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[BlueE]

Did West Coast AFLW team play last weekend? Nothing in the Worst or on Channel Ego. The only other thing that may of happened is that they lost. Watch the razamtaz when they win a game. The sporting media in this town are incredible.

It was live on Ch7.

 

[Bring back Drum]

Seriously, how does Eddie have any connection to a footy team, footy media, or any profession that involves people?

Get this fu**** out. He is a stain in the game and it’s integrity.

Gil, I’m looking at you. Where’s your statement condemning this? I’m sorry but this just REEKS of an old boys club thing to do. Same crap happens in this country. People in power protecting people in power.

I hope there are consequences.

Collingwood racism report: Tone-deaf Eddie pours further fuel on Pies' fire

Eddie McGuire's clumsy and tone-deaf response to the leaking of an independent report into alleged systemic racism at Collingwood fooled no one, and took the gloss off what the club is actually trying to do to improve its culture, writes Rohan Connolly.

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The tone of that media conference, from Eddies point of view was so fcuked up its not even slightly funny. He went in there thinking he & the club were hero’s for standing up to racism & the report with its recommendations would wipe the slate clean.

It really is embarrassing that he is still relevant, particularly after his Adam Goodes bullshit on radio. To listen to that from an apparent leader in our society is cringeworthy to say the least. It was just days after a Collingwood supporter was called out by Goodes for calling him an ape!!

“Following on from comments by Hot Breakfast Show team member Luke Darcy promoting King Kong The Musical, McGuire said:

"Get Adam Goodes down for it, d'you reckon?"

Darcy responded: "No, I wouldn't have thought so."

McGuire: "You can see them doing that, can't you? Goodesy. You know, the big, not the ape thing the whole thing, I'm just saying the pumping him up and mucking around and that sort of stuff..."


FFS Collingwood, wake up & get rid of that dickhead!

 

[Purpletown]

It was live on Ch7.

There was almost no mention of their results in the media post game was what I was getting at.

 

[BettercallSaul]

Seriously, how does Eddie have any connection to a footy team, footy media, or any profession that involves people?

Get this fu**** out. He is a stain in the game and it’s integrity.

Gil, I’m looking at you. Where’s your statement condemning this? I’m sorry but this just REEKS of an old boys club thing to do. Same crap happens in this country. People in power protecting people in power.

I hope there are consequences.

Collingwood racism report: Tone-deaf Eddie pours further fuel on Pies' fire

Eddie McGuire's clumsy and tone-deaf response to the leaking of an independent report into alleged systemic racism at Collingwood fooled no one, and took the gloss off what the club is actually trying to do to improve its culture, writes Rohan Connolly.

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Just saw a photo of the McGuire and the others at the media conference. He and the two men are all wearing suits but no ties. As in CLUB ties. The spin started with the decision to have nothing visual on display re Collingwood. Damage control 101. That was the focus not addressing and owning the issue.

 

[Daddoo]

Just saw a photo of the McGuire and the others at the media conference. He and the two men are all wearing suits but no ties. As in CLUB ties. The spin started with the decision to have nothing visual on display re Collingwood. Damage control 101. That was the focus not addressing and owning the issue.

Hmmmm...very astute observation. Anyone know a Pies fan? What are their opinions on this trash?


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[Scham]

Hmmmm...very astute observation. Anyone know a Pies fan? What are their opinions on this trash?


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Apparently social media went wild and still is with supporters saying that they were embarrassed to be a supporter of the club.

 

[ImperialPurple]

Just saw a photo of the McGuire and the others at the media conference. He and the two men are all wearing suits but no ties. As in CLUB ties. The spin started with the decision to have nothing visual on display re Collingwood. Damage control 101. That was the focus not addressing and owning the issue.

The other was an Aboriginal woman board member. I wonder how they strong-armed her into being there. It must have sat very uncomfortably.
If this was Freo, you could bet your bottom dollar Aunty Colleen wouldn’t have been sitting there like that.
Not with Freo’s Indigenous history would we ever be in this situation, but just hypothetically. Aunty (Dr) Colleen and (Dr) Richard Walley would never be a part of an organisation rife with racism.
And good on Sharrod’s mum for calling this out publicly. Let’s not forget just how long it was that WC didn’t draft an Indigenous player. The rumour for a long time was that their draft policy was if the best available player was Indigenous, then pick the next best (white) player after that. Thankfully they’ve changed their policy in that regard.

 

[Taylor]

The rumour for a long time was that their draft policy was if the best available player was Indigenous, then pick the next best (white) player after that. Thankfully they’ve changed their policy in that regard

There was a policy in other places where an indigenous player wouldn't be selected if they didn't have a white parent.

These people still work in the industry. The AFL is all about public displays and zero action.

Dr Richard Walley and Michael Walters should release a video today drawing a line in the sand and inviting the AFL to choose which side it was going to stand on, welcoming everyone to Fremantle.

That will really, really annoy AFL House.

 

[J Docker]

I went to school with Harry. Top bloke and deserves better. As an Aboriginal Australian myself I can go on record saying that not every other blackfella has our best interests at heart

 

[J Docker]

Seriously, how does Eddie have any connection to a footy team, footy media, or any profession that involves people?

Get this fu**** out. He is a stain in the game and it’s integrity.

Gil, I’m looking at you. Where’s your statement condemning this? I’m sorry but this just REEKS of an old boys club thing to do. Same crap happens in this country. People in power protecting people in power.

I hope there are consequences.

Collingwood racism report: Tone-deaf Eddie pours further fuel on Pies' fire

Eddie McGuire's clumsy and tone-deaf response to the leaking of an independent report into alleged systemic racism at Collingwood fooled no one, and took the gloss off what the club is actually trying to do to improve its culture, writes Rohan Connolly.

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Gill will hoping this blows over quickly to avoid the obligation of sabotaging his business relationship with Eddie

 

[masai]

The other was an Aboriginal woman board member. I wonder how they strong-armed her into being there. It must have sat very uncomfortably.
If this was Freo, you could bet your bottom dollar Aunty Colleen wouldn’t have been sitting there like that.
Not with Freo’s Indigenous history would we ever be in this situation, but just hypothetically. Aunty (Dr) Colleen and (Dr) Richard Walley would never be a part of an organisation rife with racism.
And good on Sharrod’s mum for calling this out publicly. Let’s not forget just how long it was that WC didn’t draft an Indigenous player. The rumour for a long time was that their draft policy was if the best available player was Indigenous, then pick the next best (white) player after that. Thankfully they’ve changed their policy in that regard.

On a side note, check out Hawthorns recruitment record of indigenous players, pre 1990.

Interesting reading, almost a blank page.

 

[theGav56]

On a side note, check out Hawthorns recruitment record of indigenous players, pre 1990.

Interesting reading, almost a blank page.

Worth looking outside of just players as well. AFL presents many different employment and development opportunities.

 

[Lach72]

So the AFAIL have scrapped the AFL live pass...no more live games on the AFL app.

you have to buy a Kayo pass.

****ers have sold out to Murdoch

 

[Taylor]

Wasn't that through Telstra previously?

 

[Lach72]

Wasn't that through Telstra previously?

Yes.
What they've done is scrap it off the AFL app and you have to get Kayo. If you weren't a Telstra customer (who got the pass for Free) it used to cost about $90.
Now they are giving you a first year deal of $5/month.

After that, it goes to $25/month.

$300 bucks, and no straight into Murdoch's pockets...

Pricks

 

[Cesoir]

Yes.
What they've done is scrap it off the AFL app and you have to get Kayo. If you weren't a Telstra customer (who got the pass for Free) it used to cost about $90.
Now they are giving you a first year deal of $5/month.

After that, it goes to $25/month.

$300 bucks, and no straight into Murdoch's pockets...

Pricks

Yeah, but at least they'll use that extra revenue on equalisation and propping up the basket cases over east.

 

[BStaff17]

Collingwood are the most hated AFL team in Australia because of Telfon Eddie. How he didnt lose his presidency in 2013 when he said that racist stuff about Adam Goodes on live radio i will never know.

It's probably a nerve point for a lot of other Freo fans but collingwood losing the 2018 GF to West Coast in the dying mintues was pure gold. One premiership in 21 years for his presidency and 4 GF losses.

 

[arsesmart]

So the AFAIL have scrapped the AFL live pass...no more live games on the AFL app.

you have to buy a Kayo pass.

f***ers have sold out to Murdoch

I found they made the LivePass increasingly unusable for me over the past year or two. Would keep freezing up and crashing...that is until I resubscribed to Kayo, then, funnily enough, the issues miraculously resolved themselves with the LivePass.

 

[GoFreo4eva]

The tone of that media conference, from Eddies point of view was so fcuked up its not even slightly funny. He went in there thinking he & the club were hero’s for standing up to racism & the report with its recommendations would wipe the slate clean.

It really is embarrassing that he is still relevant, particularly after his Adam Goodes bullshit on radio. To listen to that from an apparent leader in our society is cringeworthy to say the least. It was just days after a Collingwood supporter was called out by Goodes for calling him an ape!!

“Following on from comments by Hot Breakfast Show team member Luke Darcy promoting King Kong The Musical, McGuire said:

"Get Adam Goodes down for it, d'you reckon?"

Darcy responded: "No, I wouldn't have thought so."

McGuire: "You can see them doing that, can't you? Goodesy. You know, the big, not the ape thing the whole thing, I'm just saying the pumping him up and mucking around and that sort of stuff..."


FFS Collingwood, wake up & get rid of that dickhead!

The irony is that a little bit of humility and acceptance of their past behaviors up front and he could have reasonably pointed to a sense of pride that they did take the action needed to identify and name up the issue and are acting on the reports full suite of recommendations. Even then though he should have been falling on the sword as it all unfolded on his watch and announced his resignation while he had the mike!

 

[Cesoir]

The irony is that a little bit of humility and acceptance of their past behaviors up front and he could have reasonably pointed to a sense of pride that they did take the action needed to identify and name up the issue and are acting on the reports full suite of recommendations. Even then though he should have been falling on the sword as it all unfolded on his watch and announced his resignation while he had the mike!

Sadly Eddie is an anachronistic throwback to the days of the Footy Show when they thought it was funny to wear black-face, or sexually molest an effigy of Caroline Wilson. The sooner these dinosaurs are pensioned off the better.

 

[Wilksyy]

The other was an Aboriginal woman board member. I wonder how they strong-armed her into being there. It must have sat very uncomfortably.
If this was Freo, you could bet your bottom dollar Aunty Colleen wouldn’t have been sitting there like that.
Not with Freo’s Indigenous history would we ever be in this situation, but just hypothetically. Aunty (Dr) Colleen and (Dr) Richard Walley would never be a part of an organisation rife with racism.
And good on Sharrod’s mum for calling this out publicly. Let’s not forget just how long it was that WC didn’t draft an Indigenous player. The rumour for a long time was that their draft policy was if the best available player was Indigenous, then pick the next best (white) player after that. Thankfully they’ve changed their policy in that regard.

This is speculation on my part but I always thought West Coast were a bit traumatised to draft an indigenous player after Ashley Sampi’s off-field issues.

Looks to be over now and recruiting Chance Bateman into their staff was one of the best moves they made.

 

[Bring back Drum]

The other was an Aboriginal woman board member. I wonder how they strong-armed her into being there. It must have sat very uncomfortably.
If this was Freo, you could bet your bottom dollar Aunty Colleen wouldn’t have been sitting there like that.
Not with Freo’s Indigenous history would we ever be in this situation, but just hypothetically. Aunty (Dr) Colleen and (Dr) Richard Walley would never be a part of an organisation rife with racism.
And good on Sharrod’s mum for calling this out publicly. Let’s not forget just how long it was that WC didn’t draft an Indigenous player. The rumour for a long time was that their draft policy was if the best available player was Indigenous, then pick the next best (white) player after that. Thankfully they’ve changed their policy in that regard.

Unfortunately for Sharrod, he ended up at 2 clubs whose executive leaders in McGuire & Nisbett were morally corrupt & could care less about the players mental well-being (& physical with West Coast) as long as they were successful or building towards success.

 

[freo84]

Absolutely filthy that the live streaming on the AFL app has been discontinued. You now need to use Kayo to see the games live which you have to pay for even if you're a telstra customer.

Squeezing every cent out of us that they can.

The future is here!
Strap yourselves in.
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[se17enteen]

Absolutely filthy that the live streaming on the AFL app has been discontinued. You now need to use Kayo to see the games live which you have to pay for even if you're a telstra customer.

Squeezing every cent out of us that they can. View attachment 1050078

The future is here!
Strap yourselves in.
Official 2021 Buddy of Kiara Bowers
Official 2020 Buddy of Hayden Young

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Absolutely garbage and cruel to loyal AFL and Telstra customers. Even if you get Kayo thru Telstra. It’s not even data free. So if you’re using it on your phone and you go over your limit. Telstra charges $10 per 1G when you go over.

1 AFL game in HD is 6G. That’s $60 dollars on top of your Kayo bill per game.

Hope you have a good data plan on your phone.


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[Square Peg]

This is speculation on my part but I always thought West Coast were a bit traumatised to draft an indigenous player after Ashley Sampi’s off-field issues.

Looks to be over now and recruiting Chance Bateman into their staff was one of the best moves they made.

That's interesting I didn't know Bateman had joined them. As someone referred to above, hawthorn was notoriously known to boast proudly about being a white team having no Aboriginal players in the 50s, an attitude that was pervasive in them well into the 90s. Bateman was a real trailblazer in turning around that shit stained club well before they got seduced by Buddy Franklin and became so woke. A top, brave bloke is Chance