Edit: Since a lot of users seem to have issues grasping the context and content of the following post, please let me tell you what this isn't about; a post about COLA. This is a post about the AFL and the way that it handles itself, especially when it comes to making decisions in a clearly corrupt manner.
Over the season, the media coverage surrounding the AFL's decision to ban the Swans from any kind of drafting has intensified, with more questions being asked of the decision, who made it and why. The AFL lifted some of the sanctions, whilst imposing impractical and extremely limiting sanctions, practically preventing the club from recruiting anyone of any stature within the league, whilst Victorian clubs have had the benefit of salary cap changes, draft changes, academy changes, suggested zone changes and free agency changes.
It's no secret that the Swans loathe the decision. We discussed it on the team forum last year and I said that it was an illegal ban, that if challenged in any court in Australia it would be ridiculed and overturned with prejudice without hesitation or delay.
More and more information and evidence is coming to fore that the AFL has certainly made a corrupt decision in banning the Swans from trading. Whilst this is coming primarily from the Swans side, there's no doubt that the fact that it's coming out warrants a lawful investigation.
http://www.smh.com.au/afl/sydney-sw...-of-lying-over-trade-ban-20150814-gizkm8.html
Richard Colless let loose a bit over a week ago, which ruffled feathers and set the media into overdrive for an albeit short time.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...mission-chairman/story-fnp04d70-1227470080663
The AFL is a fair bit derp where dealing with serious and sensitive matters is concerned. It's public knowledge that the AFL were engineering a move to get Frankling to the GWS, which was quite clearly in contravention of their own draft tampering rules. There was pressure on Franklin, Hawks and GWS to get the deal done. I find it beyond idiotic that the AFL would confirm that the discussion had taken place while attempting to hose down the aspect of illegal trade.
Where do you lay the blame? You've got Victorian clubs running roughshod over the AFL, basically getting whatever they want regardless of the cost, especially where equalisation is concerned.
Angry Hawthorn threaten to ditch AFL revenue share scheme
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...afl-revenue-share-scheme-20150622-ghug6f.html
Andrew Pridham responded to Colless's interview:
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-office-sydney-swans-say-20150805-gisikh.html
The AFL is fast turning into a joke of a competition, yelling 'yee-hah' as they set sail into the sunset, belligerently destroying all in their conquest of fatter wallets, certainly at the expense of the game itself. Reminds me of this scene from Crimson Tide:
Over the season, the media coverage surrounding the AFL's decision to ban the Swans from any kind of drafting has intensified, with more questions being asked of the decision, who made it and why. The AFL lifted some of the sanctions, whilst imposing impractical and extremely limiting sanctions, practically preventing the club from recruiting anyone of any stature within the league, whilst Victorian clubs have had the benefit of salary cap changes, draft changes, academy changes, suggested zone changes and free agency changes.
It's no secret that the Swans loathe the decision. We discussed it on the team forum last year and I said that it was an illegal ban, that if challenged in any court in Australia it would be ridiculed and overturned with prejudice without hesitation or delay.
More and more information and evidence is coming to fore that the AFL has certainly made a corrupt decision in banning the Swans from trading. Whilst this is coming primarily from the Swans side, there's no doubt that the fact that it's coming out warrants a lawful investigation.
http://www.smh.com.au/afl/sydney-sw...-of-lying-over-trade-ban-20150814-gizkm8.html
A lot of people have to go through the generic Trade Practices Act and all sort of other law and rights education as part of their companies induction.Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham has accused the AFL of lying over the circumstances which led to the imposition of the controversial trade ban on the club, and urged the league to immediately lift the "senseless sanction".
In an explosive pre-game address prior to Friday night's match against Collingwood, Pridham labelled the trade restrictions placed on the Swans as "unconstitutional", a "serious restraint of trade" and having "serious consequences" for the integrity of the competition.
Richard Colless let loose a bit over a week ago, which ruffled feathers and set the media into overdrive for an albeit short time.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...mission-chairman/story-fnp04d70-1227470080663
Colless told the Herald Sun a furious AFL Commission chairman Mike Fitzpatrick rang him — and delivered an expletive-laden tirade — after ‘Buddy’ Franklin joined Sydney at the end of 2013.
The AFL and the football world had expected Franklin to sign with Greater Western Sydney.
When an angry Fitzpatrick made his displeasure known on the phone, Colless said he told the chairman the AFL had “broken at least three of its rules”.
Late today the AFL issued a statement. It did not deny the conversation between Fitzpatrick and Colless had taken place, but said any suggestion the league had tried to interfere with Franklin’s deal were incorrect.
The AFL is a fair bit derp where dealing with serious and sensitive matters is concerned. It's public knowledge that the AFL were engineering a move to get Frankling to the GWS, which was quite clearly in contravention of their own draft tampering rules. There was pressure on Franklin, Hawks and GWS to get the deal done. I find it beyond idiotic that the AFL would confirm that the discussion had taken place while attempting to hose down the aspect of illegal trade.
It's clear as day that there's a lot of issues at AFL head quarters at the moment, regardless of any Swans-related issues. The abhorred handling of the ASADA case, rampant racism, alcoholism, drug taking, lax responses to basically any AFL-social related issues, piss-poor tribunal performances and clear bias to Victorian clubs with regards to scheduling and fixturing, much to the detriment of struggling clubs.Colless said the episode was symptomatic of Fitzpatrick’s performance as head of the AFL.
“I think he is singularly inappropriate to be running the AFL — and the debate that is raging now about the AFL’s leadership with the Adam Goodes thing is a classic example,” he said.
“Mike is a huge handbrake on much of what the AFL wants to be doing or should be doing.”
Where do you lay the blame? You've got Victorian clubs running roughshod over the AFL, basically getting whatever they want regardless of the cost, especially where equalisation is concerned.
Angry Hawthorn threaten to ditch AFL revenue share scheme
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...afl-revenue-share-scheme-20150622-ghug6f.html
Andrew Pridham responded to Colless's interview:
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-office-sydney-swans-say-20150805-gisikh.html
Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham has labelled claims that his club was at war with the AFL as "nonsense" with the Swans moving to distance themselves from former chairman Richard Colless' attack upon Mike Fitzpatrick.
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"The Swans are not at war with the AFL," said Pridham. "That's nonsense. We've moved on from that and the connection with the cost of living issue. This story has been around for a long time and the reality is that Richard has been gone for some time.
The AFL is fast turning into a joke of a competition, yelling 'yee-hah' as they set sail into the sunset, belligerently destroying all in their conquest of fatter wallets, certainly at the expense of the game itself. Reminds me of this scene from Crimson Tide:
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