Swans chat Tom Papley Punting Scandal

[KSAS]

Tom's punting podcast clashing with Club's anti gambling stance. Hope this is just a storm in a tea cup.

AFL 2023: Tom Papley, Sydney Swans rocked by gambling scandal over SEN Podcast | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

[SCGonasunnyday]

Ha - won’t someone think of the children!

Move on, nothing to see here.

[Sandridge]

His grandfather, Max, was a bookie for some time so an interest in horse racing must run in the family.

[liz]

Some of the criticism seems overblown and guilty of conflating different things.

The Swans have taken a stand against gambling advertising at matches and the saturating effect of that. It doesn't make them anti-gambling, per se, nor does it require any or all of their employees to be anti-gambling.

I don't gamble but not because I think it's morally corrupt. I do think the betting industry is morally corrupt and I'm very happy with the Swans' stance on advertising at matches. But I don't think any less of Tom Papley if he enjoys a flutter (on anything other than AFL) and wants to make a podcast about that, any more than I would think less of someone who wanted to make a podcast on brewing home beer (I don't drink beer).

I haven't listened to Papley's podcast and I have no intention of doing so. It sounds like they might have gone a little overboard with some of the language. But there are a few commentators jumping on moral high horses with their comments. Surely it just needs a quiet word with Papley on where he overstepped the mark. It's hardly a "scandal".

[Kafka's Ghost]

Some of the criticism seems overblown and guilty of conflating different things.

The Swans have taken a stand against gambling advertising at matches and the saturating effect of that. It doesn't make them anti-gambling, per se, nor does it require any or all of their employees to be anti-gambling.

I don't gamble but not because I think it's morally corrupt. I do think the betting industry is morally corrupt and I'm very happy with the Swans' stance on advertising at matches. But I don't think any less of Tom Papley if he enjoys a flutter (on anything other than AFL) and wants to make a podcast about that, any more than I would think less of someone who wanted to make a podcast on brewing home beer (I don't drink beer).

I haven't listened to Papley's podcast and I have no intention of doing so. It sounds like they might have gone a little overboard with some of the language. But there are a few commentators jumping on moral high horses with their comments. Surely it just needs a quiet word with Papley on where he overstepped the mark. It's hardly a "scandal".

Exactly. Typically overblown NewsCorps angertainment.


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[Captain]

Agree totally over blown.

Was actually Fairfax/Nine that reported all this originally. See the Fin Review earlier in the week.

[WomblingFree]

Totally a non news story.

I totally applaud the clubs gambling stance.

But it doesn’t mean players can’t own horses if they want or have a punt.

Just terrible journalism

[crackedactor 01]

His grandfather, Max, was a bookie for some time so an interest in horse racing must run in the family.

I enjoy a punt on the horse but never bother betting on football. So just because you like one type of betting does mean you are a hardened gambler.

[i'm-uninformed2]

I don't mind a flutter, but not on the nags - they're too hard to follow.

But this seems overblown regardless, even if they hyped up their first podcast with a bit of florid language.

Besides, Swans players have a tradition to uphold going back to Plugger and his greyhounds.

Tony Lockett's Love of Greyhound Racing St Kilda Football Club Plugger - YouTube

[Kafka's Ghost]

Agree totally over blown.

Was actually Fairfax/Nine that reported all this originally. See the Fin Review earlier in the week.

A sad reflection on just how parlous the state of journalism is in Australia, and on how the Fairfax/Nine group have degenerated. The SMH didn’t even bother with last weekend’s important and feisty local derby, apart from a paragraph reporting the result. No other story or coverage whatsoever. Just a dismal effort.


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[Blood Fever]

All mainstream media now very shallow.