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Don't think he has big footy m8

Did the Royal Commission look much into VFL and similar high profile sports? The common theme in all of those was the abuse of power - VFL players were often hed in higher regard than perhaps they should simply because they were footy players. Meant they probably got away with a bit. This, the...

Sledging a man over crying is a bit lame I recon, it shows a real difference in emotional intelligence/maturity between the two. It is 2024, not 1974.

Well that's fine, but I don't understand what being gay has to with being bad for families? All sounds a bit ScoMo to me. This thread is about criticism of homophobia, not being gay. As bad as problem gambling, advertising to kids etc is, gambling itself is not inherently bad. Homophobia is

What in God's name are you on about?

FTFY.

Betting here and there on occasion is ok. Homophobia here and there on occasion is not.

No that's not it - it's more about the act being a cynical way of ingratiating yourself with powerful people in order to advance oneself. That's what I meant there.

I don't know for sure but I imagine it would just provide a more in-depth understanding of the past hurt, the ongoing damage this sort of thing can have, and the power that high profile sportspeople have and why their attitudes matter even more.

I think with one, you can argue a case that it is pejorative in a non-homophobic sense, more along the lines of "arse kisser" that can be applied to anybody regardless of gender or sexuality. Of course it can also be homophobic, and my wager on Clarko's use of it is in that category. The other...

I think it is just a case of them upholding their values.

Good point - we should all start regularly calling each other f*****s and n****s so we are ready for any foreign invasion.

Probably time to remove the rumour tag from the the thread title.

Good question. I would say the reason for the discrepancy in punishments would be more along the lines of "you should know better" kind of thing - the AFL are a lot further down the path of understanding with racial inclusiveness than they are with LGBTI inclusiveness.

It's a fair question, I'd say one place the AFL could start would be the Protected Categories in the workplace discrimination legislation. Would be interesting though, because things like age-related remarks would be included here. I guess the best approach is, when in doubt, don't be an arse...

So it seems the only inconsistent thing in all of this was the Clarko punishment.

Back in time for the Showdown. Surely just a coincidence

and we wonder why no AFL player has come out yet.

Them being "pressed too closely for sound arguments"

Yep. Whenever someone says "End of Story" you know this is what is really going on.

Yeah, and he has form. JF as far as I know - first offence and showed immediate contrition.

This part I would dispute, but it would be a more hidden, passive discrimination. But I'm not here to derail the thread, and I think we agree on the basics here. Attitudes have changed relatively quickly, I think of some of the comedy albums I have from the nineties and know you wouldn't get...

They shouldn't be, but Toump Ass 's point is that it is not on the same level as homophobia, due to the historical (and ongoing mind you) HATE, legal discrimination and violence associated.

My point was more about what the "authorised person" accesses. I mean s**t, show the phone, don't show the phone: they could still convey outside info. Legit question I would say.

So the AFL have access to logs of the permitted phones?

Collingwood got fined for something like this so maybe that's bullshit?

Other way around. A bookmaker (or punter for that matter) could send him a message instructing him to not kick any more goals, to make sure he gives one off to Parfitt, random s**t like that.

Was pretty funny tho....

I think they are more referring to the supply chain...

Surely he doesn't play.