Essendon launches (LGBTI) support group – The Purple Bombers and issues a code of conduct to crowd

[vaughany]

Essendon is jumping on the front foot with the code of conduct for members to abide by.
Probably not a bad initiative, do any other clubs issue a code of conduct to their fans or just to the cheersquad?

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2014-07-31/essendon-supports-launch-of-purple-bombers

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/staticfile/AFL Tenant/Essendon/Club HQ/Members Code of Conduct.pdf

 

[El Dubya]

Why is this in Bay 13? It's only going to prompt 48% jokes.

I'm not aware of a Geelong code of conduct being released, but there are rules members must abide by, or they risk voiding their membership; racism, violence, etc.

 

[Gray Day]

It's Purple Ops.

 

[royals1922]

Well given what Hird's been doing to Essendon for the past 2 years, I would have thought that was quite unnecessary.

 

[Jcpdragonx]

threads like this are bait for me to get banned

 

[Stronzo]

Could they not have called them the rainbow bombers

 

[El Dubya]

threads like this are bait for me to get banned

It's shit bait, so if you bite you deserve it.

What I don't understand is why clubs need LGBT supporter groups? Is there something about being LGBTI that means you support the club differently? Racism and homophobia are not tolerated at all in any club sanctioned supporters group, so I see the whole exercise as a waste of time.

 

[Howard John]

It's shit bait, so if you bite you deserve it.

What I don't understand is why clubs need LGBT supporter groups? Is there something about being LGBTI that means you support the club differently? Racism and homophobia are not tolerated at all in any club sanctioned supporters group, so I see the whole exercise as a waste of time.

Sydney has one and actually has had members expressly abused cause of it. This thing smack s of a PR exercise by Essendon considering that they have bought so much negativity and poor publicity to the league/game in the last 18 months. It is actually going to overshadow the work or purpose of the group.

 

[vaughany]

Wasn't sure whether is was appropriate to put this thread in Bay 13 or the main board?

 

[vaughany]

Why is this in Bay 13? It's only going to prompt 48% jokes.

I'm not aware of a Geelong code of conduct being released, but there are rules members must abide by, or they risk voiding their membership; racism, violence, etc.

It is a bit sad in this day and age that we need code of conducts to advised fans of how to conduct themselves whilst watching the footy.

That being said crowd behaviour has got uglier in recent times and the apply common sense/ filter before they yell out at games seems to have been lost by many

 

[oogac]

Shit!!! Now I have to re-do the Essendon Monopoly Board.

 

[vaughany]

Shit!!! Now I have to re-do the Essendon Monopoly Board.

The "revised" edition of Essendon Monopoly board

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Fremantle Bombers then?

 

[SuperSub17]

So who will win the next Fremantle-Essendon game then?

 

[Gray Day]

Shit!!! Now I have to re-do the Essendon Monopoly Board.

Better hurry up and redact the old one

 

[Bodicifer]

Essendon is jumping on the front foot with the code of conduct for members to abide by.
Probably not a bad initiative, do any other clubs issue a code of conduct to their fans or just to the cheersquad?

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2014-07-31/essendon-supports-launch-of-purple-bombers

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/staticfile/AFL Tenant/Essendon/Club HQ/Members Code of Conduct.pdf

Essendon's code of conduct

 

[Smeg Head]

Could they not have called them the rainbow bombers

The French like this.

 

[Bennett.]

 

[vjknight]

good to see there is love for the colour purple at essendon

 

[schnoods]

Fremantle Bombers then?

So, theoretically, they are also purple ****s?

 

[clivenator26]

So now they're all about hot beef injections are they, oh well maybe they need to find a peptide that cures aids instead of cancer.

 

[Harry Hawks]

They thought of this idea after pondering what to do with Hird's redacted boner...

 

[Sir Priddis]

You are still a bunch of cheats.

 

[theduckfan]

Essendon trying to take the moral high ground now?

Give me a spell, where's your clubs code of conduct on illegal supplements programs?

Hird never read it if you have one.

 

[Baldur]

Could they not have called them the rainbow bombers

Its almost as of Essendon is hinting that the Dockers are the Purple ****ters.