Players, coaches and fans of AFL have been charged with bringing the game of AFL into disrepute.
Such people have been suspended and fined by the AFL and barred from games.
Surely journalists who circle the AFL clubs, players and personalities looking for stories, and seem to produce atrticles with no care of their consequences, also have a care of duty. So called creditable journalists are keen to be the first to break a story, often incorrectly. I would hate one of these stories to cause problems for clubs, players or families to the extent that players may be linked to depression or a worst case scenario, suicide.
As journalists are reporting on AFL and the AFL seems to have almost total control over their brand, I put it to Andrew Demetriou that should journalists be found to be writing unsubstantiated claims and stories either slanderous and libellious in nature which are proven to be unfounded that those journalist be prevented from entering AFL games or writing about AFL players, clubs or topics in the public arena on the premise that they are bringing the game (of AFL) into disrepute.
