Matt Rendell...

[Ron The Bear]

Re: Matt Rendall...

Ignorance is bliss for people who can't see that Rendell made an error at all. That's Australia!

The only mistake I can see was having a personality. Good on you for supporting the underdog though. Here's to corporate frame-ups.

 

[Bennett.]

Just caught some grabs of the interview. I want to punch the shit out of vinegar-**** wilson

 

[The King!]

Demetiou On the couch speaking on the issue sounds like the band camp chick off american pie.


This is the most annoying beat up ever, who cares, mentioning a topic aroud race does not make you a racist.

 

[Bennett.]

and that Ali guy is obviously Arabic and they get offended at everything *racist*

 

[Shadow Hunter]

My opinion he ain't racist, sad that he is being branded that way, he is passionate and thats not a crime, what a joke they have put him through this.

 

[King Elvis]

1. AFL employs brother of high profile business man
2. AFL negotiates sponsorship deal on indigenous program with organization lead by said business man
3. Rendell incident threatens sponsorship
4. Rendell is sacked in part based on offence taken by business man's brother to Rendell's comments...offence which wasn't apparent to Rendell during the lengthy conversation with his friend and former team mate

AFL - keeping it classy

That association adds an entirely new angle to it.

 

[TAITA]

Can someone explain to me why Australia Post needs to sponsor anything?

It's not as if they have any competition.

 

[SlainteO'Hailpin]

Come the end of the day MR will have received a huge amount of support from footy fans around the nation.

Demitritool will still be despised by most.

 

[RegHickeyStand]

His apology was qualified - "I'll say sorry...if people are offended by that comment." Clearly directed at Mifsud and Whatshisface. He appeared genuinely staggered at the suggestion they were offended. But you have to laugh at the deflection that opens the HS article - "Former Adelaide recruiting boss Matthew Rendell has denied he is a racist and apologised for his comments." Report the real story you pricks.

That's what I meant. He should not have made any apology. He should have said he had ironed it out privately with Mifsud and that was all there was.

Now the AFL corporate media is yelling "Rendell apologizes!"

Give 'em an inch.

 

[Ron The Bear]

That's what I meant. He should not have made any apology. He should have said he had ironed it out privately with Mifsud and that was all there was.

Now the AFL corporate media is yelling "Rendell apologizes!"

Give 'em an inch.

You obviously saw it, he wasn't in a calm enough state of mind to provide a cohesive account of events. He felt compelled to answer the question, even though it bewildered him.

It seemed Rendell's decision not to fight the injustice was influenced by the fact he'd already entertained thoughts of leaving the game. This point was largely lost due to his tendency to ramble, though.

 

[King Elvis]

Can someone explain to me why Australia Post needs to sponsor anything?

It's not as if they have any competition.

Perks.

 

[mysainters]

Can someone explain to me why Australia Post needs to sponsor anything?

It's not as if they have any competition.

Random, but interesting question.

 

[gPhonque]

Amazing.

 

[Plugger35]

Ignorance is bliss for people who can't see that Rendell made an error at all. That's Australia!

His only error was to trust people in the AFL and believe that he could speak honestly to them without his comments being taken out of context, made public and then be used against him to boot him out of the AFL industry.

Demetriou and his minions at the AFL made a far bigger error by making a scapegoat of Rendell when they failed to find out or understand the proper context the comments were made in. They haven't paid the price for their error with their jobs though, only Rendell has and the irony is that Rendell was actually trying to help the AFL by suggesting a solution to the problems associated with drafting indigenous players.

Unfortunately it looks like Demetriou and the AFL will get away with this because it seems that no one in the media, barring perhaps Grant Thomas, has the guts to put the heat on them and ask the hard questions.

 

[mantis]

and that Ali guy is obviously Arabic and they get offended at everything *racist*

OH dear.

 

[SPREWELL]

His only error was to trust people in the AFL and believe that he could speak honestly to them without his comments being taken out of context, made public and then be used against him to boot him out of the AFL industry.

Demetriou and his minions at the AFL made a far bigger error by making a scapegoat of Rendell when they failed to find out or understand the proper context the comments were made in. They haven't paid the price for their error with their jobs though, only Rendell has and the irony is that Rendell was actually trying to help the AFL by suggesting a solution to the problems associated with drafting indigenous players.

Unfortunately it looks like Demetriou and the AFL will get away with this because it seems that no one in the media, barring perhaps Grant Thomas, has the guts to put the heat on them and ask the hard questions.

An absolutely spot on synopsis

 

[SugarHealey]

Re: Matt Rendall...

sounds like his comment was a throw away line referring to what might happen unless young aboriginal players are better prepared for afl, rather than a policy he actively employs in recruiting.

caro is amazingly stupid.

I just hope that Caro isn't towing the Head Office line.
I don't agree with her tone at all.

And can't believe that she really thinks like that. It's just NOT her style.

Vlad, come clean, admit you made a mistake & reinstate Rendell...

Before all hell breaks loose against you.

 

[King Elvis]

OH dear.

Wooshed straight over your head?

 

[mantis]

Wooshed straight over your head?

Nice try, but his previous posts prove he is on Rendells side & not taking the piss.

 

[dmc333]

Can someone explain to me why Australia Post needs to sponsor anything?

It's not as if they have any competition.

How else can Ahmed bignote himself without corporate partners his business doesn't actually need?

He was considered a massive doucher at NAB. His form continues on.

 

[Mattrox]

Re: Matt Rendall...

Rendell. Racist. Didn't apologise. Simple. It may the only thing you can understand. No smiley this face, just the solemn of silence of human depravity at it's best.

You don't really want us to swallow that Matt Rendell is infact racist after people who have dealt with him know for a fact he isn't and have come out and supportted him.... Are actually asserting that Andrew McLeod and Mark Bickley are liars?

Now no matter what salient points you might have raised, you have infact discredited yourself. You are a troll or have an extremely simplistic view point. Either way most people will take no heed to anything else you say on the matter.

 

[Filthy Fielke]

and that Ali guy is obviously Arabic and they get offended at everything *racist*

This is just... good lord you probably don't see it do you?

Or did I just go for the bait?

 

[Brasher]

His only error was to trust people in the AFL and believe that he could speak honestly to them without his comments being taken out of context, made public and then be used against him to boot him out of the AFL industry.

Demetriou and his minions at the AFL made a far bigger error by making a scapegoat of Rendell when they failed to find out or understand the proper context the comments were made in. They haven't paid the price for their error with their jobs though, only Rendell has and the irony is that Rendell was actually trying to help the AFL by suggesting a solution to the problems associated with drafting indigenous players.

Unfortunately it looks like Demetriou and the AFL will get away with this because it seems that no one in the media, barring perhaps Grant Thomas, has the guts to put the heat on them and ask the hard questions.

This!

I hope, but highly doubt, Demetriou is a student of history. Then he would understand that racism is defeated by acts of defiance, often by people who hold a view contrary to the norm (many of these actions occured long before terms like politcial correctness were even coined). In Rendell's ham-fisted, non politically correct way I think he was trying to do exactly that.

I hope for the AFL's sake that Demetriou was genuinely appalled at Rendell's comments and has simply over-reacted because the alternative is that in the name of corporate image and political correctness he has just ended a bloke's career without trial, explanation or recourse.

 

[herecomesbilly]

Can someone explain to me why Australia Post needs to sponsor anything?

It's not as if they have any competition.

ap is now basically a government parcel delivery buisness that makes up about 99% of ap profit. ap handed the fed government 300 mill last financial year despite losing millions on mail delivery hence the reason for advertising, parcel/freight delivery is a competitive market.

 

[Mattrox]

Re: Matt Rendall...

I'm one of those bleeding heart do-gooder inner city elite pc types.

I've also lived on remote Aboriginal communities, managed shops in Redfern and Alice with predominantly Indigenous customers, count many Aborigines as my close friends and I'm writing a thesis on ethnic identity.

The comment as originally reported in the media was a text book example of racism, and I literally felt sick when I read about it, not least because it was from my club.

However, it seems to me from Rendell's explanation that the comment was purposefully so because he was presenting a possible future scenario where recruiters would make such racist decisions. Although it was somewhat hyperbolic, the point was that we could end up in a situation where recruiters make blanket and unjust assumptions about potential players based on nothing more than their heritage. And that would be, according to Rendell, a terrible thing.

All of this rubbish about his body language, tone and fidgeting can just as logically be explained by his nervous indignation at not only being taken out of context, but also being accused of something that he abhors: racism. To infer that he is a racist using such ambiguous evidence is extraordinarily unfair, and is the reason why polygraphs are not reliable.

Furthermore, his recruiting record and the support he's received from Indigenous players should at least make people second guess such assumptions. As a poster said up thread, I'll take McLeod's judgement of Rendell's character over most people's.

The story is no longer about Rendell's comments, because the reporting of them was deliberately inaccurate, misleading and inflammatory.

The story is now the denial of natural justice for Rendell and the cynical use of a sensitive and important topic by the AFL and the media for their own grubby purposes.

Wholeheartedly agree.