LC wrote:
There is something seriously wrong here. IMO this article is not about Chris Judd – he is the pretext.
The booze cruise occurred almost two months ago. It was widely written up, discussed, club ridiculed, players scorned, by a press, overly bloated with sports journalists, who had a field day - every day - over and over and over again.
In response the club immediately fined three players the maximum allowed penalty and subsequently suspended them. The captain very publically shared responsibility and declared it simply will not happen again.
Together with the AFL the club also put in place a plan to promote responsible alcohol behaviour.
Somehow this was not good enough for the rabid hounds. It would not have mattered what the club’s response was, it still would not have been enough and that is my point.
In this latest, of a two month long sustained attack, the press, in this case Caro, unbelievably trivializes ‘rape’, ‘racially induced assault, battery and robbery’, and ‘drug trafficking’ by comparing them to the stupidity of being intoxicated and playing drinking games.
I am not commending drinking games but maybe the result is a headache or bruised ego or even, heaven forbid, some camaraderie. Whatever, I am not commending it and think it highly stupid but a drinking game hardly draws comparison to rape, or assault or drugs! These are crimes and they really do have the potential to be life altering, life scaring and even life ending.
Something is dreadfully wrong. I do not believe in vendettas or Caro’s supposed hatred or jealousy. My point is why is the club’s relationship with the press so bad and how can it be fixed?
Really,though,you are commending it..and handcuffing someone is a form of assault..isn't it?...and a form that forces you to grin and bare whatever ritul you are asked to perform..or risk group ridicule,being outcast...God knows what else...it's time to go....drinking games.
i also think that comments like the ones given by Hoops ,don't inspire poeple in general, as well as the press, to take seriously our promises to change the culture of the club.
As Juddy says..it is time for action..so let's wait and see.
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)but surely not every personality type would like to be handcuffed and forced to drink..just like not every man would enjoy going on a P and O cruise ship,and being forced to play stupid games,and sing kareoke....would they?
That's some impressionable years living under the same roof as your father whose best mate and sidekick is Graeme Richmond. The two would have been within earshot for years about such things as how Carlton had an unfair advantage of country recruiting zone (us Bendigo and Richmond the Sunraysia Leagues), which means that young Caroline was brought up to hate the Navy Blue.
