Thread: AFL "Scandal"?!

Originally Posted by AndyG

I think the Amber Harrison / Channel 7 saga is a salutatory tale.
It's one thing for 2 peers to have a relationship, but when the head honcho is nailing the office girl , thats not on

Who decides who is a "peer"? Is there a department somewhere that judges who is eligible and who isn't? Surely, in this day and age, "consenting adults" is about the only criteria? I haven't heard that anyone was going to gain, say by better employment conditions blahblah by entering into one of these liaisons. Or, perhaps, is the "office girl" not entitled to try it on for advancement?

Way too easy to judge from the sidelines, one way or the other.

I come back to where this started. Who wants the AFL to be their moral champion? Not me.

I would like the afl to be a moral champion! What happens at the top reflects what happens at the bottom! The crap i see go on up here with junior football is appalling, more in particular with coaching and club members towards children of a lower demographic. Its not just people having a fling, its also the rascism and violence

Good thing for people at the top to try to set a better example. Should be more responsible behavior I think.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Good thing for people at the top to try to set a better example. Should be more responsible behavior I think.

Nope, we are all the same, morals are morals no matter who you are.
And that was not the focus of my original post, which was WHY did these people lose their jobs?
There was no abuse here, the women were grown women, one was already in a relationship with a well known sportsman. Ch7 man did FAR worse, never lost his job,...like I said, I've seen this stuff going on in the Corporate world for at least 50 years,...No-one got sacked.
The AFL is a joke, with the stuff they let their players get away with, with "HOW MANY" "WARNINGS"?...Yeah right.
Anyone that's worked in the Corporate world would've seen this stuff,.....so what's the difference.
Like I said, I approve of NONE of it, but to be sacked for a consensual situation between mature adults is a joke.
I wonder what would have been the consequence if a well known (and valuable to his team) AFL player had been involved,...would He have been sacked, "lost his job"?...I don't think so.
If this is going to be the norm, there would be literally thousands of males AND females shaking in their shoes!
Pickles.

An old girlfriend once told me "A Stiff D--k has no conscience". As has been proven time and time again , it doesn't matter what role you are in , or how high up the tree you are , the little head does the thinking in all these case's.

As has been said, why isn't the second party to the Stiffy being treated the same. We do after all want equality.

Trial by media - nothing more.

Cheers Ean

The women concerned are 'on leave' I see. No doubt their relationships with their partners are strained. The women were in weaker positions in the power structure. If they had refused the more powerful men's advances they could fear being discriminated against. It happens all the time in business with powerful men taking advantage of their positions compared with those in weaker positions.
The men deserve harsher treatment because they were in senior positions where they held power over those under them in the pecking order. Power has to be used responsibly or it is abuse. They resigned because they had abused their power.
I'm not surprised to see the Daily Ruperts trying to beat up this story - it's the rubbish we expect from those rags.
Good on the AFL leadership for setting a responsible example, I say. It's a pity that Channel Seven didn't also act responsibly.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The women concerned are 'on leave' I see. No doubt their relationships with their partners are strained. The women were in weaker positions in the power structure. If they had refused the more powerful men's advances they could fear being discriminated against. It happens all the time in business with powerful men taking advantage of their positions compared with those in weaker positions.
The men deserve harsher treatment because they were in senior positions where they held power over those under them in the pecking order. Power has to be used responsibly or it is abuse. They resigned because they had abused their power.
I'm not surprised to see the Daily Ruperts trying to beat up this story - it's the rubbish we expect from those rags.
Good on the AFL leadership for setting a responsible example, I say. It's a pity that Channel Seven didn't also act responsibly.

Mate, that is simply not true.
Weaker positions...Lol!!!,...if ya've read the story there was no collusion, no "talking into", no nothing like that,.....just simple everyday "socializing", which starts off innocently, one thing leads to another, and.....bingo,...it's on.
And please don't go on about "women", jeez, I've seen women, "do their stuff", same as men do, no difference whatsoever, sometimes worse.
I don't know where you worked Disco, but I worked in a very large organization, and anyone who has, would have seen this stuff.
Like I said, if the star captain of an AFL team was the man, would he be stopped playing?.....Yeah right!
Pickles.

I've worked in very large organizations and seen it all.
I guess most blokes have never had to screw the boss to survive and don't realize how often it happens.