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If he's calling him a flog... big deal. Not exactly covering yourself in glory by screeching at an umpire, but it's hardly worth being thrown out for.

If he's calling him a **** or worse.. on your bike, son. That language doesn't fly any more.

What if he took offence to you calling him son? Then what? Calling someone son who is not your son doesn't fly anymore and maybe viewed as sexist.

(This is all sarcasm btw- don't take this seriously)
 
The AFL is skating on thin ice with fans now.

I hope fans start protesting. A few walkouts mid game should do the trick.

Playing a risky game when you are messing with the dirty masses bread and circuses

the booing of Goodes and Ablett must have pissed off someone influential. Lets see where the rabbit hole leads
 

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Just heard on 3aw.

Fan goes to Matthew Nicholls “you can’t handball with one hand you bald headed flog”. Nicholls then pointed at the fan and security escorted him out of the stadium.

That is ******* ridiculous. AFL is fast losing the plot with this sort of stuff. Love how they quickly escort this Blues fan out. Yet anytime there’s a fight it takes ages for action.
Hehe.

Flog.
 
I’m glad he got thrown out. The umpires are trying to do their job to the best of their ability with the direction they are given. It is hard enough as it is. It’s no wonder why many don’t want to umpire. What a malicious disrespectful comment. Can people really not watch footy without insults!?? He should lose his membership too if Blues were serious about what represents the club. Well done to Nicholls for not taking any of the fans crap! I hope more follow suit!
Boooooooooooo....
 
It needs to be co-ordinated so that it gets noticed. I'm a **** organiser, but willing to help.
Be it for umpiring (Inc score reviews), boos or even say overboard food prices....

Wanna get shit changed..... Start costing them money.
 
What a joke, welcome to Nazi AFL where only sanitised PG rated comments are allowed.

Soon they will have a list of alternative comments you can make...

"Nice throw in umpire (sarcastically), couldnt you do better?"

Farcical sh*t, fu*k this sport entertainment product.

Good to see this as the 4th post in the discussion
 

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Be it for umpiring (Inc score reviews), boos or even say overboard food prices....

Wanna get **** changed..... Start costing them money.

Wrote to my club explaining that I wouldn't be attending Dreamtime unless the club took the dismissed Soldo appeal further and offered to contribute financially if it meant going down the legal path. Acknowledged that I didn't expect the club to care one way or the other if I attended because I'm just one of 100K members and we'd have plenty of support at the ground anyway. Didn't hear back and watched it at a mate's place.
 
It needs to be co-ordinated so that it gets noticed. I'm a **** organiser, but willing to help.
I'm sure getting the cheersquads in on it would be a massive help in sending the message.

I think back to when the A-League went silly on cracking down on the active area behaviour a few years ago. The active area supporters walked and made the A-League look silly.
 
I'm sure getting the cheersquads in on it would be a massive help in sending the message.

I think back to when the A-League went silly on cracking down on the active area behaviour a few years ago. The active area supporters walked and made the A-League look silly.

The Carlton cheersquad would have to write to the club and ask permission if a protest would be acceptable under the correct social decorum policy

to be a carlton cheersquad member is a privilege, not a right
 
I'm sure getting the cheersquads in on it would be a massive help in sending the message.

The cheer squads are hamstrung. They're under the auspices of the club and if they play up, the club gets punished.

Has to come from the common man in the outer. Whether via a fan-declared Booing Round or in some other form.
 

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punished how? docking of premiership points?

I doubt it

It might be as simple as failing to provide reserved seats for the cheer squad at the next home game, or giving them restricted viewing, or pulling their finals eligibility. Or it might be something that directly impacts the club's football operations.

You saw what they did to Sydney when they upset the AFL's Buddy plans. They are "dealmakers" by nature; plenty of blackmailing goes on behind the scenes. True Machiavellian bastards.
 
Its weird to see a sporting organisation so totally at odds and out of touch with its fan base.

I would have thought it was pretty obvious that a league which is exclusively funded by fan engagement will try and deliver fans what they want and maximise their enjoyment.

Instead Gil's AFL seem to think their fan base exists to be lectured, preached to, patronized and chivvied along with whatever PC cause is flavor of the month this week. At the end of the day this will hurt fan numbers, because we go to the football to have fun and all that shit simply isn't much fun.

No sensible person is going to condone violent, racist or anti gay behaviour in the crowd, but except for that, can the AFL just leave the crowds alone? I go to the football to switch off, yell at whatever is happening on field and enjoy myself, not to worship whatever sacred cow the AFL wants us to genuflect in front of that week.
 
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It might be as simple as failing to provide reserved seats for the cheer squad at the next home game, or giving them restricted viewing, or pulling their finals eligibility. Or it might be something that directly impacts the club's football operations.

You saw what they did to Sydney when they upset the AFL's Buddy plans. They are "dealmakers" by nature; plenty of blackmailing goes on behind the scenes. True Machiavellian bastards.

a) That would be pretty sad wouldnt it

b) the money lost should eventually come back and balance out under equalization policies long term
 

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