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taipan

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I smiled knowingly when John Stanley (supposedly a Dragon's fan) admitted he was a wait for it' A Swan's ambassador.".His family have season memberships.

Meaning anything he now criticises rugby league about, can be taken with a grain of salt.

Would it now be deemed nasty of me to wish for a Swan's wooden spoon circa 2017?The honeymoon is over fumblers.
 

Brutus

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I smiled knowingly when John Stanley (supposedly a Dragon's fan) admitted he was a wait for it' A Swan's ambassador.".His family have season memberships.

Meaning anything he now criticises rugby league about, can be taken with a grain of salt.

Would it now be deemed nasty of me to wish for a Swan's wooden spoon circa 2017?The honeymoon is over fumblers.

Did you hear him say his family now admire GWS and they now have GWS memberships as well. Those Swans ambassadors are sure loyal.
 

taipan

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The question is what is an AFL Ambassadorial position worth.Free memberships? Free finger food gorging? Free pot shots at rugby league in the media? Brown paper bag payments? Strict praising of the AFL over all areas?

I guess in the case of the Gnats,they need a lot more bums,to cover Orange seats.
 

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First Grade
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The question is what is an AFL Ambassadorial position worth.Free memberships? Free finger food gorging? Free pot shots at rugby league in the media? Brown paper bag payments? Strict praising of the AFL over all areas?

I guess in the case of the Gnats,they need a lot more bums,to cover Orange seats.
It is the most blatant conflict of interest for anyone in the media and demonstrates just how far the fourth estate has fallen. They are given it by the AFL because they have influence, that should be their first clue that it's a conflict. Any journalist accepting such a role should be sacked on the spot.
 

FlameThrower

Bench
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I smiled knowingly when John Stanley (supposedly a Dragon's fan) admitted he was a wait for it' A Swan's ambassador.".His family have season memberships.

Meaning anything he now criticises rugby league about, can be taken with a grain of salt.

Would it now be deemed nasty of me to wish for a Swan's wooden spoon circa 2017?The honeymoon is over fumblers.
Never watch that, but I'm shocked to hear Stanley is now pushing AFL? Maybe he thought we were going to be struggling this year, so jumped on the Swans...but they are having ( apparently) worst stat to a season in decades....Stanley has jumped on the wrong horse!!
 

axe&smash&crush

Juniors
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I smiled knowingly when John Stanley (supposedly a Dragon's fan) admitted he was a wait for it' A Swan's ambassador.".His family have season memberships.

Meaning anything he now criticises rugby league about, can be taken with a grain of salt.

Would it now be deemed nasty of me to wish for a Swan's wooden spoon circa 2017?The honeymoon is over fumblers.

He goes to giants matches. There are a thousand things to do on a weekend and he goes to giants matches
 
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Never watch that, but I'm shocked to hear Stanley is now pushing AFL? Maybe he thought we were going to be struggling this year, so jumped on the Swans...but they are having ( apparently) worst stat to a season in decades....Stanley has jumped on the wrong horse!!

He's jumped on the widest butt-plug available.
 

Life's Good

Coach
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Waleed Ali can get f**ked.

Who is this bloke? Why do the media think we care about his opinion on everything?
He is an over opinionated, under fed, know it all. He will be a media darling until someone digs up the inevitable sh*t that he has tried to keep quiet. F*ck him, his oppressed wife & the other bra burners that see him as a voice of reason.
 
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The question is what is an AFL Ambassadorial position worth.Free memberships? Free finger food gorging? Free pot shots at rugby league in the media? Brown paper bag payments? Strict praising of the AFL over all areas?

I guess in the case of the Gnats,they need a lot more bums,to cover Orange seats.
In slothfields case he probably get free grog as well
 

Canard

Immortal
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Yesterday was just an appalling display of one eyed bias against League.

I haven't watched it in months, and literally stumbled upon it.

They bagged League mercilessly, talking about the admittedly flawed player (free agent) transfer market, and pretended like AFL has it 100% correct when in reality its just lip service as most deals are done during the season, and the pretense of formality done during the "trade period"

Then Caroline Wilson negatively compared Paul Gallen to some AFL captain (Bob Murphy?) and how they spoke and said how that showed the difference between Melbourne and Sydney. Like Gallen is some bastion of all things League???

When the Swans ambassador mentioned Cam Smith, she tried to insinuate that this was because he lived in Melbourne that he was a great speaker???
 

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First Grade
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Yesterday was just an appalling display of one eyed bias against League.

I haven't watched it in months, and literally stumbled upon it.

They bagged League mercilessly, talking about the admittedly flawed player (free agent) transfer market, and pretended like AFL has it 100% correct when in reality its just lip service as most deals are done during the season, and the pretense of formality done during the "trade period"

Then Caroline Wilson negatively compared Paul Gallen to some AFL captain (Bob Murphy?) and how they spoke and said how that showed the difference between Melbourne and Sydney. Like Gallen is some bastion of all things League???

When the Swans ambassador mentioned Cam Smith, she tried to insinuate that this was because he lived in Melbourne that he was a great speaker???
to be fair, the petition has stalled on 64/100 so they probably figure a couple of balanced episodes were enough to quell the discontent.

https://www.change.org/p/abc-australian-broadcasting-corporation-stop-the-afl-bias-on-abc-offsiders
 

El Diablo

Post Whore
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It is the most blatant conflict of interest for anyone in the media and demonstrates just how far the fourth estate has fallen. They are given it by the AFL because they have influence, that should be their first clue that it's a conflict. Any journalist accepting such a role should be sacked on the spot.
it is no different than cash for comment and media personalities never disclose what they get for giving them free press

Media Watch refuse to look into it though. must be on the AFL payroll too

contact them about it and you'll see what i mean http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/tipoffs.htm
 

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