Booing of Gary Ablett

[Pakenhamsaint]

https://www.3aw.com.au/afl-says-it-will-act-if-booing-of-gary-ablett-continues/
Steve Hocking's response is just moronic.

 

[Yidaki]

Who gets to decide what is boo-worthy though? Stephen Milne was booed quite significantly a few years ago (after being charged with a criminal offense), was that wrong? Would it also be wrong to boo Ablett Snr after he killed that girl?

It's a personal preference and if there isn't the desire amongst the crowd to boo, then it's unlikely to catch on. Though the surefire way to make it widespread is to lecture people on it. Without the fuss keeping it in the news, people will get bored eventually and it'll die off fairly quickly.

We don't have to like them as players, we don't have to like them as people, but how (or whether) that is acted on isn't the AFL or the media's business when it's something as universal and basic as booing.

Yeah I can see your point and it's a valid one. It is hard to define the boundary of booing. If the AFL pursue this then it will be to the detriment of the game.

I guess my point is that booing shouldn't really be about ones choice in life (sex, religion etc). That's basically discrimination. But yeah, even it it is, people will still boo about that stuff and it's extremely hard to police. Comments (e.g. racial) are easier to police than the simple vocalisation of a boo.

 

[Messenger]

That’s fine, those players left the club and deserve some booing for leaving a club. The booing of Goodes had nothing to do with that, who the hell knows why Ablett needs to be booed

There’s acceptable booing? You sure? Don’t get caught in the ban.

 

[ep2018]

Like Goodes did, Gaz will get booed to shit now, wet paint syndrome and all that, especially now that the AFL have come out and made a statement.

 

[Back One Out]

Some reasonable points but you’ve contradicted yourself simply by saying that they have the right to their belief but not to share it - in Christianity at least one of the fundamental tenets of the faith is that you are compelled to share the ‘good news’ as it were.

Sorry to break it you mate, but nobody is interested in your preaching of the Lord's word. Just keep it to yourself and people will treat you civilly and they won't roll their eyes & think you're a dumb c***. It's like being a vegan - it's a personal choice - no need to preach or convert or act morally superior to non-believers.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Do we draw and quarter Bachar Houli because he's an islamist?

Well I certainly hope he's not an Islamist!

But if he's off to comfort the victims of terrorism as he did in New Zealand, he needs to be back by tomorrow night.

 

[Yidaki]

Like Goodes did, Gaz will get booed to shit now, wet paint syndrome and all that, especially now that the AFL have come out and made a statement.

Unfortunately you aren't wrong. It's kinda like the whole needle in the strawberry copy cat situation.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Also are you in agreeance with petophiles then. That shit is in keeping with your dim witted views

Imagine linking two dudes boning to predatory behaviour from someone. Degenerates like you belong on a cross

 

[Ron The Bear]

https://www.3aw.com.au/afl-says-it-will-act-if-booing-of-gary-ablett-continues/
Steve Hocking's response is just moronic.

Just concentrate on making the MRO consistent and leave the rules alone, Steve.

By pandering to left-wing interests and admonishing Ablett, they've managed to get their own political preference offside. Is there anything the AFL can't **** up?

 

[Back One Out]

https://www.3aw.com.au/afl-says-it-will-act-if-booing-of-gary-ablett-continues/
Steve Hocking's response is just moronic.

Oh my god

Just when I thought the AFL couldn't get any worse

How about we have a Gary Ablett round and give free entry to everyone who shaves their head bald?

We can have a minute's silence before the game starts while Gill McLachlan gives us a reading of The Lord's Prayer
At half time, the crowd can all hold hands and sing "Onward Christian Soldiers" and "Kumbaye"


Anyone who boos will escorted out of the ground by the AFL Gestapo into waiting vans where they will be transported to the "reprogramming" sheds and subjected to 2 hours of highlights of Ablett, Dangerfield and Selwood staging for free kicks and given electric shocks if they don't applaud & cheer

 

[hawkman]

https://www.3aw.com.au/afl-says-it-will-act-if-booing-of-gary-ablett-continues/
Steve Hocking's response is just moronic.

It is amazing they just don't see that they are going to make it even louder

 

[Back One Out]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[George]

It's absolutely bizarre that the AFL and football media are defending Ablett.

On one hand they talk constantly about making those in the LGBTI community feel welcome at the football, and on the other defending a player who, lets be honest, agrees with Folau's view.

 

[Back One Out]

AFL GM of Football Operations Steve Hocking will contact integrity department & head of social inclusion if booing of Gary Ablett during matches continues in weeks to come.

No......

No......

Not the AFL integrity department & head of social inclusion....

Anything but the AFL integrity department & head of social inclusion....

PLEASE GOD! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

 

[Xtreme]

It is amazing they just don't see that they are going to make it even louder

Exactly and it will be a fitting end if this is Ablett's last season.

 

[PhatBoy]

Sorry to break it you mate, but nobody is interested in your preaching of the Lord's word. Just keep it to yourself and people will treat you civilly and they won't roll their eyes & think you're a dumb c***. It's like being a vegan - it's a personal choice - no need to preach or convert or act morally superior to non-believers.

So why are you on a forum trying to tell others that your opinion is right on this, that and the other subject. Like all of us?

 

[TheCattery2007]

These are some facts.

2008 - Gary Ablett gets booed during Grand Final v Hawks
2009 - 2018 - some other Geelong player gets booed during game (maybe Selwood, Danger, Ablett)
2019 - Gary Ablett gets booed even louder during Round 5 game v Hawks

Why? Can I suggest that Hawthorn supporters think it's ok to boo good players.

Ignore the stuff about some media post or like. I attended the game and the Hawthorn supporters I sat with were (rightly) embarrassed.

Let's call it for what it is. A large number of Hawks supporters think its ok to 'boo'.

If that's what the HFC is about that's ok, just don't try and make it about something that it's not. The 'post' is a red herring.

 

[PhatBoy]

Exactly and it will be a fitting end if this is Ablett's last season.

God you talk like a twat.

How would it be a fitting end to the career of a more clean, skilful, and more decorated player than literally 99.99 per cent of players to ever lace up a boot?

 

[Ron The Bear]

It is amazing they just don't see that they are going to make it even louder

He'll probably be OK down at Geelong v the Eagles, and the media will claim a win for the AFL.

 

[Xtreme]

God you talk like a twat.

How would it be a fitting end to the career of a more clean, skilful, and more decorated player than literally 99.99 per cent of players to ever lace up a boot?

1) He's a flopper and dives for free kicks/umpires pet/protected species
2) He's nothing but a cheap 1-2 chip scab stat peddler
3) His selfish "all about me" attitude
4) Being the worst captain of an AFL club in history...... Joel Selwood is a close second to that by the way
Getting in teammates faces and telling them to block for him, not leading by example.
5) Creating the worst culture at a football club. He's supposed to be a captain and set the standards (both on the ground and off)
6) Signing a deal with the Gold Coast, then conveniently when the richest part of the deal had been completed he had no interested in finishing the rest off
7) Sprouting his religion
8) Showing his true homophobic colours

If anything the events of the past week should see him get booed louder

The prosecution rests!

 

[Starburns_]

Yeah I can see your point and it's a valid one. It is hard to define the boundary of booing. If the AFL pursue this then it will be to the detriment of the game.

I guess my point is that booing shouldn't really be about ones choice in life (sex, religion etc). That's basically discrimination. But yeah, even it it is, people will still boo about that stuff and it's extremely hard to police. Comments (e.g. racial) are easier to police than the simple vocalisation of a boo.

I agree that the consistent booing of an individual is generally in poor taste, it should be proportional to their 'crime', and in most cases like this, it's not.

But it's not the AFL's place either, this needs to play out in its own way, even if that way is someone else in the crowd saying "pipe down, you flog" (which happens for plenty of other things) to anyone around them that tries starting it.

 

[Priddis Is Done]

What a load of crap.

Ablett will be targeted even more as well as the AFL via Ablett.

Of all things, people hate being told what they can and can't do.

We going to have coppers jumping the fence to bludgeon the offenders to death?

#supportthebooh

 

[Carringbush2010]

Well I certainly hope he's not an Islamist!

But if he's off to comfort the victims of terrorism as he did in New Zealand, he needs to be back by tomorrow night.

I'm pretty sure his faith is islam

 

[PhatBoy]

The prosecution rests!

F*** off.

The guy is in his 18th season of league footy and one YouTube clip is your argument. Aside from a bunch of absolute garbage.

Didn’t watch the 35 year old stat ladder torch your mob yesterday?

Those cheap goals from a banana, a hanger, and 55 on the run were pretty cheap I suppose.

Actually maybe considering how shit the players defending him looked, perhaps they were cheap.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I'm pretty sure his faith is islam

Islamist = fundie who supports Islamic rule by force. See "Islamist terrorism".