Rumour Rumors of cat player in big trouble

[Richmond Flats]

I am not sure what about my reply implied that I hadn't

I said Geelong fans are sweating over this. You went on some nonsensical rant about that not being the case. So what you're saying is none of you are worried that you have a potential rapist at your football club?

 

[PhatBoy]

I can tell you from personal experience that you didn't need to put any effort in to "break into" that accommodation. At all. You also didn't need to have any special knowledge of where it was. You could step out of a car on the side of the road and walk down the fairway all the way to the facilities.

Either way, it’s still on the player, as a grown adult, to take responsibility for his actions having been given specific instructions about all protocols.

I doubt his girlfriend just happened to randomly end up there by accident and bump into him.

But he’s not Victorian so maybe she did, who knows.

 

[PenfoldsFan]

From one of the smallest clubs in Victoria

Really? That’s your excuse?

Do you think he had no say in that? She just thought ‘I’ll pop in and find him, it’ll be ok.’

She got no encouragement.

You are delusional.

The border breachers club is irrelevant.

Did he?

So we assume he encouraged her but we cant consider the player to which this thread is about did so due to his position.

 

[PhatBoy]

I said Geelong fans are sweating over this. You went on some nonsensical rant about that not being the case. So what you're saying is none of you are worried that you have a potential rapist at your football club?

If you think normal human beings care more about ‘a rapist being at their football club’ than the simple fact that a rape might have happened full stop, I feel sorry for you.

 

[Taylor]

Either way, it’s still on the player, as a grown adult, to take responsibility for his actions having been given specific instructions about all protocols.

I doubt his girlfriend just happened to randomly end up there by accident and bump into him.

But he’s not Victorian so maybe she did, who knows.

She'd have known where he was and from memory it was extremely difficult to see anyone outside the state due to that hard border.

Lekahni was the woman who saw a snapchat on his phone and started beating him up while he was asleep, leaving aside the fact that he assaulted her after that leading to his career ending, she isn't the sort of woman who sits quietly by and waits to be told what to do.

 

[PhatBoy]

The border breachers club is irrelevant.

Did he?

So we assume he encouraged her but we cant consider the player to which this thread is about did so due to his position.

Girl goes to visit player in quarantined environment where players are given strict instructions not to breach quarantine.

Player has no privilege involved in said breach. It’s just a normal mistake. Nothing to do with anything but a mistake. If he did it while playing for a Victorian club it would be due to privilege - you’ve said as much by pointing to the players from Melbourne who breached the same protocols. But not the Sydney player.

Player allegedly sexually assaults someone. Reason is because he plays for big football club.

How are you not seeing the stupidity of your logic.

 

[Pooks]

I really fail to understand how breaching quarantine is even relatable at all, or even comes close to the seriousness of what has been accused in this case. What a ridiculous comparison. That whole argument is disrespectful to the victim of this incident and serves no one - it minimizes the seriousness of the crime, at worst.

 

[Bald]

Can I encourage the use of the ignore button?

There's a small number of permanently online people in this thread using this situation as a point scoring exercise, which is completely unreasonable, and you'll never be able to reason someone out of a situation they unreasonably found themselves in. So your choices are either be unreasonable with them, or ignore them.

 

[Tandy]

is the player named yet. I missed all of this and read a few pages.

 

[Strange Cat]

is the player named yet. I missed all of this and read a few pages.

The name is under a court ordered media suppression yet we have a few posters including a mod ignoring it

Only need to look at the last few pages

 

[Willo_]

I said Geelong fans are sweating over this. You went on some nonsensical rant about that not being the case. So what you're saying is none of you are worried that you have a potential rapist at your football club?

So because i pointed out that Cats fans are disgusted and angry... you take that as a nonsensical rant, what would you prefer be happening?

 

[Munich]

The name is under a court ordered media suppression yet we have a few posters including a mod ignoring it

Only need to look at the last few pages

Or go to Twitter.

 

[Warhorse]

Does this mean we get an extra pick in the pre season draft?

 

[Richmond Flats]

Obviously, we are all responsible for our actions.
My point is, sometimes outside influence can shape our choices.
Here we have a young Man, who, if the allegations are found to be true, suddenly became a perpetrator of a serious crime, that anyone who knew him from his GWS days and prior may say they didnt see that coming.
So what changed, he moved back home to his place of comfort and joined an establishment the oozes success and doesnt mind who it upsets in the pursuit, an obvious arrogance.

Look at another recently succesful big club, thumbing their noses at the very rules that allowed the comp to continue during Covid whilst everyone else was locked away, success and arrogance.
I doubt the club said do it but the mindset is obvious.

Agree mate. I respect that you're not afraid to call things as you see it despite lots of agitated Geelong supporters jumping down your throat. Very refreshing.

If these allegations are true, then serious questions need to be asked about Geelong's culture and want went wrong for this kid while at that football club.

 

[Munich]

Agree mate. I respect that you're not afraid to call things as you see it despite lots of agitated Geelong supporters jumping down your throat. Very refreshing.

If these allegations are true, then serious questions need to be asked about Geelong's culture and want went wrong for this kid while at that football club.

Good grief.

 

[PhatBoy]

Agree mate. I respect that you're not afraid to call things as you see it despite lots of agitated Geelong supporters jumping down your throat. Very refreshing.

If these allegations are true, then serious questions need to be asked about Geelong's culture and want went wrong for this kid while at that football club.

Disgusting comment.

 

[MadMundy]

Some of you are ****ing disgusting people, that's all I'll say. Complete lack of awareness and sympathy for the victim, and no I'm not talking about the Geelong fans.

 

[thegerman]

Does this mean we get an extra pick in the pre season draft?

Doubt the club sacks him prior to the case. However may do so once some of the case is played out. You’d hope they are supporting him until that’s known.

Given the next hearing isn’t until mid year, I highly doubt they’d sack him proper and try to pick up a player mid year, given they’d have funds to go after a player in the trade period.

Whilst it’s difficult for the club, I’m sure they are also trying to be responsible in not letting said player actually play and giving the victim some thought.

Of course we are just speculating though. If I was managing it, once named, contract is terminated. Don’t need that news cycle at the club.




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[Delisted]

Agree mate. I respect that you're not afraid to call things as you see it despite lots of agitated Geelong supporters jumping down your throat. Very refreshing.

If these allegations are true, then serious questions need to be asked about Geelong's culture and want went wrong for this kid while at that football club.

And here I was thinking I was the biggest w***er on bigfooty.

 

[MadMundy]

I don't think this is what we're debating but thanks for your input.

People's problem with you is that you're looking at things through the lense of footy and showing a complete lack of empathy for the victim, you sound like you couldn't care less that a woman may have been assaulted, you care more about what it says about a football club's culture, your priorities are wrong.

 

[Willo_]

So you're not anxious that there is a potential rapist at your football club. Got it.

Why would I be anxious? it has nothing to do with me... if he is a rapist, he won't be at the club once it he is proven guilty.
I wouldn't think it was that hard to understand?

By all accounts he is away from the club, and the club or AFL literally can't name him or do anything else, the club and AFL no doubt are aware of it all, and will have worked together to plan how to handle the situation... So I like most are disgusted that it has allegedly happened, and if so and found guilty then he can be publicly hung in the streets for all I care.

I am not really sure what the point is you are trying to make, no one is defending him that is for sure

 

[PhatBoy]

I don't think this is what we're debating but thanks for your input.

You shouldn’t be debating anything. Trying to paint a person’s potential personal indiscretions as reflective of an organisation to whom he’s professionally associated for the sake of point scoring especially when they are so serious and hurtful for the victim is about as low as it gets.

I’ve done things in my life that I will be ashamed of until the day I die. They aren’t reflective of my employer or a consequence of thinking I can get away with them because of who I work for.

 

[PhatBoy]

And here I was thinking I was the biggest w***er on bigfooty.

Don’t think you’ve got much to worry about there mate

 

[PenfoldsFan]

Agree mate. I respect that you're not afraid to call things as you see it despite lots of agitated Geelong supporters jumping down your throat. Very refreshing.

If these allegations are true, then serious questions need to be asked about Geelong's culture and want went wrong for this kid while at that football club.

I appreciate your support but I dont believe he was at the Cats long enough when this allegedly took place for this to be a club cultural issue.

 

[BF Tiger]

Seems like there are a whole lot of posters who are a drawing a false equivalence in this thread.

Believe it or not but you can post something about the alleged perpetrator and still have concern for the victim.

You can post something about the alleged perpetrator and it not being point-scoring against Geelong. In fact, Geelong fans seem to be using this quite often as a deflection, although I will admit there are examples where some are point-scoring against Geelong and it is rather distasteful.

I'm sure a lot of what is written in this thread would be written in any thread regardless of who the player is and which club he is attached too.