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(NOTE TO CRAIG: THIS ISN'T A TIGER BASH, MERELY A COMMENT ON A CURRENT AFL-RELATED HAPPENING. WHENEVER I HEAR A NEWS STORY BEGINNING WITH THE WORDS "AFL PLAYER IN TROUBLE", I CROSS ALL FINGERS & TOES THAT IT ISN'T ONE OF OURS)
I've been saying for sometime now that elite footballers are, as a general rule, knobheads of the highest order and young Tiger, Jay Shultz, has merely reaffirmed this view for me.
I'll probably get written-off as a sanctimonius old Grandpa for suggesting this, but the lad really has been a tool here. 19 going on 20 may be young in some respects, but (particularly in this day and age, when the message is hammered into you from all angles) is nevertheless more than old enough to know better in this instance.
How many of us, were we pulling big money from our employer, would put ourselves in the position Shultz has by doing the very two things that the club's main sponsor tells everyone (in accordance with societal laws) not to do??!!
As a consequence, cash strapped Richmond now finds itself down around half a million bucks for this season alone, and considerably more across future seasons (given that the TAC was set to extend the arrangement beyond 2005). The club is entitled to expect more from its players and Shultz can think himself lucky that he's a professional footballer. In other areas of the private industry sphere he could have found himself summarily dismissed.
Lets hope that this is the worst news we hear regarding AFL players this season.
I've been saying for sometime now that elite footballers are, as a general rule, knobheads of the highest order and young Tiger, Jay Shultz, has merely reaffirmed this view for me.
I'll probably get written-off as a sanctimonius old Grandpa for suggesting this, but the lad really has been a tool here. 19 going on 20 may be young in some respects, but (particularly in this day and age, when the message is hammered into you from all angles) is nevertheless more than old enough to know better in this instance.
How many of us, were we pulling big money from our employer, would put ourselves in the position Shultz has by doing the very two things that the club's main sponsor tells everyone (in accordance with societal laws) not to do??!!
As a consequence, cash strapped Richmond now finds itself down around half a million bucks for this season alone, and considerably more across future seasons (given that the TAC was set to extend the arrangement beyond 2005). The club is entitled to expect more from its players and Shultz can think himself lucky that he's a professional footballer. In other areas of the private industry sphere he could have found himself summarily dismissed.
Lets hope that this is the worst news we hear regarding AFL players this season.
