (ie Ancient Greece for goodness sakes!) we wouldn't have a drug problem. The dark ages took care of that! I'm totally against ignoring the part suppliers play and they should be thrown in jail and have the key thrown away. (Also, Truthsayer, the word is "aversives" and not "adversives") Drug users should be in rehab full time and not be permitted to play until they are clean
2. It's laughable for KE to suggest that the reason I don't follow an AFL team is because of tanking. I haven't followed an AFL team since well before priority picks were introduced. In fact I dumped the league when it was still the VFL. I follow the grass roots because they need the financial support. The AFL and it's clubs don't care about the grass roots unless it benefits them. For the record after Bailey's confession it looks like the priority picks are going to go, and the mid season draft being proposed may in fact resolve the issue.
3. My position on Raider being banned was proven justified with the following comment;
turnip is just all torn up ... in knots he is
swearing .. cursing .. spittal flying out of his mouth everywhere
his affliction ( Tourette Syndrome ) turning all manor of lights on & off in his head
cats being kicked
chairs being thrown over
medication being consumed ....
thats the " Raider " effect
This is called intentional troublemaking and attention seeking. Truthsayer called Raider sick, and I agree. None of his arguments show any understanding of the AFL and the game itself, something that I know a lot more about with my umpiring experience. Truthsayer also picked on Raider's vocabulary and sentence structure, which to me was perhaps taking things a bit too far. It's more a case of not really caring what he said rather than any lack of knowledge of putting sentences together as such. That's the nature of the Internet and the way some people use it when they're bored and have nothing to do. I cite the sickos who invade Facebook and slap around dead people in a sick and twisted manner. Raider's conduct is the same and that's the core reason why I demanded he be banned when I left.hmmmm...... affected this one good
4. I'll take this opportunity to address the argument of grand final draws and draws in general. A draw in the AFL is far more exciting than a draw in any other sport. The nature and length of the game means that extra time generally is not desirable on several levels, along with the fact that as already pointed out they don't happen very often. Onions pointed out that the VFL/AFL have only had three in grand finals. I'll add to that by noting the humour surrounding the second, the one year when the VFL and the NSWRL had a grand final draw in the same year - prompting an ABC reporter to quip "What next? A dead heat in the Melbourne Cup?" It was more of a concern to the NRL that they had another grand final draw the very next year. IIRC both games were extremely low scoring, which in that "game" increases the likelihood of a draw. I am against extra time in a grand final. We don't need it and in fact it provides extra revenue for the clubs involved. The challenge should be to win a game in regular time. To win it in extra time is a farce and a joke because it wouldn't prove who the best team is on the day. It would only prove who was better in the extra time period. That's wrong and shouldn't be supported. The only reason the AFL has extra time for regular finals is because we have to make sure the MCG is vacant for the cricket season. If we didn't have that restraint we wouldn't have extra time at all. Local grass roots football is under a similar restraint.
I'll close this comment by echoing the laughter of Onions regarding the claim that the NRL was winning the war. I wasn't aware that a war on The Fight Club would be one that would actually have a real effect on the war that really matters - attendances, memberships and OzTam TV ratings totals. The reality is that it doesn't. NRL supporters on this board are here just to make themselves feel important while they struggle to catch Australia's truly national game and the third highest attended in the world. The AFL's average attendance is still more than double that of the NRL. The membership base in similarly inclined. And the TV ratings are the biggest worry when one considers that AFL is not a sport that translates as well to TV as it does live. NRL does translate well to TV, and yet the AFL is still winning where it counts to advertisers - in the capital cities.
That's all I have to say on this board.
This is funny because I just cant help thinking of Gudhafi. But it's not within the guidelines at all, a real issue and if I have to crusade once again for our basic rights here at TF, I will. And I warn you TLPG, I'll win again. Because the truth and goodness will always prevail over the false and evilness :D 
