Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 11

[edgie]

Isn't there a section about religious vilification along with sexual and racial ones in the AFL? Seems odd the crowd can get away with behavior the players can't on the field in one specific instance.


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[Waspy79]

Opinion: AFL suggests 'Boo Ban' after Ablett, Pendlebury incidents, but would it make a difference to fans?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-...blett-afl-booing-folau-richard-hinds/11046298

 

[Grave Danger]

Have Your ABC condemned the booing of Ablett...?

 

[JAlexG]

Yep, the world is officially ****ed.

 

[Harlott]

And there was no way any media was going to call him out given the PC world we live it.
Look at Betts, he's copped as much as Goodes but handled it with class. One is a shit campaigner the other a champion of the game.

Ha ha the media PC? There were debates about his calling out the girl and the spear throwing reaction.

 

[PAFC66]

Rubbish!
The first thing most people know about Australian politics is that the people are pretty racist and we killed all the aborigines.
Never, ever has Australia been considered PC.

You've obviously never been to the U.S or Europe then... People here may be racist (no less than any other country by the way) but our media are as PC as they come. More so than any other country I've been too. Living in the states and UK we take the cake. We make stories out of nothing because we are a small country with no news. it's embarrassing.

 

[PowerBaz]

Opinion: AFL suggests 'Boo Ban' after Ablett, Pendlebury incidents, but would it make a difference to fans?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-...blett-afl-booing-folau-richard-hinds/11046298

Fix the umpiring and get less boos

 

[PAFC66]

Fix the umpiring and get less boos

The whole organisation is a joke as well. The moment the media call out bad umpiring they get spoken to by the mafia bosses in charge.

 

[Willsy10]

There is a significant difference between booing a bad call from an umpire, booing a player that has changed teams, or booing a player having a shot for goal over booing during an Anzac presentation or booing someone with discriminatory motivation.

To suggest booing during an Anzac presentation is a good show of footy tribalism is one of the more odd majority views i've ever seen on this board.

 

[chiwigi]

You've obviously never been to the U.S or Europe then... People here may be racist (no less than any other country by the way) but our media are as PC as they come. More so than any other country I've been too. Living in the states and UK we take the cake. We make stories out of nothing because we are a small country with no news. it's embarrassing.

I’m from Europe and have literally just returned from the US last week.

You must be hanging out with some right wing nut jobs.

The overwhelming view of Australia overseas regarding race is Howard’s boat people policy and aborigines.

The only people who think Australia is PC in anyway are the gun nuts, from your last post it seems that you are talking about YOUR perception of Australia after visiting other countries.

 

[PowerBaz]

AFL spends all summer introducing 78 new rules.... then wonders why umps get booed.

How about get the fundamentals correct like holding the ball, ducking into tackles.

 

[PAFC66]

I’m from Europe and have literally just returned from the US last week.

You must be hanging out with some right wing nut jobs.

The overwhelming view of Australia overseas regarding race is Howard’s boat people policy and aborigines.

The only people who think Australia is PC in anyway are the gun nuts, from your last post it seems that you are talking about YOUR perception of Australia after visiting other countries.

And I'm guessing you're a left wing not job. Might as well talk about my experiences to a slab of concrete. I lived in Portland and Seattle by the way, hardly right wing there. Media making stories of the situation yesterday rather then talking about the game of the year, it's no wonder people do sway right at times.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

There is a significant difference between booing a bad call from an umpire, booing a player that has changed teams, or booing a player having a shot for goal over booing during an Anzac presentation or booing someone with discriminatory motivation.

To suggest booing during an Anzac presentation is a good show of footy tribalism is one of the more odd majority views i've ever seen on this board.

There is a massive difference between saying "those people are dickheads and I disagree with them", and saying "those people need to stop booing and we need to crack down on it"

Would I boo Pendles ever? No. Do others have the right to boo him? Absolutely.

 

[PAFC66]

The thing that pisses me off is the highlights package from yesterday's game should be the talking point, it had everything and the first thing our media does is whinge about something like booing. Thats Australian media in a nutshell. The crowd were clearly emotional , it was a mob like mentality like every big crowd that yells out holding the ball or boos for nothing .. nobody was booing war veterans , they were booing the incompetent umpiring from start to finish that for one reason or another the media won't call out themselves.

 

[ifitaintboak]

Lol at Buckley, the man who wiped his blood on an opponent so they'd be sent off for the blood rule, being the arbiter of what is and isn't shameful.

 

[PAFC66]

AFL spends all summer introducing 78 new rules.... then wonders why umps get booed.

How about get the fundamentals correct like holding the ball, ducking into tackles.

I agree about the ducking but at some point a player standing up has to bend over and pick up the ball. You can't yell out he ducked in that situation.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I have to go the SCG tomorrow night and boo Mathew Nicks. According to the Daily Telegraph he worked for the crows for 8 years while we were paying him!

 

[Nemisis]

There is a significant difference between booing a bad call from an umpire, booing a player that has changed teams, or booing a player having a shot for goal over booing during an Anzac presentation or booing someone with discriminatory motivation.

To suggest booing during an Anzac presentation is a good show of footy tribalism is one of the more odd majority views i've ever seen on this board.

The AFL have blatantly and pathetically cashed in on ANZAC Day. Remembrance of fallen soldiers should be separated from footy. The AFL has made its bed...

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Yeah if you don't want booing on Anzac Day don't play football on Anzac Day.

 

[PAFC66]

Yeah if you don't want booing on Anzac Day don't play football on Anzac Day.

Exactly!

 

[Harlott]

And I'm guessing you're a left wing not job. Might as well talk about my experiences to a slab of concrete. I lived in Portland and Seattle by the way, hardly right wing there. Media making stories of the situation yesterday rather then talking about the game of the year, it's no wonder people do sway right at times.

Not sure what right or left has to do with it. Media is interested in making money I'd suggest. As if they give a **** whether they're being PC.

 

[PAFC66]

Not sure what right or left has to do with it. Media is interested in making money I'd suggest. As if they give a **** whether they're being PC.

I didn't bring it up. Was quoting a previous poster.

You're right though. PC articles incite a reaction and debate which sells.

 

[Power Girl]

I think having the medal presented straight after a close game with some questionable umpiring decisions is always going to have an emotion charged reaction.

If you want people to behave appropriately then don't have it at the end of a passionate footy game.

I'm amazed that approx. 80,000 people can stand silently during the minute of silence. That is more remarkable that some dickhead doesn't spoil that. But they don't focus on that.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

They should get Ross Glendinning to present the medal each year.

That’ll keep everyone happy

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I think having the medal presented straight after a close game with some questionable umpiring decisions is always going to have an emotion charged reaction.

If you want people to behave appropriately then don't have it at the end of a passionate footy game.

I'm amazed that approx. 80,000 people can stand silently during the minute of silence. That is more remarkable that some dickhead doesn't spoil that. But they don't focus on that.

They did. Very much so.

Then all the dickheads shut up or ****ed off or both.