The Judd Extravaganza
The going rate for Judd would seem to be in the region of $1million per year over a minimum of three years. While the price may seem steep there is no doubt that Judd is worth every cent. A deal of this magnitude would make Judd the highest paid player in the league surpassing the reported $900,000 a season that Jonathon Brown earns and the only Australian based footballer of any code that would be earning more is Matt Gitaeu who is currently playing on a $5million four year deal for the Western Force in the Super 14 competition. Read More »Standards of Behaviour
Within general society Kerr’s taxi jumping and other misdemeanours are frowned upon, and should most certainly be punished. However, one must remember that outside the world of professional athletes, such antics would usually only result in the punishment handed down by the courts and not a $20,000 fine from an employer and the associated intense media scrutiny. This raises the following questions: has Kerr been harshly dealt with? Does the punishment fit the crime? And should sportspersons in general, and AFL players specifically, be judged any differently to the common citizen? Read More »AFL needs to start looking after the people that matter – the fans
Perhaps it is time to take action. But how? The heads of the AFL, Andrew Demitriou and co. are not the most popular blokes going around in footy at the moment. The game is supposedly flying, off the back of the multi-million dollar TV rights deal. Add this to the overwhelming support by top sponsors such as the NAB and Toyota and the AFL should be on top of the world. Then why is it that many people in the press and on the street are constantly complaining about the so-called ‘state of the game’. Read More »Mather’s Monday Meltdown #7
Lock Ins Are Ludicrous Ian Collins in his infinite wisdom has decided to ban pass outs from the Telstra Dome. He has hidden behind the thinly veiled excuse of public liability issues and patron safety and made it forbidden for anyone to leave the ground and re-enter without paying twice. Heaven forbid you should leave your jacket in the car or want to go and kick the footy with your kids or mates on the concourse for that is now simply not an option. Read More »Ready to Make Bryce
Kudos to the Blues for instigating what other clubs might consider a bold step. I strongly agree with this announcement. The entire Carlton fraternity will be enjoying the benefits of this promotion sooner rather than later. We are not referring to a kid straight out of the Under-18s TAC Cup. Gibbs has been excelling at senior football for a few seasons now, and obviously what he has been able to bring to MC Labour Park has impressed his coaches and teammates out of sight. His teammates will witness first hand the processes involved in order to command admiration at the ultimate echelon of their sport. Read More »Reality Bites For The Bombers
To steal a line from TISM “Hope may spring eternal, but you must not let itâ€. For some Essendon fans these words ring especially true. In the last few months I have been subjected, on far too many occasions, to illogical rants from Essendon supporters suggesting that the 2007 crop of Bombers are the real deal and genuine premiership contenders. How even the most deluded fan can think this is beyond me. Here is why those very Essendon pumpers should keep a lid on things and realise that while improvement is likely, genuine success is still a little way off. Read More »Betting In Footy – Has This Story Been Blown Out Of Proportion?
On the eve of the 2007 NAB cup, the big story in the world of AFL is the so called “betting scandal” that 4 players have been caught up in. The named players are Simon Goodwin (Adelaide), Kieran Jack (Sydney), David Hale (North Melbourne) and Daniel Ward (Melbourne). Extensive debate has followed the naming of these players with regards to the severity of any punishment that should be handed out, if in fact they should be punished at all given that none of them bet against their own team. Read More »Crystal Ball 2007 #3
8th – Richmond Allow me to quickly and momentarily state the obvious, I’ll be brief, I promise, I’ll be succinct, like ripping off a Band-Aid, OK are you ready, here we go, no procrastinating, right now, go time, let me say it… Richmond have underachieved in recent seasons. There, done. That didn’t hurt too much did it. Any side with proven performers like Matthew Richardson, Nathan Brown, Darren Gaspar, the Bowden boys and Kane Johnson should be making finals, regularly. We all know the jokes about the Tigers’ accepted (almost traditional) mediocrity. Read More »The Coaching “Hot Seat”
Never Tear Us Apart (positions 16-12) These guys are lead pipe locks to be at the helms of their respective clubs in coming seasons. Nothing short of death or retirement will keep them out of their jobs and media pressure is practically non existent. Rumour has it a few of them tried out for the gig as the new lead singer of INXS given the familiarity of their above-mentioned smash hit. Read More »Don’t Touch
Imagine that the rule changes imposed by the AFL in recent times were all required to be in the thought pipeline of administrators, players, coaches, umpires, media and fans for 24 months of more. Footy would be better for it. Many, probably most, of the issues would have evapourated over time, and we as fans would have been victim to fewer amendments. Read More »- Twitter feed loading...
