The Daisy Pearce Dumping

[LordLucifer]

MSN

Seems fair enough to me regardless of how unbiased & honest she may be.

 

[00Stinger]

Probably shouldn't have an AFL assistant coach in a commentary role tbh

 

[smasha]

MSN

Seems fair enough to me regardless of how unbiased & honest she may be.

Sneaky Geelong*,they will try anything.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Sneaky Geelong*,they will try anything.

Looks the AFL and Channel 7 changing rules to stop the mighty Geelong. Hard for them being the Tall Poppy.

 

[And_ROOS]

Sneaky Geelong*,they will try anything.

Geelong don't seem to need inside intel on Brisbane if last years PF is anything to go by

 

[Power Raid]

what could one learn from post match change room visits?

 

[010203]

Nothing wrong with what Richmond and Brisbane have done. You're a commentator or a fully paid up member of a club's coaching staff. You can't be both.

 

[werdna78]

Are there any other commentators who are assistant coaches?

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Just don’t like employees of footy clubs being on the commentary teams. Period. Even worse when they’ve had current players commentate games.

Even board members, presidents, etc should be a no-no. That goes for Ricciuto as well. Can’t be both.

 

[The hands of stone]

Channel 7 have put her and the clubs in the tough spot tbh .

If she is on the call keep her to boundary riding or spec comments .

 

[Seedsfan]

She can’t go in the rooms

 

[The 747]

Seems fair enough. Coaches shouldn't be commentating on games anyway.

 

[Bald]

I think there's an obvious conflict of interest here. I feel the same about Luke Darcy. Just shouldn't happen.

 

[Waca Jr]

Are there any other commentators who are assistant coaches?

Reckon Josh Jenkins is in some capacity and works for Sportsbet massive conflict of interest

 

[TheJanuaryMan]

Yep, nothing wrong with this at all, and I'm a fan of Daisy the media commentator. It's a potential conflict for her so no other way around it.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

I found out on SEN before that Pearce is getting paid by the AFL instead of Geelong.

 

[mr bagcroft]

What if she sees a willy?
Come on now...

 

[Tugga27]

What if she sees a willy?
Come on now...

 

[010203]

The man who has an opinion on the sun coming up (Kane Cornes) has had his say: ‘She has to choose’: Great calls for Pearce to decide between coaching or commentary

 

[1989]

The man who has an opinion on the sun coming up (Kane Cornes) has had his say: ‘She has to choose’: Great calls for Pearce to decide between coaching or commentary

Please choose coaching.

 

[ABSOLUTE MADMAN]

I found out on SEN before that Pearce is getting paid by the AFL instead of Geelong.

Did they elaborate more on why this is?

 

[Hamingja]

what could one learn from post match change room visits?

Nothing. All the tactical and medical stuff is all done in the rooms out the back where the commentators don't go. It is a pointless ban IMO. They didn't previously ban, at least publicly, Hodge or Davis etc who have played and commentated at the same time, plus as mentioned above you have Darcy whose kid currently plays for his former team. There is barely a commentator without a club affiliation.

 

[Hamingja]

Did they elaborate more on why this is?

Because it is like a scholarship. AFL pay part, Geelong pay part. It is excluded from the soft cap. I'm sure there are about a dozen or so women under the same thing around the league, Pearce is just the high profile one.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Did they elaborate more on why this is?

Sorry, I think I've made an error. I think it's more that her hiring doesn't get included in the soft cap. I think the AFL has that allowance for certain types of people.

 

[ABSOLUTE MADMAN]

Because it is like a scholarship. AFL pay part, Geelong pay part. It is excluded from the soft cap. I'm sure there are about a dozen or so women under the same thing around the league, Pearce is just the high profile one.

Thankyou for providing more information. Is it a women only thing? Is the goal to improve coaching stocks mostly for the AFLW?