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  • jono2707
    Goes up to 11
    • Oct 2007
    • 3326

    Originally posted by Sandridge
    Did someone complain that Brisbane, if they make the Grand Final, would have a home ground advantage? If so, that's unbelievable!!!
    No one was complaining - someone just raised the point that the Lions have a great opportunity for a GF at home - hence Dunstall's completely justified and timely point.

    I'll throw my lot in with the Lions come finals time

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    • MattW
      Veterans List
      • May 2011
      • 4193

      Originally posted by Markwebbos
      AFLPA agrees.

      I didn’t realise that they hadn’t been to the strip club. Only to get food. (Or am I being naive?)
      "It's inteded to be a club fine. Everybody's got ownership of this, it's a club-wide leadership piece, we've all got responsibility in it."

      - Steve Hocking

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      • Markwebbos
        Veterans List
        • Jul 2016
        • 7186

        Originally posted by MattW
        "It's inteded to be a club fine. Everybody's got ownership of this, it's a club-wide leadership piece, we've all got responsibility in it."

        - Steve Hocking

        https://twitter.com/AFLNation/status...114011136?s=19
        I'm with you MattW.

        Category: | Herald Sun

        'the AFLPA made clear it was not only above the maximum fine of $5000, it was illegal under the AFL’s code of conduct because they had already been handed a set penalty of 10 weeks suspension... AFLPA Legal and Player Affairs general manager James Gallagher said: “Under the code of conduct agreed between the AFL and the AFLPA, when the AFL sanctions a player for a breach of AFL rules, a club cannot also impose a sanction on the player”.'

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        • KTigers
          Senior Player
          • Apr 2012
          • 2499

          Originally posted by Markwebbos
          AFLPA agrees.

          I didn’t realise that they hadn’t been to the strip club. Only to get food. (Or am I being naive?)
          I think to not get a kebab after you've been to a strip club would be downright un-Australian.

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          • rojo
            Opti-pessi-misti
            • Mar 2009
            • 1100

            I am sure the club fulfilled its duty to inform the players of their responsibilities re co-vid restrictions. The players are not children, why would the club have to police them as if they were. They are not at a school camp, the co-vid environment requires everyone to act responsibly. These players deliberately chose to do what they did, despite the possible repercussions that they must have been aware of after Elijah Taylor stuffed up. This is a massive unexpected hit for the Richmond club, the Swans' penalty was bad enough. I would be wanting to share the financial load with these players too. Somehow the message has to get through. Obviously words, the example of suspensions of others, living under co-vid restrictions for months, has failed. Perhaps having to take some personal financial responsibility may be the only way!!

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            • Meg
              Go Swannies!
              Site Admin
              • Aug 2011
              • 4828

              Originally posted by MattW
              "It's inteded to be a club fine. Everybody's got ownership of this, it's a club-wide leadership piece, we've all got responsibility in it."

              - Steve Hocking

              https://twitter.com/AFLNation/status...114011136?s=19
              A ‘club fine’, ‘everybody’s got ownership’ - including all the Richmond members who donated their membership fees for the season. And any staff members who lose their jobs as a result of the cut in next year’s soft cap.

              Many losers from the very bad decisions made by two players.

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              • rb4x
                Regular in the Side
                • Dec 2007
                • 968

                Very easy to make a bad decision at 3:30am. The first bad decision is being out at 3:30am just weeks out from finals. Would like to know more about the birthday drinks the rest of the Richmond players were having and what time that party wound up.

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                • MattW
                  Veterans List
                  • May 2011
                  • 4193

                  Originally posted by Meg
                  A ‘club fine’, ‘everybody’s got ownership’ - including all the Richmond members who donated their membership fees for the season. And any staff members who lose their jobs as a result of the cut in next year’s soft cap.

                  Many losers from the very bad decisions made by two players.
                  I assume the soft cap will be hit no matter who pays the fine.

                  I still find it hard to believe no-one realised they were out.

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                  • i'm-uninformed2
                    Reefer Madness
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 4653

                    Do we know whether the kebab was with the lot, or if they tipped the strippers? Because if the players failed those tests, they really should pay the fine
                    'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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                    • snajik
                      Senior Player
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 1115

                      Originally posted by KTigers
                      I think to not get a kebab after you've been to a strip club would be downright un-Australian.
                      I'm considering penning a book about the whole affair. Working title - He Defied With a Kebab in his Hand.
                      It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
                      The Scarlatti Tilt - Richard Brautigan

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