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Originally posted by ROK Lobster
Jack went DUI?
Jack went DUI?
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Wasnt it T.A.B?Now this is a thread that i would expect on the ego -centric, wank session that is redandwhiteonline.com...
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Sure, but name the player for two $5 bets?Originally posted by laughingnome
Look, I don't want to see KJ beaten out of the game but I think people here are using the too-convienient excuse "it was only $10 bucks". So what if he got away with it or if people turn a blind eye because its so small? What's to stop a player then increasing the bet as his confidence grows that he can get away with it? The AFL (much as it pains me to say) has to stamp this down, just like they did with Justin Charles and his 'roids and, going back a long time, to the Bribery Scandal of 1910 when Lang and Fraser were suspended for 5 years each.
I'll say again that I don't want to see KJ booted out of the game, but this is a very serious breach that deserves more then just a slap on the wrist.
Educate, discipline, hit over the head, whatever, but why shame a player for two small bets?
Gambling is actually legal in this country, drug use isn't, but the AFL is pretty happy to protect drug users. He breached the code, at a very low level, no one except him and the club needed to know about it.Comment
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To me, that is the entire issue.Originally posted by Damien
Gambling is actually legal in this country, drug use isn't
It's almost un-Australian not to have a flutter.
Absolute storm in a teacup.
If players are found to have bet on games they are involved with, it is a different story, that's not just having a bet, it's then possible collusion, match fixing etc etc. But to hang a bloke out to dry for what may have been no more than a $10 bet on Goodes to win the Brownlow is total BS.Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09Comment
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It's a bit easier to fix a match than it is to fix the Brownlow. Umpires betting on the Brownlow would be a pretty major problem.Originally posted by BBB
But to hang a bloke out to dry for what may have been no more than a $10 bet on Goodes to win the Brownlow is total BS.Comment
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Originally posted by ROK Lobster
Umpires betting on the Brownlow would be a pretty major problem.
Nobody seems to care.
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The AFL is also a little compromised on this issue. If gambling (particularly on football) is such a no-no, then why accept (relatively) large sums of money from the gambling industry? I?ve heard the figure of $600,000 p/a from the TAB mentioned. And why actively promote gambling providers and their services (ie Tatts TipStar and TAB Sportsbet) on the Official Corporate Partners page of the AFL website?Originally posted by Damien
Gambling is actually legal in this country, drug use isn't, but the AFL is pretty happy to protect drug users. He breached the code, at a very low level, no one except him and the club needed to know about it.
A case of Pot>Kettle>Black for Andy and the head prefect?Comment
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The brownlow means nothing according to some on RWO,so who cares if they bet on it then.Originally posted by ROK Lobster
It's a bit easier to fix a match than it is to fix the Brownlow. Umpires betting on the Brownlow would be a pretty major problem.Now this is a thread that i would expect on the ego -centric, wank session that is redandwhiteonline.com...
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Originally posted by Sanecow
You should be allowed three small bets before they release your name.
Plus it should be like the one hit rule...you should be able to have one bet and one bet only."The Dog days are over, The Dog days are gone" Florence and the MachineComment
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No one is saying turn a blind eye, but all he needed was a serious warning.Originally posted by laughingnome
Look, I don't want to see KJ beaten out of the game but I think people here are using the too-convienient excuse "it was only $10 bucks". So what if he got away with it or if people turn a blind eye because its so small? What's to stop a player then increasing the bet as his confidence grows that he can get away with it? The AFL (much as it pains me to say) has to stamp this down, just like they did with Justin Charles and his 'roids and, going back a long time, to the Bribery Scandal of 1910 when Lang and Fraser were suspended for 5 years each.
I'll say again that I don't want to see KJ booted out of the game, but this is a very serious breach that deserves more then just a slap on the wrist.Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."Comment
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Great point there!Originally posted by swantastic
The brownlow means nothing according to some on RWO,so who cares if they bet on it then.Comment
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Unless you win, then you can have another...Originally posted by satchmopugdog
Plus it should be like the one hit rule...you should be able to have one bet and one bet only.The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.Comment
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Jack has just been reprimanded for his actions, escaping a fine - as imposed on Ward and Goodwin (and suspended fine on Hale).
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Wash your mouth out young man.Originally posted by swantastic
The brownlow means nothing according to some on RWO,so who cares if they bet on it then.
The brownlow means a hell of a lot to us when one of ours wins it!!Last edited by AnnieH; 2 March 2007, 12:00 AM.Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
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The picture of Jack in today's Tele had him looking like a 12yo - I'm surprised they let him into the TAB unsupervised.Comment
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