Past #26: Tarryn Thomas [Part III] - [C.Twomey] AFL rules TT is eligible to play in all competitions as of 14 October

[the big lebowski]

I hate the term Racist Dog. It is an absolute insult to dogs to label them in correlation with racists. I prefer Racist Flog. I will call out racism every time. Does that make me a racist?

You like to generalise based on race so yeah?

 

[The Dougster]

Nah, seriously

When do we find out what’s happening with this young man’s career?

 

[danj]

You like to generalise based on race so yeah?

He is clearly on a race to the bottom but North and TT are on a race to the top PS this is the only race that I’m interested in

 

[South of the Yarra]

You like to generalise based on race so yeah?

Nice work.Not once have I ever generalised on race. I always comment about how many good people there are out there and how far we have come with racism. I continually comment how many good people there are in big footy. I thought better of you as a poster.

 

[The Y Factor]

It is almost always "keep politics that I don't agree with out of sport" as these same people are usually perfectly happy when the AFL celebrates causes that they agree with.

And when it comes to Tarryn Thomas, and especially given his stance on Treaty, when posters demand that discussion be taken to another thread (and not the Tarryn thread FFS) and they complain to moderators and moderators start deleting posts discussing Tarryn's personal political beliefs, then those moderators are actively silencing Tarryn and indigenous voices. That's a massive political stance from moderators.

I think the issue is that it seems as though every thread is clogged with some political or non-thread related posting which become side conversations you don’t understand

Your example might be an example of an exception but it’s getting caught in a broader issue.

I don’t think any of these discussions need deleting but put in the right threads.

Sometimes as you point out the politics and the football are hard to seperate and may not need to be

 

[The Filth Wizard]

I think the issue is that it seems as though every thread is clogged with some political or non-thread related posting which become side conversations you don’t understand

Your example might be an example of an exception but it’s getting caught in a broader issue.

I don’t think any of these discussions need deleting but put in the right threads.

Sometimes as you point out the politics and the football are hard to seperate and may not need to be

Clogged is a good word. Just fwiw, the discussions aren’t being deleted, what is being removed is aggression and abuse and occasionally that tendrils out into decent points being lost because they are in a chain that started in the wrong place. Mods aren’t here to file every post into the right slot, we’re just here to ensure the site rules are enforced to the best of our ability at a given moment.

 

[Del191229]

Nah, seriously

When do we find out what’s happening with this young man’s career?

The lack of transparency on the AFL process is stunning.

 

[Del191229]

I just was hoping that I could read more about football and not this inane s**t that is off topic and cluttering the thread.

You can't read more about Tarryn playing football because he's currently stood down.

I wish we could read about his training form too, but we can't.

Why's he stood down?

Because some form of anonymous complaint has been made to a quasi-judicial system run by the AFL about Tarryn apparently violating a "respect and responsibility" code.

I get that for the vast majority of people "politics" is something you do reluctantly once every few years at an election.

But fundamentally the reason you can't read about Tarryn and footy is because the AFL has made a series of political choices where they grant themselves more power than the cops and can prevent people from working if they deem players have done something that's, for want of a better term, "politically incorrect".

People want to discuss that here, on Tarryn's thread, because it is literally politics that's preventing Tarryn from training and us having his footy to discuss right now.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

You can't read more about Tarryn playing football because he's currently stood down.

I wish we could read about his training form too, but we can't.

Why's he stood down?

Because some form of anonymous complaint has been made to a quasi-judicial system run by the AFL about Tarryn apparently violating a "respect and responsibility" code.

I get that for the vast majority of people "politics" is something you do reluctantly once every few years at an election.

But fundamentally the reason you can't read about Tarryn and footy is because the AFL has made a series of political choices where they grant themselves more power than the cops and can prevent people from working if they deem players have done something that's, for want of a better term, "politically incorrect".

People want to discuss that here, on Tarryn's thread, because it is literally politics that's preventing Tarryn from training and us having his footy to discuss right now.

This is probably a response for two weeks ago but have we ever said he was stood down? I always thought he was (conveniently perhaps) on the injury list.

 

[Del191229]

This is probably a response for two weeks ago but have we ever said he was stood down? I always thought he was (conveniently perhaps) on the injury list.

We haven't issued a formal stand down statement to members like we did last year.

He appears to have been told to keep away from training (he's not in main training anyway) but that is probably about preventing a Lizzie Moss incident and not distracting teammates.

 

[DesertRoo]

So like um, how long was dusty stood down for threatening to stab a a journo in the face with chopsticks?

 

[Roosurgence]

I think the issue is that it seems as though every thread is clogged with some political or non-thread related posting which become side conversations you don’t understand

Your example might be an example of an exception but it’s getting caught in a broader issue.

I don’t think any of these discussions need deleting but put in the right threads.

Sometimes as you point out the politics and the football are hard to seperate and may not need to be

Clogged is an understatement.

I have seen more posts on racism and Australia Day than on the status of the investigation.

 

[Del191229]

So like um, how long was dusty stood down for threatening to kill a journo with chopsticks?

He didn't threaten to kill a journo lol, just a punter.

 

[DesertRoo]

He didn't threaten to kill a journo lol, just a punter.

Edited

 

[Del191229]

Clogged is an understatement.

I have seen more posts on racism and Australia Day than on the status of the investigation.

That's because we don't know ffs, its not like we don't want to talk about it.

 

[Roosurgence]

That's because we don't know ffs, its not like we don't want to talk about it.

Thanks for clarifying.

I thought I might have missed it amongst the multitude of off topic posts

 

[Del191229]

Edited

Can't see, but did find this gold, which reminds us why Richmond were wise to stick with Dusty who was far worse than Tarryn when he was young:

Martin, who started summer training late last month after a long off-season spent largely with Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan, will now face the club's leaders over the indiscretion.

It was in the middle of 2012 Martin was suspended for two weeks after missing training in an incident that saw former Tiger Daniel Connors – who had a list of prior off-field issues to his name - sacked.

Dustin Martin 'deeply embarrassed' after drunken night and chopstick threat

Tiger apologises after threatening a woman with a chopstick

www.afl.com.au

Dustin Martin = shit trainer.

 

[DesertRoo]

Can't see, but did find this gold, which reminds us why Richmond were wise to stick with Dusty who was far worse than Tarryn when he was young:

Dustin Martin 'deeply embarrassed' after drunken night and chopstick threat

Tiger apologises after threatening a woman with a chopstick

www.afl.com.au

Dustin Martin = s**t trainer.

Do we trust Caros sources?

Caroline Wilson has reported on Channel Nine's Footy Classified that Dustin Martin will not be suspended by the club or the AFL, meaning he will not miss any 2016 home and away matches.

The AFL investigation was completed last week and found he had no case to answer, with an official statement on the matter to be released either Thursday or Friday this week,

Development in Dustin Martin chopstick saga

There has been a development in the Dustin Martin chopstick saga.

www.zerohanger.com

 

[Del191229]

Thanks for clarifying.

I thought I might have missed it amongst the multitude of off topic posts

Yes, agree there's every chance you'd have missed the important parts of the discussion.

 

[Del191229]

Do we trust Caros sources?

Caroline Wilson has reported on Channel Nine's Footy Classified that Dustin Martin will not be suspended by the club or the AFL, meaning he will not miss any 2016 home and away matches.

The AFL investigation was completed last week and found he had no case to answer, with an official statement on the matter to be released either Thursday or Friday this week,

Development in Dustin Martin chopstick saga

There has been a development in the Dustin Martin chopstick saga.

www.zerohanger.com

I think that's how it ended up playing out.

I think Tarryn has the talent to be a De Goey/Dusty style finals gun that wins flags.

He's basically following their career paths so far - remember when Dusty toured GWS lol?

How close De Goey came to joining St Kilda?

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Why the heck is this investigation dragging on so long for? So much for integrity.

 

[Del191229]

Why the heck is this investigation dragging on so long for? So much for integrity.

Ahhh, because its far more about the political lens than anything else.

The AFL managing the optics.

Tarryn clearly hasn't been accused of anything reaching a criminal level, nor apparently are we so concerned that we've stood him down.

That doesn't mean its good news - every chance the AFL decides to make an example of him with a suspension.

As a warning to players who do far worse at big clubs.

 

[speedy]

Why the heck is this investigation dragging on so long for? So much for integrity.

Waiting for a big news day so they can sneak his suspension through without having to answer to the validity of the punishment.

 

[DesertRoo]

Ahhh, because its far more about the political lens than anything else.

The AFL managing the optics.

Tarryn clearly hasn't been accused of anything reaching a criminal level, nor apparently are we so concerned that we've stood him down.

That doesn't mean its good news - every chance the AFL decides to make an example of him with a suspension.

As a warning to players who do far worse at big clubs.

You really think it would be wise to make an example out of a young aboriginal male? When you’ve given hall passes for similar behaviour to young white kids.

Especially in todays environment, after they gave support to the voice, even our coach is currently headed to the hrc.

Surely the afl can’t be that dumb..

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

This is probably a response for two weeks ago but have we ever said he was stood down? I always thought he was (conveniently perhaps) on the injury list.

Players on the injured list have tended to run laps or do exercises or drills within the precinct (LaTrobe previously, Arden St now). I saw Tarryn on site at LaTrobe prior to this latest issue emerging even though his rehab program kept him away from the main group. However, once the story broke, he was nowhere to be seen.