Swans furious with St Kilda; kick saints out of pride game

[Sully111]

Gutless from the swans.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Its good to see they've learned to walk after years crawling to Qatar for cash. But sure, if they're backing their position in like this then they've set their own standard.

They ditched Qatar too though. Eventually.

 

[Gough]

Everyone's Peter Tatchell when it comes to gay rights in Islamic countries, it's just so easy.

 

[Bostonian]

Social media is how most people under 45 years of age share things with friends and family.

You can set all of those things to private as well.

Unless you want the attention.

 

[koshjjennedy723]

They ditched Qatar too though. Eventually.

I mean did they ditch Qatar or did Qatar ditch them? That petrol dollar is hard to refuse

 

[HairyO]

They ditched Qatar too though. Eventually.

But they always felt bad all the time they were accepting millions of dollars.

Like how they feel bad taking money from crypto and alcohol and gambling. So very bad.

 

[Jason JC]

Everyone's Peter Tatchell when it comes to gay rights in Islamic countries, it's just so easy.

What do you mean?

 

[Sully111]

"Swans furious with St Kilda"

FMD. This world we live in.... seriously

 

[Papa G]

Furious. Lol.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

You can set all of those things to private as well.

Unless you want the attention.

No one under the age 45 sets their social media to private.

FFS, I stopped using social media entirely about 10 years ago because I got sick of people talking about their job, their car, or their breakfast.

That's literally what social media is about.

Talking about shit that's important to you, but no one else.

Just singling out the gays is a bit rough.

 

[koshjjennedy723]

Not sure the authenticity but there's a few other sites running with this. Doesn't fit the narrative now does it

 

[Hungdaddy]

The extrajudicial nature of certain groups in our society is not a good thing. Would the "Rainbow Swans" group have been satisfied if Collard's original 9 week suspension was upheld?

Is that what it's about? The fact that the Saint's legal team dared to argue against the (effective) cancellation of a young player for calling another player a homophobic slur (which he denies), rather than agree to the original 9 week ban?

 

[txbyhull]

A married to a woman footballer seeking attention you mean

Breaking news: bisexuality exists

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

But they always felt bad all the time they were accepting millions of dollars.

Like how they feel bad taking money from crypto and alcohol and gambling. So very bad.

I have never been dumb enough to believe that corporations feel bad enough about anything to sacrifice their bottom line over it.

If their customers crack the sh*ts enough to stop buying their product and it hurts their bottom line - they'll adjust.

If they go too far and/or societal views shift and it hurts their bottom line, they'll adjust again.

 

[Bostonian]

No one under the age 45 sets their social media to private.

That's an untruth right there.

FFS, I stopped using social media entirely about 10 years ago because I got sick of people talking about their job, their car, or their breakfast.

That's literally what social media is about.

Talking about shit that's important to you, but no one else.

Just singling out the gays is a bit rough.

Nobody is singling out just the gays, it is applicable to anyone who plasters their whole lives out there on social media for every Tom, Dick or Harry to see, then has a sook when people mock them.

If you don't want your private life commented on by strangers, then don't let strangers into your private life.

 

[txbyhull]

If you don't want your private life commented on by strangers, then don't let strangers into your private life.

that is such a wild thing to say about homophobia

 

[bungalow_bill]

Breaking news: bisexuality exists

and more common than many think, especially with women & Gens y/z/a

 

[Elixuh]

The extrajudicial nature of certain groups in our society is not a good thing. Would the "Rainbow Swans" group have been satisfied if Collard's original 9 week suspension was upheld?

Is that what it's about? The fact that the Saint's legal team dared to argue against the (effective) cancellation of a young player for calling another player a homophobic slur (which he denies), rather than agree to the original 9 week ban?

Calling it cancellation is a bit woke isn’t it.

He was being punished for breaking afl rules. No need to be dramatic.

The swans obviously regard the position St Kilda put forward as a disgrace. Which I don’t necessarily have a problem with.

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Pretty obvious that the Swannies were deadset worried about losing their titular marquee game in front of their home supporters so they went with a definite bunny team instead to ensure a bonafide victory

 

[voorhees]

If the Saints genuinely believe Collard is innocent then they won't be apologising or changing their position. So I don't know how they and the Swans could find middle ground on this.

unless the evidence goes against there man...the saints need to stand by there man and support him.
Big call by the swans.

 

[Big Blood]

There shouldn't even be a pride game. It's rubbish and unnecessary and no one cares about it. People stopped caring about other people's sexuality years ago. People coming out as gay is not even a thing that garners attention anymore. Scrap it.

Lance Collard obviously cared

 

[jakson68]

Am I reading this right?
The Saint's play an away game against Sydney, which Sydney name "Pride Game".
Now they play an away game against Sydney, which is now not called the "Pride Game".
That'll teach em

What exactly did St Kilda get for competing in this game, that they are not going to get now?

This is not newsworthy in any way and does anybody really care?

 

[txbyhull]

it astounds me the lack of perspective some people have for people that are different to them

 

[Dan26]

Lance Collard obviously cared

The point is, having a "pride" round is not going to change anyone's opinon who doesn't agree. It's a complete waste of time. Most people, in modern western countries like ours couldn't give a stuff about anyone's sexuality anymore and the few that don't agree will never agree. That battle was won years ago.

A "pride" match would be far more needed in Afghanistan before an Afghanistan Soccer League match rather than in a country like ours, but we all know that isn't going to happen and we all know why. It's easy to virtue signal to an already tolerant audience like us, than to do it somewhere where it's actually needed where you might get killed.

 

[projectv]

Am I reading this right?
The Saint's play an away game against Sydney, which Sydney name "Pride Game".
Now they play an away game against Sydney, which is now not called the "Pride Game".
That'll teach em

What exactly did St Kilda get for competing in this game, that they are not going to get now?

This is not newsworthy in any way and does anybody really care?

The club will lose access to 1 of its 8 different jumpers that they can flog to supporters. That's about it.

Very brave of the Qatar Airways Swans.