Found this little gem re the 2009 AFMA (Flog Barrett's first Alf Brown, ffs what a joke!):
Herald Sun journalist Damian Barrett won the prestigious Alf Brown award for best performer in Australian footy media.
Channel Nine's John 'Sam' Newman was among four people inducted into the AFMA Hall Of Fame and delivered what some would describe as a bizarre acceptance speech while others labeled it as nothing more than vintage 'Sammy'.
Newman indicated he might have preferred being at Beyonce Knowles' Melbourne gig rather than the AFMA awards and appeared to make light of the media's role in footy.
After a free-wheeling speech where he accused many people in footy media of not being 'themselves' he was light-heartedly told to 'get off' by Channel 7 boss Ian Johnson, sitting in the front table.
Newman proceeded to say into the microphone 'get f----d' before leaving the stage.
AFMA spokesman Mike Sheahan later made it clear he was unimpressed with what he perceived to be Newman's disregard for the Hall Of Fame award, saying: "Sam told me a week or so ago he would be honoured to accept this award. I think he told me a fib."
So how many times now has Sam now rained on Purple's parade? Answer: Not enough.