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  • CureTheSane
    Carpe Noctem
    • Jan 2003
    • 5032

    #16
    Originally posted by AnnieH
    You are not Ben Cousins, and you did not bring the AFL into "disrepute".
    Huge difference.
    I don't understand how Cousins taking drugs brought the AFL into disrepute.
    The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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    • CureTheSane
      Carpe Noctem
      • Jan 2003
      • 5032

      #17
      Originally posted by ScottH
      I've been saying that all week.
      Ch 10 served his head up on a platter, for no real reason, other than to flog it's own pony.
      Ben did a stupid thing, in private, to a camera that he probably knew was not being show live.
      Ch10 should have shown it privately to AFL/Richmond, and it should've been dealt with privately. We don't need to know about it. Nor should we care.

      If it happened in the public arena, or during the 3 hour telecast, then that is another story.

      Gee, I see more idiots hanging over the fence giving the bird nearly every game. Infact watch the last 5 mins of that Freo game, and you'll see it.

      Poor form Ch 10.
      Ten will go down the "freedom of the press:" line.
      Or the "people need to know"
      Or the "in the public interest"

      In the end it was a headline waiting to happen....
      The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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      • CureTheSane
        Carpe Noctem
        • Jan 2003
        • 5032

        #18
        Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
        Camera's in the rooms are a fixture on game day in the seniors. Cousin's knew it. He's been playing for many many years.
        Dumb dumb dumb choice by Ben (another in a long line). Actions have consequences. His is 5k (according to FSN last night). Pay up move on.
        I sincerely doubt that it would be viewed differently if it was Buddy and imagine Hawks would take a similarly dim view of a player doing this at any time, particularly one central to the club's marketing efforts.
        Nup.

        I have three letters about my feelings on the finger incident.

        B F D

        - when you have the "s" word thrown around on TV at 7:30 I doubt that raising a finger should be of any real impact.
        The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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        • AnnieH
          RWOs Black Sheep
          • Aug 2006
          • 11332

          #19
          CTS, you know probably more than anyone how much I love to kick the "ex"-junkie when he's down, but I think CH10 have gone overboard on this one.

          As for the "10 players" who have allegedly taken drugs and had positive drug tests - of course they're not going to admit to anything ... they'll be named and shamed once their three strikes are up.
          Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
          Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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          • AnnieH
            RWOs Black Sheep
            • Aug 2006
            • 11332

            #20
            Originally posted by CureTheSane
            I don't understand how Cousins taking drugs brought the AFL into disrepute.
            It wasn't for taking drugs ... it was for the "whole saga" in the end.
            Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
            Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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            • goswannie14
              Leadership Group
              • Sep 2005
              • 11166

              #21
              Originally posted by AnnieH
              CTS, you know probably more than anyone how much I love to kick the "ex"-junkie when he's down, but I think CH10 have gone overboard on this one.

              As for the "10 players" who have allegedly taken drugs and had positive drug tests - of course they're not going to admit to anything ... they'll be named and shamed once their three strikes are up.
              Just one correction Annie, there is no "allegedly" with these characters, they have tested positive.
              Does God believe in Atheists?

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              • Captain
                Captain of the Side
                • Feb 2004
                • 3602

                #22
                What's with all the Ben Cousins love?

                The bloke is a tool.

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                • Lucky Knickers
                  Fandom of Fabulousness
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 4220

                  #23
                  Originally posted by CureTheSane
                  Nup.

                  I have three letters about my feelings on the finger incident.

                  B F D

                  - when you have the "s" word thrown around on TV at 7:30 I doubt that raising a finger should be of any real impact.
                  Agree. He's gotta cop the fine and get on with it.

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                  • Lohengrin
                    On the Rookie List
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 641

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
                    Camera's in the rooms are a fixture on game day in the seniors. Cousin's knew it. He's been playing for many many years.
                    Dumb dumb dumb choice by Ben
                    It was dumb, but the footage is very rarely shown. Stupid tabloid behaviour by Ch 10.

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                    • CureTheSane
                      Carpe Noctem
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 5032

                      #25
                      Originally posted by AnnieH
                      CTS, you know probably more than anyone how much I love to kick the "ex"-junkie when he's down, but I think CH10 have gone overboard on this one.
                      I know.
                      And that's cool.
                      Everyone should be able to have a bias for no particular reason other than unbridled hatred.
                      I hate Collingwood.
                      And Koschie
                      And Mel
                      The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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                      • CureTheSane
                        Carpe Noctem
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 5032

                        #26
                        Originally posted by AnnieH
                        It wasn't for taking drugs ... it was for the "whole saga" in the end.
                        Media made the saga
                        The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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                        • CureTheSane
                          Carpe Noctem
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 5032

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
                          Agree. He's gotta cop the fine and get on with it.
                          Well, I think Channel 10 should be fined for showing it on air over and over.

                          The standards of what is deemed publicly acceptable have already been set by the AFL's ruling body - the media.
                          I think what happened fell well within those "guidelines"
                          The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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                          • Robbo
                            On the Rookie List
                            • May 2007
                            • 2946

                            #28
                            What a joke channel 10 are.

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                            • CureTheSane
                              Carpe Noctem
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 5032

                              #29
                              Interesting to see the finger raised many many times on the Footy show tonight.
                              Let's see if Demetriou comes out and slams the Footy show which has been an institution of the game for a long time.
                              The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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                              • ScottH
                                It's Goodes to cheer!!
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 23665

                                #30
                                Originally posted by CureTheSane
                                Interesting to see the finger raised many many times on the Footy show tonight.
                                Let's see if Demetriou comes out and slams the Footy show which has been an institution of the game for a long time.
                                Ya dreamin, man!!!

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