Go Forward, Just Don’t Kick a Goal!
Are the AFL that blind to the fact that clubs DO NOT WANT TO PLAY in the NAB Cup. Why are they taking this issue this seriously considering they turned a blind eye to the Carlton Football Club last year when they were quite obviously tanking in the latter part of the year so they could secure the Number 1 Draft Pick.
There is no doubt there is some personal issues here between Roos and the AFL and now Roos finds himself facing a $100,000 fine or even suspension. I wouldn’t put it past the AFL to do the latter but they won’t. The Swans are well known for not giving a **it about the NAB Cup and as a result were the least favorite with the bookmakers before the start.
The AFL really needs to make some changes if they are going to protect the reputation of the NAB Cup as they want to. The increase in prize money this year has made no impact what so ever. Maybe there needs to be a bigger carrot dangled like a priority draft pick for the winner?. The investigation into Roos’s comments is set to be concluded by the end of the week and apparently up 9 witnesses will be contacted to give their accounts of what happened.
Maybe next time Roos just needs to be a bit more aware of who is around when making these type of comments. There is growing momentum to abandon the NAB Cup and maybe just maybe this may open the eyes of the AFL and force them into making some sort of decision regarding the pre season competition.
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There is one thing that needs to change about the NAB Cup and thats the selling of it. Stop trying to make it a competition and make it a preseason warmup series of games.
Roos is a different issue. The media is an ass and hypercrits! They are all over the AFL for investigating Roos for his comment but if they ignored it, you know they would be all over the AFL like what are they going to do about it. So the answer is that Roos probably did something very dumb (like the guys caught gambling last year) and should get a slap on the wrist. I (and the AFL deep down) don’t care if Roos wants to take it serious or not just don’t trash the brand and don’t be so stupid!
Molly
PS. Can I plug that I will talked about this on the show this week (up soon)? http://afl.mollyzine.com
Carlton and other teams like Collingwood, Essendon etc are the most protected in the AFL. And that is why Carltons tanking was not questioned, it also means that Judd can come home and he is worth more to the AFL in Victoria than WA.
It is also rather obvious also that the idiot in charge of the AFL does not get on well with Paul Roos (2005 – calling his game style ugly etc).
The AFL was best ran when he was not a Victorian…