Angry about proposed travel ban exemption for footballers

[jase05]

@Pushka Maybe Steven Marshall realised the economic benefits of having (even without crowds) footy played in Adaide.

It’s also a step towards the SANFL and local sport started back up

 

[Pushka]

It’s also a step towards the SANFL and local sport started back up

And what about small business getting started?

 

[jase05]

And what about small business getting started?

I think things will start up earlier than he has indicated.
Community sports are integral to most rural towns and communities so for the health and well being it’s essential that they do get a start soon aswell.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

when he is supposed to be in VIC iso.

Well that will depend were he was at. As of 11.59pm Tuesday that week people could host up to 5 visitors at their dwelling.

He may not have been doing that of course.

That person was also someone with known mental health issues, so I suspect that having had a lengthy stay at home period would be difficult on someone with mental health problems.

I am I no way justifying his actions, but these times can be especially tough on some.

 

[Anna]

Just now, our State Govt has caved in and is allowing the two AFL teams to resume full contact training with the entire squad, in Adelaide. An exemption. They screwed up their isolation just over a week ago and got off. Now, we still can't eat in a restaurant, we have to eat outside, (weather is appalling now because of a cold change); businesses can't resume, yet the bloody footballers, who are still being paid, get the exemption. Needless to say Steven Marshall's Facebook is exploding. Not with congratulations as he might have expected, but with fury.

ABC24 just said that the AFL isn't happy with Marshall's idea of the showdown being played first in Adelaide in June and they probably won't allow it. So the SA players may be off soon to Qld after all.

 

[jase05]

ABC24 just said that the AFL isn't happy with Marshall's idea of the showdown being played first in Adelaide in June and they probably won't allow it. So the SA players may be off soon to Qld after all.

Playing the Showdown in QLD will only mean they go up a week earlier. The reason they were initially going up 4 weeks early was because contact training was banned in SA but not QLD so they needed to get up there early to train. Now that restriction has been lifted they can stay here much longer and train

 

[Pushka]

ABC24 just said that the AFL isn't happy with Marshall's idea of the showdown being played first in Adelaide in June and they probably won't allow it. So the SA players may be off soon to Qld after all.

That’s interesting. Given there won’t be a crowd I can’t see it will make much difference where it will be played.

 

[jeza]

AFL would prefer the showdown and Derby be played later on the year in the hope they may be able to have some form of crowd attend in their respective states.

 

[Pushka]

AFL would prefer the showdown and Derby be played later on the year in the hope they may be able to have some form of crowd attend in their respective states.

Except for those playing in hubs, that will cut back significantly the number of games they can play as it takes out WA and SA teams playing each other. And Port have already played an extra game which will need them to have a bye.

 

[Bundy Bear]

The 6 teams in Qld will like play each other once except there cross town rival, saves travel costs. They may lose a home game playing one of the WA clubs in Qld.

I did read on ABC the SA government just eased dining restrictions from Friday 22may.

Must be tough for AFL to plan around different state governments requirements

 

[Pushka]

The 6 teams in Qld will like play each other once except there cross town rival, saves travel costs. They may lose a home game playing one of the WA clubs in Qld.

I did read on ABC the SA government just eased dining restrictions from Friday 22may.

Must be tough for AFL to plan around different state governments requirements

Yes kind of. Still limited to 10 and wineries and hotels can't open until 5 May. Many won't even bother until it is raised to 50.

 

[jase05]

And Port have already played an extra game which will need them to have a bye.

Que?
All teams played round 1

 

[get me outta here]

Is this thread still about being “angry” as per the title or a more general thread?

 

[p--and--t]

Is this thread still about being “angry” as per the title or a more general thread?

The angry people have granted access to interlopers to talk about their favourite inane sport(s) Bit like virus' - everywhere.

 

[Anna]

Still limited to 10

From Friday - 10 indoors and 10 outdoors, alcohol permitted!

 

[Pushka]

From Friday - 10 indoors and 10 outdoors, alcohol permitted!

It's a start. I did hear on the radio I think from AHA that if there was a restaurant attached to a winery then they had to wait until June 5.

 

[VPS]

Yes kind of. Still limited to 10 and wineries and hotels can't open until 5 May. Many won't even bother until it is raised to 50.

I think you mean 5th June

 

[DC3]

From Friday - 10 indoors and 10 outdoors, alcohol permitted!

What? Now trusted with alcohol while dining in SA?

 

[p--and--t]

What? Now trusted with alcohol while dining in SA?

A pretty rash decision given the situation, location and some of the population

 

[Seat0B]

So now that all the footy players, coaches and families have had their special treatment, what do we see:

Brisbane's Tevita Pangai Junior fined $30,000, stood down by NRL for COVID-19 protocol breaches

The Brisbane Broncos forward receives a heavy fine and is stood down indefinitely for committing multiple breaches of the league's biosecurity protocols "over a period of time".

www.abc.net.au

Wayne Bennett fined $20,000 for breaching NRL's COVID-19 protocols

The NRL comes down hard on the seven-time premiership coach after it is found he broke the league's coronavirus restrictions, adding a hefty fine to his two-week ban.

www.abc.net.au

Three Broncos coaches separated from NRL team on COVID holds

Assistant coach Alfie Langer, strength and conditioning coach Ryan Whitley and head of rehab Blake Duncan will not fly with the team to Sydney after going to "a private function" in Brisbane.

www.abc.net.au

Demons pair join list of players banned for COVID-19 breaches

The number of AFL players banned for breaching COVID-19 protocols rises to four after Melbourne pair Charlie Spargo and Kysaiah Pickett travelled to a non-essential gathering.

www.abc.net.au

AFL journalist's job reinstated after being stood down for tweeting photo of Brooke Cotchin's COVID-19 breach

Journalist Mitch Cleary returns to work with AFL Media after being stood down for tweeting the Brooke Cotchin Instagram post that led to Richmond receiving a $45,000 fine.

www.abc.net.au

Collingwood coaches fined $25,000 for tennis match that breached AFL's coronavirus rules

Magpies coaches Nathan Buckley and Brenton Sanderson offer to pay a $25,000 fine to their club after playing a tennis match with people outside their approved contacts.

www.abc.net.au

Promising Essendon defender suspended for breaching AFL's coronavirus protocols

Essendon's Brandon Zerk-Thatcher is handed a one-match suspension after self-reporting a breach of the AFL's COVID-19 living arrangement protocols to the league and club.

www.abc.net.au

AFL hands out heavy fines to four clubs for COVID-19 protocol breaches

Hawthorn, Carlton, North Melbourne and Richmond are sanctioned, as the AFL comes down hard following breaches of its return-to-play protocols.

www.abc.net.au

Port's Ollie Wines to miss Saturday's Showdown over TV interview coronavirus breach

Port Adelaide midfielder Ollie Wines will miss this weekend's Showdown with the AFL enforcing a one-match ban for breaching coronavirus rules during a television interview.

www.abc.net.au

But hey they all got fined or suspended, so that's OK.