Status in Question Sexual offenders attending AFL events

[MarblesFolly]

With the recent sacking of an AFL staffer for alleged sexual misconduct I wanted to open up the forum for discussion about what exactly an entity like the AFL should be doing to combat this type of assault and also other sexually related offences.

Recently the AFL have seemingly taken a very strong stance on sexual misconduct by players and staff , form the Nathan Broad "sexting" issue through to the standing down of Lethlean and another AFL employee for what seemingly was a consensual act between two adults but probably blurred the lines of decency based on a power dynamic with in their employment relationship, ignoring the moral aspects of the "affair" type situation that was also involved in these events.

I wish to ask where people see the line where the AFL ceases to become involved. Where is their moral shut off point to being an active defender of what is considered sexual misconduct.

For example if a convicted paedophile was regularly attending training of an AFL club whereby they would have access to children in the age group that the conviction stemmed from, would it be the AFL or club (as a representative of the AFL) responsibility to ban or "warn off" such a character from their establishment.

Does anyone else have any concepts on this or further discussions points for this.

 

[owen87]

With the recent sacking of an AFL staffer for alleged sexual misconduct I wanted to open up the forum for discussion about what exactly an entity like the AFL should be doing to combat this type of assault and also other sexually related offences.

Recently the AFL have seemingly taken a very strong stance on sexual misconduct by players and staff , form the Nathan Broad "sexting" issue through to the standing down of Lethlean and another AFL employee for what seemingly was a consensual act between two adults but probably blurred the lines of decency based on a power dynamic with in their employment relationship, ignoring the moral aspects of the "affair" type situation that was also involved in these events.

I wish to ask where people see the line where the AFL ceases to become involved. Where is their moral shut off point to being an active defender of what is considered sexual misconduct.

For example if a convicted paedophile was regularly attending training of an AFL club whereby they would have access to children in the age group that the conviction stemmed from, would it be the AFL or club (as a representative of the AFL) responsibility to ban or "warn off" such a character from their establishment.

Does anyone else have any concepts on this or further discussions points for this.

Would that not be a police matter - a violation of conditions of parole or release or some such?

 

[blue harvest]

Assault?
I thought they just had inappropriate affairs.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Do they fit convicted paedos with electronic ankle tags in this country? If not it might be a good idea to start. You know, for the children.

 

[Impunity!]

This is an interesting and relevant topic. For mine, if the club had been made aware of the fact, it would be incumbent on the club to take steps to bar the relevant person. The club has the ability to do this, it's not like they're holding training at public meadows.

 

[Hoffy95]

Agree with above poster.

Look, the lines can get a bit blurred, but if someone with this sort of chequered history is there voluntarily acting in the capacity of a spectator, then the Club should certainly enforce a block at their strength of choice. If the individual is there running an aarond for example, then it's hard to probably hard to prevent them being within proximity given they are there in some work/professional capacity.

 

[Luv_our_club]

The OP Rod Penny is posting from Moscow.

 

[Hossmemba]

It would be hard for teams to stop convicted pedos from attending training as it isn’t a ticketed event, even if they check the crowd at the start what is to stop someone from Jet-ting in after and watching.

 

[Xtreme]

May as well put females in key roles..... it worked out well for the Ghostbusters reboot.....

 

[ChampTurboBucko]

This topic certainly did a bit of your old the jet in from nowhere.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Why should the AFL have to play the moral police between two consenting adults having pfun?

 

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

A person of that character apparently turned up at Collingwood training/junior match last week after a stint inside for such and offence

Paige Cardona twitter , alerted Collingwood twitter as to whom that were answering training questions to , was onto it straight away

 

[Spuddage]

May as well put females in key roles..... it worked out well for the Ghostbusters reboot.....

Football teams are very similar to 80s comedy movie reboots.

 

[The Prosecutor]

A person of that character apparently turned up at Collingwood training/junior match last week after a stint inside for such and offence

Paige Cardona twitter , alerted Collingwood twitter as to whom that were answering training questions to , was onto it straight away

Interesting, do you know the person's name?

And how does Paige Cardona know this person?

 

[Spuddage]

A person of that character apparently turned up at Collingwood training/junior match last week after a stint inside for such and offence

Paige Cardona twitter , alerted Collingwood twitter as to whom that were answering training questions to , was onto it straight away

Why are the Pies welcoming him back in then?
Are the Pies a pro-pedo club?

 

[Impunity!]

A person of that character apparently turned up at Collingwood training/junior match last week after a stint inside for such and offence

Paige Cardona twitter , alerted Collingwood twitter as to whom that were answering training questions to , was onto it straight away

So is the club taking steps to bar the individual?

 

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

 

[MarblesFolly]

This is incredible. Surely Collingwood should have done something to stop him attending.

Where is the duty of care ?

 

[Spuddage]

So the club has knowingly invited a convicted pedophile down to training where there is a large amount of kids?

 

[Mofra]

This is incredible. Surely Collingwood should have done something to stop him attending.

Even if they have to pay extra.

Extras security costs extra

 

[King Brown]

Didn't Hawthorne have one on staff?

 

[Hoffy95]

Sounds like a cultural issue to me.

They'll do anything to put up huge membership/supporter numbers. Get spat out of one club and you can be sure they'll swallow you up.

They've got some tough times ahead but when you look at Richmond and the pain Dimma had to put up with it can prove worthwhile to persist.

 

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

He was apparently back at Pies training yesterday , don't know what step that the club could take ?

 

[Beer n Skittles]

How on earth could Collingwood go about barring criminals from their club?

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

How on earth could Collingwood go about barring criminals from their club?

Their President should heed his own advice and rid the club of it's 'scaly mates'...