Yep.
They can be as childish and petty as they want. Thank f**k that mentality no longer has any influence in the Boardroom.
I hope Buzz gets an ulcer the stupid old merkin.
In saying that though it is troublesome for me the way they can influence the opinions of a large number of their minions.
Of particular concern is the 'poor quality football' line being run this year. Through my eyes, I've seen no evidence that this is the case. But because a few Channel Nine commentators had problems with the games they covered, and made it known in their narrowcast, other media outlets jump on the bandwagon. Of course, they can't think or analyse for themselves so they let Phil Gould and Ray Warren do that for them. The news limited press ran with it and then all of a sudden we saw it regurgitated elsewhere.
One only need to take a look at The Roar to see evidence of this.
I expect to see the quality of footy downplayed more as this season progresses. It is an obvious line of attack now they no longer have control of the game and are looking to find weakness in the administration, with their boy now removed.
I'm loathe to use an example from ozzie rules, but I think once the income stream is strengthened, then more ruthless dealings with the media need to be made, as is the case in that game. News ltd. 'journos' need to be made known that they will be unwelcome at official RL functions if they continue to attack the game. It is probably the only implementation from the ozzie rules that I'd like to see in our game.
