The AFL’s head of information dispersal, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahha, clears up all confusion on the Melbourne not-tanking issue. Sort of.
The AFL has tanked its way to the bottom of the integrity ladder
February 21, 2013 by 2 Comments
After months of investigative work by the AFL commission a verdict has been reached. The verdict-NOT GUILTY Don’t rejoice yet Demons fans because your club hasn’t gotten off scot free.
A cowardly, rubbish, gutless and logic-defying decision
February 20, 2013 by 21 Comments
The announcement of the outcomes of the long investigation by the AFL into the Melbourne tanking issue of 2009 is our Warren Commission.
Don’t punish Dees for Tanking Think Tank
November 1, 2012 by 20 Comments
Paul Mitchell says don’t blame Melbourne when the AFL set up the system, and Collingwood also abused it to recruit Pendles and Daisy.
Tanking is no way to the top
September 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Tanking – the term given to suspected ‘game throwing’ by teams looking to improve their position in end of season drafts – has been a staple topic of conversation towards the end of recent home and away seasons. The general consensus is that tanking does happen, and the premise as to why it happens is [Read more]
A superior draft system
August 17, 2012 by 13 Comments
By Peter Zitterschlager Recently, under the auspices of a … ahem … sports company I formed, I proposed a draft system to the AFL. The system was developed by my associate (with enhancements by myself), and believing we had a winner, we were confident the AFL would be interested. Unfortunately, after repeated efforts to catch [Read more]
Let them tank
August 15, 2012 by 25 Comments
We’ve heard of tanking over recent years and started to hear a lot more of it lately as it’s started to be raised again as a big problem and everyone’s been saying their bit trying to come up with a solution. The AFL has come out trying to be all flair and nostrils by ‘launching [Read more]
Time for a Think Tank
August 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Happy Olympics to all, This European Summer has been a killer for sleep – but we toil on. Meanwhile Brock McLean ensures that the local game keeps plenty of news inches filled. But really did he say anything we did not already know! There has been much blubbering about the penalties that should be inflicted [Read more]
I am Carlton; I am tanking
July 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Damien Little I don’t profess to be knowledgeable on the intricacies of football strategy and structures – but omitted N. Duigan and M. Watson – what the F*@k! Are we trying to win games here? Can someone please help to explain this to me before I start punching holes in walls like Alastair Clarkson.
Match Fixing Policy
October 17, 2011 by 6 Comments
There is currently discussion relating to Federal Sport Minister, Mark Arbib’s commitment to a National Match Fixing Policy. Of course this is not a matter of concern to the movers and shakers in AFL, as there is definitely no match fixing issue in relation to football, and by the way match fixing is spelt [Read more]
Castigate – the AFL scandal
August 2, 2011 by 31 Comments
From an uncannily innocuous inception similar to the matter of fact break in that incited the Watergate Scandal (Nixon and “Deep Throat’; what an unfortunate coincidence) the Castigate scandal is about to blow the AFL open. No doubt there are plans being identified and executed at this very moment to make the whole [Read more]
AFL Round 22: Everyone’s a winner when Saints squeeze past Dees
September 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Margaret Duncan It is the last match for Melbourne in the 2009 season, a team with the dubious honour of being on the bottom of the league ladder. St Kilda are on top. But after two losses in the previous two weeks, and after 19 straight wins before that, they are a bit rattled. [Read more]
Round 16: Richmond vs North Melbourne – a draw is just as bad as a win
July 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Michael Allan We’ve reached the home stretch. Only six more games before eight teams are knocked out and the finals begin. It’s around this time when Richmond (and several others) are put under the microscope, as the tanking debate re-emerges. I’m always torn with this: on one hand, it will better suit the club long [Read more]
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