HumanMeatball
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Just revealed tac have officially scraped cats sponsorship due to selwood incident. Big statement
TAC Scraps Geelong Sponsorship
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Only a matter of time before Geelong cave in to the intense pressure from their supporters and suspend Selwood also.
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Good for Geelong. Hopefully they find a sponsor they don't have to kowtow to and one without some social message attached to it.
Is this the incident you are referring to?
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The TAC have got the AFL sussed. Sponsor a AFL club, get great exposure, know that a player from the club is going to stuff up and that will give them an out for their sponsorship. Winning!
Agreed. Car crashes get an unfair bad rap. How many people at the TAC have actually been in a car crash anyway? They don't even know what they're missing out on and yet demonise it anyway. A little car crash never hurt anyone.
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Makes you wonder why they ever sponsored a footy club if that's all it takes to cut ties.
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They really need to stand up and strip him of the captaincy and give it to Danger now. I get the feeling the SCats could tell Selwood was falling apart hence why they recruited Danger and brough Scott home in an attempt to provide suport to his wayward brother.
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Why the hell is a Victorian Government body sponsoring a specific team in the first place. They should be sponsoring all the Vicco clubs, or the AFL as a whole or maybe even be a major sponsor of the VFL. They already have the TAC Cup?
Eddie seems to have started it back in the 90s with his close Labor connections but TAC are now doing the rounds and sponsoring club after club only to terminate each deal as soon as a player screws up.
Road safety is real, don't be so *in soft.
I'd support an impromptu contract termination followed by an impromptu preseason draft for any club who wished to take a chance on uncontracted players.
Wooden spooners get first pick as per standard practice.
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Bring back Hector the safety cat ,
Stop at the kerb
Look to the right , look to the left , look to the right again
Then if the road is clear of traffic , walk straight across the road
Don't Run , walk straight across the road
Stop at the kerb
Look to the right , look to the left , look to the right again
Then if the road is clear of traffic , walk straight across the road
Don't Run , walk straight across the road
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I personally applaud Joel Selwood for not holding up traffic on the freeway. 100km/h limit in 2017? we are meant to have freaken flying cars by now...
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Selwood was caught speeding.
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Might get the wrong idea of speed. Can't have that
The guy was 27km/h over the speed limit. Thats not a momentary lapse in concentration or a misunderstanding, thats blatantly flaunting the rules, and he had two mates in the car. This is the sort of thing where we hear 3 young men died in a car crash and its a horror story. I think the TAC are within their rights to move away after this incident, as its not a great association. Selwood chose to break the rules, not the TAC.
Geelong officially in decline?
Seriously though - the tac reinforces their message and brand by doing this. It's easily worth the extra publicity it gets.
Seriously though - the tac reinforces their message and brand by doing this. It's easily worth the extra publicity it gets.
How so? I don't necessarily agree with it, and maybe getting Selwood to front a campaign about the dangers of speeding or something would be more effective.
But the TAC's remit is to reduce speeding, drink driving and other dangerous driving habits, and the captain and public face of the club they sponsor just got done for speeding at 127 km/h. That's way over, hence why he lost his license, and maybe they thought it was untenable to continue.
People may disagree with the action they've taken, but it's not ridiculous.
Because this occurred before any premiership points for the 2017 season has been awarded, the abandoned PSD draft of 2016 will take place, with the 2016 draft order, between the last JLT game and the proper season.
List changes to be effective immediately for season 2017
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Same people who probably complain about speeding tickets.
