No Oppo Supporters RFC Members deserve answers on the wasted Yarran selection

[Livonski]

The RFC did not make a mistake.

I find it inconceivable his manager did not know.

 

[NZ_Tiger]

Good play Carlton. they baited Blair Hartley and he jumped in feet first. The lack of oversight Gale applied to the footy department particularly Hartley and Jackson is disgraceful, that they took so long to push on two absolute idiots says volumes about the weaknesses of this board when it comes to football knowledge.

For what it's worth I was against the Yarran trade as he hadn't played a good game in two years and it seemed very unlikely he'd suddenly flip the switch. There was enough smoke around someone should of dug deeper, drug issues aside why were we even contemplating trading in someone with depression?

 

[deliberate!!]

From the Herald-Sun article, August 22, 2017 by Lauren Wood

AFL finals to start with Thursday night match but no Sunday game in opening week

THE AFL has confirmed that the finals series will again be opened on a Thursday night.

Acting league football operations boss Andrew Dillon could be in for a frantic Sunday evening with the AFL likely to be forced to wait until all of this weekend’s Round 23 matches are completed for the final top eight to be set.

Dillon said that while venues and teams remain up in the air, the schedule for the first finals weekend’s four clashes have been set, with the league set to repeat the Thursday night timeslot following the success of last year’s West Coast-Western Bulldogs elimination final.

“It will certainly be on a Thursday night (that it kicks off) — whether it’s interstate or not depends on how we end up after Sunday,” he said.

“With the way Round 23 has played out, we’ll probably still be waiting until after the West Coast (versus) Adelaide twilight game on Sunday until we know exactly what the final make up of the eight is.

“But it will be Thursday night, Friday night and then we’ll have two games on the Saturday — one during the day and one at night.”

Geelong must beat Greater Western Sydney this weekend to secure a home qualifying final, though Dillon was adamant that the league has no “final view” on whether it would be played at the MCG or Simonds Stadium, saying a “balance” would be struck.

“When we do the scheduling for the finals, we’ll take into account a number of factors — the number of fans, broadcasters, then use contractual obligations and days break,” he said on SEN.

“There’s still a lot of permutations and combinations and they won’t be known until after Sunday. We’ll have to take all those into account when we see the final mix of the eight is.”

The league’s illicit drugs policy has also been in the spotlight since former Richmond and Carlton player Chris Yarran last week revealed his battle with ice addiction.

But despite suggestions that clubs should be made aware of any illicit drugs “strikes” or potential issues when they are looking at trading in a player, Dillon backed the system.

“I think if we go back to when the illicit drugs policy came in over 10 years ago, it has been a health and welfare model. And the players have signed up to that voluntarily,” he said.

“Over the journey, the policy has evolved and only as recently as a couple of years ago we brought in a few more punitive measures and there are abilities for clubs to find out about players if they’re seen to be acting contrary to the spirit of the code or if they have a number of elevated hair tests.

“That’s not information that (the club looking to trade a player in) will get.

“We’ve got the balance right in health and welfare and privacy.

“In a way, if you’re a club that’s looking to recruit a player, it’s a bit of buyer beware.”


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(My thoughts)

"A BIT OF BUYER BEWARE" ?????

What?
That's a disgusting attitude coming from the AFL towards Clubs via its Acting League Football Operations Boss Andrew Dillon.
Aren't these morons running a Drug Testing Program on the Players?

Fact:
The AFL now wants players to tackle other players with a 'duty of care'.
Fact:
The AFL wants Clubs to train and nurture players within its Club with a 'duty of care'.
(And we've seen how clubs and players can be penalised when that goes awry Re: The Essendon Supplement Saga).

When either fact above is transgressed, those involved are fined and/or suspended by the AFL.

YET, the AFL washes its hands of a 'duty of care' when allowing an AFL Player with a Drug Issue to transfer via Trade from one club to another without the new club being granted a 'duty of care' by being informed of the 'Time Bomb of Addiction' it is unknowingly drafting into its club.

The AFL cannot, and should not have the right to apply the 'duty of care' ethos to areas under its jurisdiction and forgo it when it applies to its own actions.

These are NOT the actions of a competent, elite Sporting Organisation, but those of a rogue cartel.

The Richmond Football Club should take the AFL to Court for either knowingly (worse scenario) or unknowingly allowing a Club to unknowingly draft a supposed professional sportsman to its Club who was in the middle of a raging drug addiction.

Sue the AFL, Richmond.

 

[tigerdan]

The afl administration have been a "conga line of suck holes" since not long after demitriou got in. I'd like to sack the lot of them.

 

[parmy2balmey]

I find it inconceivable his manager did not know.

after watching him interviewed on open mike, him sprouting on about how he runs a family business and his 'girls' speak to the players they manage on a daily basis, impossible that he didn't know.

 

[Phar Ace]

The afl administration have been a "conga line of suck holes" since not long after demitriou got in. I'd like to sack the lot of them.

Ewwww - AFL Human Caterpillar - dreadful thought.

 

[parmy2balmey]

after watching him interviewed on open mike, him sprouting on about how he runs a family business and his 'girls' speak to the players they manage on a daily basis, impossible that he didn't know.

well not impossible if he's locked in his bathroom hitting the pipe all night when everyone thinks he's on the whackers and getting boozed at the pub

 

[TigerImposter]

Considering MickeyAngelo Rucci cops s hard time on here , he has come out to bat for us. A bit more than our brow beaten lot.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...e/news-story/3158264d173a1286709fbac832b0e56e

 

[SunshineBoy]

From the Herald-Sun article, August 22, 2017 by Lauren Wood

AFL finals to start with Thursday night match but no Sunday game in opening week

THE AFL has confirmed that the finals series will again be opened on a Thursday night.

Acting league football operations boss Andrew Dillon could be in for a frantic Sunday evening with the AFL likely to be forced to wait until all of this weekend’s Round 23 matches are completed for the final top eight to be set.

Dillon said that while venues and teams remain up in the air, the schedule for the first finals weekend’s four clashes have been set, with the league set to repeat the Thursday night timeslot following the success of last year’s West Coast-Western Bulldogs elimination final.

“It will certainly be on a Thursday night (that it kicks off) — whether it’s interstate or not depends on how we end up after Sunday,” he said.

“With the way Round 23 has played out, we’ll probably still be waiting until after the West Coast (versus) Adelaide twilight game on Sunday until we know exactly what the final make up of the eight is.

“But it will be Thursday night, Friday night and then we’ll have two games on the Saturday — one during the day and one at night.”

Geelong must beat Greater Western Sydney this weekend to secure a home qualifying final, though Dillon was adamant that the league has no “final view” on whether it would be played at the MCG or Simonds Stadium, saying a “balance” would be struck.

“When we do the scheduling for the finals, we’ll take into account a number of factors — the number of fans, broadcasters, then use contractual obligations and days break,” he said on SEN.

“There’s still a lot of permutations and combinations and they won’t be known until after Sunday. We’ll have to take all those into account when we see the final mix of the eight is.”

The league’s illicit drugs policy has also been in the spotlight since former Richmond and Carlton player Chris Yarran last week revealed his battle with ice addiction.

But despite suggestions that clubs should be made aware of any illicit drugs “strikes” or potential issues when they are looking at trading in a player, Dillon backed the system.

“I think if we go back to when the illicit drugs policy came in over 10 years ago, it has been a health and welfare model. And the players have signed up to that voluntarily,” he said.

“Over the journey, the policy has evolved and only as recently as a couple of years ago we brought in a few more punitive measures and there are abilities for clubs to find out about players if they’re seen to be acting contrary to the spirit of the code or if they have a number of elevated hair tests.

“That’s not information that (the club looking to trade a player in) will get.

“We’ve got the balance right in health and welfare and privacy.

“In a way, if you’re a club that’s looking to recruit a player, it’s a bit of buyer beware.”


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(My thoughts)

"A BIT OF BUYER BEWARE" ?????

What?
That's a disgusting attitude coming from the AFL towards Clubs via its Acting League Football Operations Boss Andrew Dillon.
Aren't these morons running a Drug Testing Program on the Players?

Fact:
The AFL now wants players to tackle other players with a 'duty of care'.
Fact:
The AFL wants Clubs to train and nurture players within its Club with a 'duty of care'.
(And we've seen how clubs and players can be penalised when that goes awry Re: The Essendon Supplement Saga).

When either fact above is transgressed, those involved are fined and/or suspended by the AFL.

YET, the AFL washes its hands of a 'duty of care' when allowing an AFL Player with a Drug Issue to transfer via Trade from one club to another without the new club being granted a 'duty of care' by being informed of the 'Time Bomb of Addiction' it is unknowingly drafting into its club.

The AFL cannot, and should not have the right to apply the 'duty of care' ethos to areas under its jurisdiction and forgo it when it applies to its own actions.

These are NOT the actions of a competent, elite Sporting Organisation, but those of a rogue cartel.

The Richmond Football Club should take the AFL to Court for either knowingly (worse scenario) or unknowingly allowing a Club to unknowingly draft a supposed professional sportsman to its Club who was in the middle of a raging drug addiction.

Sue the AFL, Richmond.

The question here is how many strikes? Or did he use the self reporting rule?

The AFL drug policy, whether it is illegal,or performance enhancing doesn't exist.after all we are australians

I'm sure you know the rest