Petition for more transparancy and accountability in AFL administration

[Meg]

Listen to this Andrew Ireland interview on Sen. It is quite long but listen to the whole interview. The timing of the trading condition first emerging only a month ago is referred to at the beginning but explicitly and in more detail near the end. Andrew Ireland would have had to be blatantly fibbing for the Ralph story to be true.

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[flapjacket]

Thank you to everyone who signed the petition for Fairness and Transparency in the AFL ? it is now closing in on 900 signatures which I think is a great effort - but this is only the beginning.

Below are the email addresses for the marketing and brand managers for most of the 30 AFL commercial partners (there?s about 8 that I?m unsure of which might bounce back):

Toyota, Carlton Draught, NAB, Coca Cola, Gatorade, Coles, Bunnings, TAB.com.au, Virgin Australia, HostPlus, OPSM, Mars, Australia Post, Hungry Jacks, Origin, Tissot, Radiant, Four?n Twenty, Bailey Ladders, GIO, Gillette, Lifebroker, Weet-Bix, Swisse, Coates hire, Treasury Wine Estates, Accor Hotels, Sherrin, GMHBA Health Insurance, City of Melbourne, Tupperware, Obela, Elastoplast

Once again please share this post as widely as possible; 900 emails x 30 sponsors will be hard to ignore.
I urge everyone to please be articulate and polite in your emails: remember that these people are not responsible for the AFL?s decision and in many cases may not even be aware of it.

Rants about Victorian bias/Eddie McGuire are probably not helpful ? I think that focussing on the AFL?s abuse of power/lack of transparency and the effect that this has on the perception of the AFL?s associated brands is likely to be more effective. Explaining that you are boycotting their products and services and encouraging others to do the same probably won?t hurt either.

As per the above, I would encourage people to write their own content, but if you would prefer you can also feel free to use the form letter below:

Good afternoon,
I would like to voice my concerns regarding the AFL?s recent decision to ban the Sydney Swans from trading in players for two years. On October 9th 2014 the official AFL website reported that the AFL had advised the Swans that they were banned from trading in players for 2 years. Failure to comply with this ban would result in the immediate removal of COLA, which would in turn result in the Swans exceeding their salary cap and facing further sanctions. This ban was not a result of the Swans breaking any league rules and has no precedent in AFL history. As such it is now clear there are insufficient checks and balances in place to prevent private agendas from driving league policies.
Furthermore, as a corporate partner of the AFL I feel that this decision reflects poorly on your own organization and I will be boycotting all products and services offered by your company until this situation can be resolved in a fair and equitable manner.
I am hopeful that the AFL will begin implementing processes to introduce greater transparency and accountability to the decision making processes that govern Australia's only indigenous sporting code.

Please note this decision has also been criticized by organizations including the AFL Players Association (Statement from the AFL Players? Association - AFL Players), as well as many media outlets.
I would urge your company to immediately reconsider its association with the AFL before further unnecessary damage is done to your brand by the game?s current administration.
Regards,


Please copy and paste the following line into the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) line of your email to send:

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[ScottH]

Good luck with this

[Untamed Snark]

Done, also asked my brother, his wife and my father to do the same

*getting a few out of office or no longer with this company replies but the bulk seems to have gone through*

[ScottH]

Done, also asked my brother, his wife and my father to do the same

*getting a few out of office or no longer with this company replies but the bulk seems to have gone through*

I just did the same.

[frankee]

Done.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Asked in another thread but does anyone know Gillon's email?

[CureTheSane]

sorry, I only have his after hours and mobile numbers