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Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: 🏅Dooks on September 12, 2014, 09:33:48 AM

Title: What is the most controversial saga that has bought the game into disrepute?
Post by: 🏅Dooks on September 12, 2014, 09:33:48 AM

What is the most controversial saga that has bought the game into disrepute?

For this, we are looking at generally off field matters or decisions made off the field.

Please feel free to elaborate on why you voted a certain way over other options

Title: Re: What is the most controversial saga that has bought the game into disrepute?
Post by: Mr Magic on September 12, 2014, 09:36:59 AM

The Bombers 'supplement scandal' has brought the game into disrepute more than anything I can remember.

Title: Re: What is the most controversial saga that has bought the game into disrepute?
Post by: The Big Richo on September 12, 2014, 11:30:47 AM

I went with 'other'.

The racism issue changed the nation.

Title: Re: What is the most controversial saga that has bought the game into disrepute?
Post by: Judge Roughneck on September 12, 2014, 02:56:36 PM

Fitzory

Title: Re: What is the most controversial saga that has bought the game into disrepute?
Post by: mightytiges on September 13, 2014, 08:36:55 PM

The Essendon drug/supplement saga has done the most damage to the game's image than anything else I can remember.

To add to list of farcical moments - Essendon being handed the 1924 flag on percentage from Richmond despite Richmond beating them in the last game of the finals and ending up on equal wins.

Title: Re: What is the most controversial saga that has bought the game into disrepute?
Post by: tdy on September 18, 2014, 10:25:31 PM

While I went with the drugs scandal at Essendon, the Ben Cousins scandal and absolute blinkers the entire West Coast football club put up was disgraceful.
Blind Freddy could see they had a drug culture problem. Gees the rumors made it back to Melbourne of the Perth nightclubs and Weagles players.
Worsfold and co put premierships ahead of principles by a long way for a long time.

Dishonorable mention to the Stephen Milne alledged sexual miconduct. St Kilda just seem to have a problem with, to quote Milny himself, “footy sluts”.