Willie Rioli "on leave" from Port Adelaide after social media post

[Sassermon]

Are you being deliberately obtuse? Poor form.

It is CLEARLY not about those who are struggling. That's not the rebuke.

It is those who do the wrong thing and then blame mental health.

Not being obtuse at all.
If that was CLEARLY not the rebuke, I'm interested to know what value writing that "the public is getting so over mental health as an excuse" has if you weren't implying that mental health would be an excuse in this scenario. Otherwise, why bring that into the conversation?
And I mean genuinely interested, I'm happy to have the conversation and consider your viewpoint.

 

[CrowToon]

Not being obtuse at all.
If that was CLEARLY not the rebuke, I'm interested to know what value writing that "the public is getting so over mental health as an excuse" has if you weren't implying that mental health would be an excuse in this scenario. Otherwise, why bring that into the conversation?
And I mean genuinely interested, I'm happy to have the conversation and consider your viewpoint.

The club president is on record implying that Willie repeatedly threatening other players is a result of abuse being sent to him about his race. Come on.

 

[CarterS]

Are you being deliberately obtuse? Poor form.

It is CLEARLY not about those who are struggling. That's not the rebuke.

It is those who do the wrong thing and then blame mental health.

 

[jakson68]

The club president is on record implying that Willie repeatedly threatening other players is a result of abuse being sent to him about his race. Come on.

Yes apparently Koch insists that the AFL take into account the apparent racial abuse Willie supposedly gets over the fence.
Strange then that Bobby Hill, Brad Hill, Rankin and the many, many other first nation players, haven't repeatedly threatened other players.
That was such poor form from him, he is an embarrassment of a president and takes us as a community as fools.
Just come out and say Willie messed up, like he has before and as a club we have let him down by not stopping it the first time.
Don't play the victim card, as in this situation, he is not the victim.

 

[Feerits Elf]

Are you being deliberately obtuse? Poor form.

It is CLEARLY not about those who are struggling. That's not the rebuke.

It is those who do the wrong thing and then blame mental health.

 

[Broadside]

Port has reached out to Luke Sayers. He has experience dealing with Willie posting on social media.

 

[DamoESP]

The 4:30 press conference they were having to address the Willie Rioli

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situation is running a tad late....

EDIT: It finally starts, audio lasted 15 seconds then cut out as he said there was an ongoing investigation lol
Edit 2: now the audio is back after about 4 minutes, so missed everything that was said lol

 

[Expensive_Horse5538]

The 4:30 press conference they were having to address the Willie Rioli situation is running a tad late....

Might be a suggestion that something is going down behind close doors
Edit - Never mind has now started

 

[Gavin Excell]

Kochie is a flog.

Of this we can all agree

 

[Expensive_Horse5538]

AFL is finalising their investigation, and the club will find out more tomorrow.

AFL have met with both Willie Rioli

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and Port Adelaide football boss Chris Davies - Davies, who gave the press conference, did not go into the specifics of what was spoken

 

[CarterS]

How can we "educate ourselves" about what he's going through as this Port employee is suggesting, if they won't tell us anything about what it is?

 

[ferball]

What would be your views on a racial comment and severity of sentence? Apologies and leave it at that?

Its nothing like threatening violence on field.

The text ... who knows what the actual context is. Either way I don't care. This whole beat up is just so pearl clutching Gerald Whately wannabes have something to cry about this week.

 

[ferball]

The club president is on record implying that Willie repeatedly threatening other players is a result of abuse being sent to him about his race. Come on.

Is that surprising?

 

[DamoESP]

How can we "educate ourselves" about what he's going through as this Port employee is suggesting, if they won't tell us anything about what it is?

Its clearly not racist comments being said to him, because the AFL and Port would be all over it like a rash if it was.

 

[DamoESP]

Wait up...did he just say that Port only found out about the Bailey Dale

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incident via the media, when it was reported that the Clubs had spoken about it already?

 

[Polly]

Wow, that was farcical from Port Adelaide. What a bunch of apologists.

 

[Randomizor]

Rioli makes the average AFL player look like Einstein. What a ****ing moron.

 

[apollo_creed]

Is that surprising?

Yes. So it’s ok to send death threats to a random person with no consequence.

 

[CarterS]

Weird way to end the stream there. They bloke said he's struggling and it all just cut off?

 

[DirtySandman]

AFL upset clubs are holding back reporting incidents to them.

“ if anyone is covering stuff up, it should be us”

 

[darcytiger]

Rioli makes the average AFL player look like Einstein. What a ****ing moron.

Yellow Gatorade, the scientists who are looking for mmols of trace elements will never suspect that this isn’t piss.

I’m suspended on a drug ban, might just take some weed on a plane…

 

[HirdsTheWord]

guy needs to delete his insta.

the stupidity of this bloke is amazing.

 

[kirky]

Its clearly not racist comments being said to him, because the AFL and Port would be all over it like a rash if it was.

Well he has a rap sheet - drug sample tampering and carrying drugs at an airport.

No need to worry about doing racist comments.

He has to be accountable for his actions, there are consequences.

And Chris Davies - you were told about the Geelong incident and you did nothing. And therefore you implicitly endorsed his actions and here we are.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Well he has a rap sheet - drug sample tampering and carrying drugs at an airport.

No need to worry about doing racist comments.

He has to be accountable for his actions, there are consequences.

And Chris Davies - you were told about the Geelong incident and you did nothing. And therefore you implicitly endorsed his actions and here we are.

Good point. Should Davies be made to resign?
Didn't nip the behaviour in the bud, now there's 3 incidents, two of which the AFL didn't know about and are furious they're being given the blame.

 

[kirky]

Good point. Should Davies be made to resign?
Didn't nip the behaviour in the bud, now there's 3 incidents, two of which the AFL didn't know about and are furious they're being given the blame.

Given you live in Victoria, you don’t understand what sort of individual Chris Davies is. He is a grub. I doubt he will ever be considered for AFL House positions.