Talking Footy

so says former Victorian premier & president of AFL club Hawthorn

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/af...-1226211802302


Quote:
Jeff Kennett blasts AFL's three-strike illicit drug code

by: Jon Ralph
From: Herald Sun
December 02, 2011 12:00AM

OUTGOING Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has blasted the AFL's three-strikes illicit drug code, saying it could have led to Travis Tuck's death last year.

Kennett said the fact the first two offences were kept confidential prevented clubs from helping players, adding the AFL was playing "Russian roulette" with footballers' lives.

He said the greatest regret of his presidency was his inability to convince the league to change a policy he described as dangerous and wrong.

Tuck was the first player to test positive three times, his third strike coming after he was found unconscious in a car under the influence of drugs in August last year.

The son of AFL games record-holder Michael Tuck was suffering from depression.

"We could have lost Travis Tuck that night," Kennett said.

"We could have been DOA (dead on arrival) when they found him in that car park. I still get goose bumps when people speak to me about Travis, with how close that call was to being a different call.

"To think the AFL plays Russian roulette with people's lives, to me, is wrong."

Only club medical staff are made aware of a player's drug strikes, but Kennett argues the shock of positive identification can help a player.

"The club gathered around (Tuck) and helped him through it," he said. "He has turned his life around and will turn out to be a fine man, but it's a very fine line. There is no point arguing after someone has died."


an utter disgrace this " soft" near accepting of drug use policy of the AFL's

how many more " travis tuck's " are out there in need of help ?
who'd know
with this ga ga land policy of the AFL's ...
there could be hundreds .....

AFL.. a culture to despise

Kennett the loud mouth liar strikes again. After a cheap headline as usual.

Topper wrote:

Kennett the loud mouth liar strikes again. After a cheap headline as usual.

Jeff is a Leader in your community

he is right about this
someone had to call this 3 ringed circus called the AFL on this debacle of a polcy & he has the courage to do it .. good on him =D> =D> =D>

shame on the AFL.... Shame

Kennett is not a leader. He is a laughing stock who will shortly lose his post at Hawthorn.

Topper wrote:

Kennett is not a leader. He is a laughing stock who will shortly lose his post at Hawthorn.

Pillar of the community ..... well done Jeffery
some one had to say what plenty are thinking ... but don't have the b@lls to

typical of AFL types ... gutless
but not good old Jeffery .........

You are supporting a person who is an attention hog who never really got over his election loss years ago. He's a bitter man and is prepared to lie to get a headline. That's what he is doing here. He is not a pillar of the community. He is a bully and a fool.

Topper wrote:

You are supporting a person who is an attention hog who never really got over his election loss years ago. He's a bitter man and is prepared to lie to get a headline. That's what he is doing here. He is not a pillar of the community. He is a bully and a fool.

well I'd just say ......... he's correct

K

And those who know better know that he's wrong. Very wrong.

Topper wrote:

And those who know better know that he's wrong. Very wrong.

you'd have to know something ... to know better

ruling you out eh ?

Oh dear, quoting Jeff Kennett. He's a fucking idiot. You heard some of his other public comments? He is constantly being ridiculed for his role with Beyond Blue and the rubbish he has come out with. Some have even suggested his comments about gay people whilst a spokesperson for Beyond Blue could lead to a higher suicide rate. The guy is fuckwit.

Precisely.

That has been reported.

Topper wrote:

That has been reported.

has the rampant drug use amongst AFL players been reported too

oh silly me

of course it has

its just no one would know about it

That has been reported as well.

Shocking drugs policy. Well done Kennet for highlighting the bleeding obvious.