jb03 said:Why do the AFL have to re-act only to illegal acts. The woman's actions beyond the event should be irrelevant. There are many other ways to bring the AFL into disrepute. I would say Fevola's antics on the night could easily be construed as bringing the game into disrepute. Cousins was punished despite not being convicted. And also, many players break the law but do not suffer any retribution from the AFL. So illegal behaviour does not correspond to AFL action. Easy cop out from the AFL - I suspect they had a hand in shipping him to Brisbane.
That's fine. I agree, he did bring the game into disrepute. But taking that incident out, and without a complaint you have to, all he did was be very publicly and very obnoxiously drunk. Happy for the AFL to take action there, but the precedent they would set is massive. How many AFL players are publicly drunk through the course of an AFL season?