Which is not tanking
Yep it's not tanking in the true sense of players blatantly going out and trying to lose. Some might argue though that in AFL lingo "tanking" can include experienced players with any niggle, that would/could still try and play if finals were on the line, being put into cotton wool to make sure they're 100% right for preseason training and 2011. Collingwood did it in 2005 to score Pendelbury and Thomas in the draft.
The thing is MT, if it happened before the draft it was just smart player management. It still is smart player management, unlike RFC allowing Richo to attempt to come back late last year, which was plain stupid.
Speaking of tanking, a term that has it's basis in boxing as another way of saying taking a dive, what about the Danny Green Fiasco?
Plenty of lols there
"Green screamed at Briggs: ''You f---ing dog'' as the referee waved off the contest."
"He added soon after: ''Paul Briggs is not getting paid a cent. That is criminal, what he did. I will rise above that canine and apologise."
''I am feeling very, very angry.''
The comments left on various sites about the incident shows just how low an act people in general see tanking/diving.
Would hate to see RFC seen in this vein, even though some seem more than willing for that to happen, even if it is not deserved.
