Then why was his race brought up over and over again in this thread? Don't make me effing quote coz it would be bloody tedious and demeaning for everyone. I am not going to point the finger, there was a bunch of poo said so don't come the innocent at this late stage of the dance its not even funny, well maybe a little in its raw outrageousness...
As for plenty of 'hungry kids' that might be true but my point is that they might not be as talented. I also pointed out that we don't actually know what is going on and everyone is crucifying the poor bastard before the facts are on the table. Lets see how it pans out, if he ditches us, then we can give him heaps. If he comes back and turns into a star im gonna haunt you bastards.
Here you go Owl:
"Sick and tired of the moaning and soul searching about what we can do to make him(& other indigenous players) more welcome."
"from what I have seen at AFL level, it is way too hard for most of these players who come from different backrounds."
"so he can go go back Alice springs and live of Center link rather than being apart of a massive AFL club that will win a premishpe making him alot of money"
"They find it hard in a team enviroment"
"Common theme here"
"but why do we draft outback indigenous players NT or Alice 30 odd Deg heat, and expects them too fit right at home in the biggest city in Australia"
"Gone walkabout."
"i don't think they would receive the same treatment as an aboriginal player"
"The aboriginal boys from remote communities can't be treated the same as the others"
"So we recruit them into mayhem being the biggest city in Australia, a lot wetter and colder and expect them too be role models within minutes. So i ask who has got it all wrong?"
"I get the feeling we recruited indigenous players in order to get the grant for our new facilities, cynical of me maybe i know!"
"then at least recruit indigenous players that all ready live in cities that have chosen to live there."
"I totally understand why some of the indigenous boys want to go home"
"Whilst i agree it is risky to draft indigenous kids, it is very important that we continue to do so!"
Snippets from both sides of the argument. Nah, this thread has nothing to do with race, colour or background.
Unfortunately Smokey, race will be involved! If the kid was italian would it get the same coverage? No! On the other hand, if Relton, JON and Blingers were stars would it get the same coverage? No!
Lets wait and see, the kid may return and i hope he does!
I went overseas for six months and the first 2 and a half months were without the family! It was a trip of a life time to Sweden but after two weeks i wanted to go home so badly that if someone bought me a plane ticket then i wouldve been on the next plane! I am not Aboriginal! I empathise with the kid, family means more than stardom!
