Carlton Supporters Club

Now with this missive I will tread carefully!

I have absolutely no doubt that many suing the AFL for brain injury sustained on the field of play are absolutely legitimate... however... cocaine use also causes brain damage and I hope neurosurgeons can tell the difference between the two, if there is one. I'll leave it at that.

I genuinely hope Ablett gets awarded millions which the family of the late Alisha Horan then sue him for double that amount.

Unfortunately when I think or read about Gary Ablett Snr the first thing I think of is that poor girl and not Abletts football prowess..

Unfortunately when I think or read about Gary Ablett Snr the first thing I think of is that poor girl and not Abletts football prowess..

Yes, it’s hard to unsee that sorry episode … and I suspect that’s why Ablett’s lawyer is hoping for a settlement. 

I can’t see why the AFL would want to cover up drug use by former players and a warts and all expose would reduce the AFL’s culpability.  I reckon they might go in boots and all.

So, do I presume you would be OK with your children emulating their sporting heroes?

Like it or not, they are role models, I realise it's a big ask, but given how many young blokes take their own life the last thing we need are more of them in debt to criminals, or suffering the side-effects of addiction.

We certainly do not need youth emulating their wayward heroes!

I hope they expose his dirty past.

They aren't role models, they're guys that play footy well.

The Sam walsh types will see the ones that like their substances fall out of the game.

And that makes them role models, whether they like it or not.  It also forces the AFL to take responsibility for ensuring that the role models its competition creates do not exert a poor influence on supporters.  It’s part of the social contract that all sporting bodies have to adhere to.

There won't be many good footy players that can behave as they like without their body letting them down and its not up to the afl players to be superhuman and any different to society. 

See my thought process is different.

It's up to the education of young people to show them what is ultimately a good or bad decision, or what is a good or bad role model.  That doesn't mean shielding them from the reality that some people are loose cannons even if they can play footy well.  There won't be many good footy players that can behave as they like without their body letting them down and its not up to the afl players to be superhuman and any different to society. 

Perhaps keeping these things out of discussion is a better way to handle it, after all you only see fools getting done on video with white powders as opposed to the majority.  So how would anyone know what anyone's up to if not for the media?

Unlike Rock Stars  

Single biggest problem for me with all this stuff is that people dont properly own their mistakes. I have to give praise to the young Coll player Ginnivan who was the only person I can recall in recent history to come straight out and say yep, I'm a DH, I did drugs, I need to fix myself up, I need to earn the trust back . Every other prick blames the next prick or mental health, flat out denys it like Carey at the WA Casino or some other BS. Just own it and fix it.