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AFL fantasy football competitions used to be a real test of a fan's knowledge of the game. However, in the past five or so…
If there is one thing that is guaranteed in the AFL each season, it is debate and dissatisfaction with the draw. Unfortunately, the solution…
Port go into the game without Carlisle, Wingard, Hartlett, Schulz, White, Krakouer, and of course Ryder and Monfries – 8 players that could all argue to be in the best 22. Considering Essendon lost 12 players to suspension, but were able to replace them with some experienced top up players such as Kelly, Stokes and Crowley, the ledger is pretty square from the perspective of available players.
Robbie Gray and Ollie Wines need more help this week. Port need to show some accountability for guys like Zaharakis and Zac Merrett, who have been allowed to do what they want in the first 2 rounds. Boak is playing sore but once he runs through the banner he has to lead from the front and have a much bigger impact on the game than he had in the Showdown last week.
Considering they were expected to contest for a top 4 berth this season, a loss tomorrow night would put huge question marks over Port’s season. Let’s see just how badly they want it.
Do the Dons have the Power to cause an upset?
It sounds as though your theory is that ‘just because everyone is doing it, it should be legal’? Try telling that to the parents of the kids who die from a single hit of one of these substances.
So since thousands of people exceed the speed limits and run red lights every day, that should be legal too?
Just because you think something should be legal doesn’t suddenly make it ok.
As for my ‘tired old argument’ – I wasn’t just referring to drug testing, I was referring to any illegal activity. Believe it or not, employers like to protect the brand of their business. Having their employees engaging in illegal activities paints their organisation in a bad light.
If a player is under contract with an AFL club, they need to adhere to the terms of that contract. In this day and age I find it highly unlikely that there is a single contract in the AFL that says ‘between the last game of the season and the first day or pre season training you are disassociated from the club and are free to act how you like and break as many laws as you like’.
Don’t go off your head at the AFL’s illicit drug problem
To me, the main issue is the legality of the activity the players are participating in.
Players are punished by their clubs for having a drink of alcohol on their ‘days off’ during pre season, or while recovering from an injury. Yet drinking alcohol is perfectly legal, and the amount of alcohol consumed by some of the players punished is not even enough to make it illegal for them to drive a car.
I am not sure why illicit drugs aren’t referred to for what they are – illegal drugs. Now I know that if I was caught doing something illegal during my annual leave, my employer would most certainly take some sort of action against me. I may even be sacked. So I am not sure where this attitude comes from that players should be able to do what they want while they are on leave from the footy club. Sure, they should be able to let their hair down, have a few drinks, go on holidays etc. But why should we (or their employers) turn a blind eye if they choose to participate in an illegal activity?
It is a sad indictment on society that almost 32% of men in their 20s admit to taking an illicit (illegal) substance in the past 12 months. I don’t think that it is cause for celebration to find out that ‘only’ 25% of an AFL playing list has tested positive to doing the same. How do we know that there weren’t another 25% at the same club that were doing the same thing but were lucky enough not to be caught?
Don’t go off your head at the AFL’s illicit drug problem
Hi Wayne. I am not suggesting that the league be reduced to 12 teams now. That horse has well and truly bolted! What I was implying is that any debate about creating a fair draw for all teams is now futile, because of the way the league was set up, starting 30 years ago. We are never going to see a 34 round season, so there will never be an even draw. The solution lies in the past, hence the need for a time machine!
How to fix the AFL fixture for good
Hi Paul
I don’t blame people for using the information available to them. I just think the spoon feeding has gone too far.
Everyone knows that Lotto is a game of chance – there is absolutely no skill involved. Fantasy sports are (or maybe were) supposed to be a game of skill, where an element of luck (with injuries etc) is still required. I just feel as though a lot of the skill has been removed, and the proportion of luck required has increased.
I guess I was indirectly alluding to macca’s point that there are so many similar teams now, and this is because those who ordinarily wouldn’t know what they are doing are told what to do by those in the know.
It’s like being guaranteed a pair of kings to start every hand of poker, and then just having to decide how to bet the hand (with a pro whispering in your ear about what they would do at every step of the way).
I think the concept of draft leagues is great – however in my experience it is these leagues which result in players ‘dropping out’ after they realise they have selected an uncompetitive team, making most of the match ups irrelevant.
Taking the fan out of fantasy footy