Julia Gillard played this card when the going got tough. The fish rots from the head.
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She's confirmed not playing, regardless of the appeal (perhaps actually read the article).
I'm keen to hear your logic behind the bolded sentence?
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says it is “unfair” to label the league sexist in the wake of the controversial two-game suspension handed to Western Bulldogs AFLW captain Katie Brennan.
Brennan will miss the AFLW grand final on Saturday after deciding against taking the matter to the Federal Court, but the star forward has filed proceedings with the Australian Human Rights Commission in a bid to overturn her ban for the 2019 season and also amend the differences between AFL and AFLW regulations.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...ghts-commission-over-ban-20180323-p4z5u3.html
What do you think? Seems excessive IMO and she's just doing it for the attention now. Feel for her teammates.
But the difference in rules is 100% due to salary, not gender.
Hate it when people cry "social justice!" to serve a personal agenda.
Approaching the AFL on behalf of the players union and working on a sensible change to the tribunal process would achieve the same result.Some of you clearly aren't reading the article.
She has accepted that she isn't playing in the grand final. This is a move to ensure this doesn't happen to anyone else in the future, which is shouldn't.
I think it should just be a lesser fine then. If she was fined 1k, instead of the 5k a male would have been, it would have been entirely fair?
When you set rules for a men's competition and rules for a women's competition they don't have have to be the same! That means all rules - on field, off field, tribunal etc.
That's not discrimination. It's laying out particular rules for the particular competition.
AFLW announced certain rules changes - 16 a side, smaller ball, shorter quarters. The tribunal rules are no different to that.
Some of you clearly aren't reading the article.
She has accepted that she isn't playing in the grand final. This is a move to ensure this doesn't happen to anyone else in the future, which is shouldn't.
Some of you clearly aren't reading the article.
She has accepted that she isn't playing in the grand final. This is a move to ensure this doesn't happen to anyone else in the future, which is shouldn't.
So braveThe Bulldogs are such heroes, fighting for equality. Wonderful ethics and just so brave;
However:
1. When she got a reprimand earlier in the season they didn't cry about how they should pay a fine rather than a slap on the wrist or go to the human rights commission for justice for all women
2. When she got suspended from the grand final, they didn't seek justice for all women and go to the human rights commission, they decided to fight the suspension, didn't even mention that paying a fine should be the outcome for fairness
2. When the suspension was confirmed at the tribunal, they didn't seek justice for all women and go to the human rights commission, they again tried to have the suspension quashed on some other basis, again the fine wasn't brought up.
3. Then when this was upheld again on appeal they cry 'poor us' and its an injustice for all women. We wont play her but will do everything for all the women out there as we are the moral police.
Outstanding citizens
I actually hate that rule and think it doesn't achieve what it's set out to do, and also think it is an example of the AFL experimenting too much with the women's game. That said, it's another rule set out before the games started and you can't go to court and demand a throw in if you didn't like the result!I was at the Collingwood v Adelaide AFLW game last Sunday, and ended up around with the Crows Pride Cheersquad - Started talking to a couple of women and one of the 'last possession' out of bounds free kicks was paid. The two started complaining that the rule was s**t and that because the blokes don't do it in AFL, then the women shouldn't. As someone who doesn't entirely hate the rule, I pointed out that the SANFL men's comp have had the same rule for about 3 or so seasons now. It's nothing to do with men v women, but different competitions.
She begrudgingly gave me that point, but then went on to say she didn't like the rule - fair enough if you don't like it, but it's not a men v women thing though
Some technique being employed by both sides on this now.
Quality high ground maneuver:
"To be clear, Katie is not seeking to play tomorrow. She wants her suspension overturned in time in the interests of justice..."
And this headline/link title from the AFL website:
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Now that it's turned into such an embarrassing circus for her and the club and the AFL in general, maybe now they could pull back, sit down with other clubs at the end of the season and if they're all in agreeance, then go to the AFL and change it.
The AFL would fall over themselves to have it changed if that's what the clubs want.