News Mitch Cleary stood down indefinitely - AFL have really stepped in it this time

[bluespooner]

I'm just amazed that so many believed that the AFL website had any proper independence from the AFL authority. Shows the AFL have done pretty well on the PR front to convince so many.

This.

How can you be independent if you work for AFL media.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Amazing how Browne and Barrett have a job still.

 

[MVille Swan]

The AFL shouldn't provide journalistic content in the first place. Press releases only.

AFL Media should be renamed the AFL Publicity Department. And the "journalists" who work there should be
called "AFL Publicity Officers", something like that. They probably were called that back in the day.

 

[peternorth]

Others including sam mclure are standing by mitch (via social media)



Will journalists and alike boycott the afl?

 

[00Stinger]

well someone needs to lose their job over this bullshit

And its not Mitch

 

[Tiger71]

There might be something there about AFL media not wanting to be a gossip magazine style platform, but it looks far more like the AFL got a text from Trent saying he will take Richmond out of the hub, go home and torpedo the competition because his wife was embarrassed for something she did.

A moderator posts this tinfoil shit, wow.

You seriously believe Trent has the power to say to his club "Ok lads let's end our season and not defend our flag because my wife went to a day spa"

The mind boggles lol

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Two interesting things from this:

Tom Browne yet to publically support Mitch despite the multitude of other rival journos supporting him.

And fascinating to see how the Richmond board is spinning this into another tale of victimhood.

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[LFC2010]

surely this has to be the final straw for Gillon, the rest of the AFL media need to come down on him and pile the pressure on him so he either walks or gets the chop himself.
'He's doing far more damage to our great game than good at the moment

 

[treefingers]

The AFL are a corrupt and incompetent institution. I hate what they've done to this sport.

 

[Rich]

What a corrupt and filthy organisation the AFL is.

Can’t say I’m surprised about them behaving like this though.

 

[Tiger Tim]

That is just so damn sadly pathetic.

It's weak as pi5s.

 

[Aramis]

If a certain journalist named in this thread can bother hawthorn players at Kennedy's wifes Funeral and keep his job, while Cleary can be sacked for tweeting public Instagram posts.

Jeez

Why anonymise the prick?... The person in question is Tom Browne.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Others including sam mclure are standing by mitch (via social media)



Will journalists and alike boycott the afl?

Boycott the AFL? The AFL is their full time job.

 

[Underarm]

Does anyone have a screencap of Cleary's post?

 

[Hoops]

Literally for what it says in the post. He retweeted Brooke Cotchin 'outing' herself from the beauty salon - despite the fact that the information was already publicly known/available. Called it a 'breach of AFL privacy standards.' Absolutely bizarre, considering all AFL journos do is breach privacy and falsely report/impugn character.

So Brooke Cotchin is gay, and what is a lesbian doing in a beauty salon?

 

[Coaster2012]

so AFL.com can repost leaked private photos of Dean Laidlys mug shots and circumstances but Cleary is stood down for reporting a public instagram photo?

Ahh what? I really hope the AFL are questioned because of this. It's utterly bizzare.

 

[Coaster2012]

surely this has to be the final straw for Gillon, the rest of the AFL media need to come down on him and pile the pressure on him so he either walks or gets the chop himself.
'He's doing far more damage to our great game than good at the moment

I hate the standing down as much as the next person, but how is this the final straw? He has done a good job this season considering.

 

[Underarm]

Does anyone have a screencap of Cleary's post?

 

[Dazzler9]

I don't understand why the AFL finds Cleary's actions egregious in the first place. Can someone explain to me why the AFL thinks that it looks bad and had to stand Cleary down? Is it because Richmond made a complaint? If so, how does that warrant standing someone down?

 

[Bostonian]

WAGs are a blight on the game.

 

[Bostonian]

A moderator posts this tinfoil sh*t, wow.

You seriously believe Trent has the power to say to his club "Ok lads let's end our season and not defend our flag because my wife went to a day spa"

The mind boggles lol

Well given how much air time the AFL give these nobodies on Brownlow night who know how the AFL like to look after their favourite WAGs.

 

[TheEnsign]

Talk about Gil & Co. not being able to read the room. AFL house and the clubs obviously have form getting up to all kinds of shenanigans to cover up player misdeeds; generally speaking no-one cares because at the end of the day it's mostly parlour gossip level stuff. In the middle of pandemic it is not going to play that way, and the decision to 'silence' the messenger is just baffling.

 

[HairyO]

He was stood down not sacked, maybe learn the basic facts before starting an outrage post.

AFL accounts out in force.

So he is stood down indefinitely and wont be paid... but he isnt sacked.

 

[Vincent Hanna]

WAGs are a blight on the game.

A close friend and former colleague is staffed at one of the QLD hubs - "allegedly" the constant demands and diva-like behaviour of some of the WAGs is causing a fair bit of tension and embarrassment for their partners and club staffers.

 

[Bostonian]

A close friend and former colleague is staffed at one of the QLD hubs - "allegedly" the constant demands and diva-like behaviour of some of the WAGs is causing a fair bit of tension and embarrassment for their partners and club staffers.

I wouldn't doubt that for a minute.