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Do you remember how Eddie reacted on The Footy Showy?
Now look here,
McGuire denies drinking culture
By Michael Horan
January 10, 2008 COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire has rejected suggestions there is an unhealthy drinking culture at the the club.
The Magpies have forfeited the final year of their Transport Accident Commission deal worth $500,000 after 19-year-old rookie Sharrod Wellingham was arrested after returning a blood alcohol reading of .13 at Lorne on Saturday.
The incident comes two years after veteran Chad Morrison cost the club a $200,000 fine from the TAC for blowing .093.
But McGuire dismissed a suggestion the club had drinking issues.
"No there's not," McGuire said.
"There's a situation out there since time immemorial with people drinking too much. There's a far bigger alcohol problem with journalists than there is with footballers. I know because I'm involved in both sides of the ledger there.
"So let's not beat this up into a big story that's not there, OK."
The Magpies were forced to honour a two-year-old pledge to end their lucrative sponsorship with the TAC in the event of another transgression within the player ranks.
In the past four years, the club also has had highly publicised drink-related incidents involving Alan Didak, Ben Johnson, Rhyce Shaw, Dane Swan and former Magpie full-forward Chris Tarrant.
Last year, Collingwood was forced to impose tough sanctions on its reigning best-and-fairest, Didak, after he was involved in a drunken joyride with an alleged killer.
McGuire said that Wellingham, like Didak before him, had pledged to give up drinking in order to achieve his AFL goals.
Wellingham was fined $5000 by the club, which is more than 10 per cent of his rookie contract.
But he may have cost the club more than $1 million, given the club was deep in negotiations to renew its deal with the TAC.
The Western Australia-born teenager was booked after he moved a mate's car a few metres in order to avoid getting a parking ticket.
"It is lucky ," Wellingham said.
"I didn't cause injury or crash the car, but that's not the point. I got in the car after being out drinking. I've let my team down, the club down. It's a massive cost to the club as far as losing the sponsorship, it's just a feeling of regret. There's nothing I can do about it. I just want to let everyone know I'm sorry."
Now look here,
McGuire denies drinking culture
By Michael Horan
January 10, 2008 COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire has rejected suggestions there is an unhealthy drinking culture at the the club.
The Magpies have forfeited the final year of their Transport Accident Commission deal worth $500,000 after 19-year-old rookie Sharrod Wellingham was arrested after returning a blood alcohol reading of .13 at Lorne on Saturday.
The incident comes two years after veteran Chad Morrison cost the club a $200,000 fine from the TAC for blowing .093.
But McGuire dismissed a suggestion the club had drinking issues.
"No there's not," McGuire said.
"There's a situation out there since time immemorial with people drinking too much. There's a far bigger alcohol problem with journalists than there is with footballers. I know because I'm involved in both sides of the ledger there.
"So let's not beat this up into a big story that's not there, OK."
The Magpies were forced to honour a two-year-old pledge to end their lucrative sponsorship with the TAC in the event of another transgression within the player ranks.
In the past four years, the club also has had highly publicised drink-related incidents involving Alan Didak, Ben Johnson, Rhyce Shaw, Dane Swan and former Magpie full-forward Chris Tarrant.
Last year, Collingwood was forced to impose tough sanctions on its reigning best-and-fairest, Didak, after he was involved in a drunken joyride with an alleged killer.
McGuire said that Wellingham, like Didak before him, had pledged to give up drinking in order to achieve his AFL goals.
Wellingham was fined $5000 by the club, which is more than 10 per cent of his rookie contract.
But he may have cost the club more than $1 million, given the club was deep in negotiations to renew its deal with the TAC.
The Western Australia-born teenager was booked after he moved a mate's car a few metres in order to avoid getting a parking ticket.
"It is lucky ," Wellingham said.
"I didn't cause injury or crash the car, but that's not the point. I got in the car after being out drinking. I've let my team down, the club down. It's a massive cost to the club as far as losing the sponsorship, it's just a feeling of regret. There's nothing I can do about it. I just want to let everyone know I'm sorry."
