Richmond footballer Jake King snubs club bikie ban on Toby Mitchell (H-Sun)

[WilliamPowell]

Is Jake Kings twitter account verified? Cause he does not hold back at all.

There is/was 2 accounts

The one that doesn't hold back is a fake one

[1965]

Your have no idea!!

What ?    At least I can compile a sentence !
I rest my case

What's wrong with WAT's sentence?

And you don't "compile" a sentence.

People who live in glass houses...

 

I can compile a sentence if I like    I could construct one too I guess but if you can't see what's wrong with WAT's sentence then I'm not sure why the hell I'm even responding ?   

It's a spelling error not an error in sentence construction.

 

[WA Tiger]

Mitchell is what he is and he has done what he has done, he can live with that, no one else has to.

If people want to take cheap shots at King because of who he hangs out with then that shows how little they must have going on in their lives that resemble anything of importance (not meaning you).

From a moral perspective he is doing nothing wrong, the club can't ban him from seeing Mitchell and neither can the law. Unless they move to QLD, but don't get me going on that one.

All true WAT

But it is also about respect.

I posted this right back at the beginning. The RFC has given Jake King a massive opportunity to be an AFL footballer, they have done a helluva lot for him. I think he should consider that and respect it.

Being seen in PUBLIC with Toby Mitchell is not a good look. Whether we agree or not everytime a footballer is out in public they are represting their club because that is how they are known to the public. It is a massive business now and everything they do is scutinised to the "enth" degree.

So being seen with this bloke impacts negatviely on the RFC. Remember it never gets reported as "AFL Footballer Jake King" it gets reported as "Richmond Footballer Jake King". And let's not be naive to think that the next time Mitchell is in the papers for something Jake and our club wont get dragged into the reporting of it

That's why I am annoyed about it. It damges our Club and I for one don't like it. How much damage who knows? 

Believe it or not I can see both sides of the argument. 

But when it's all said and done first and foremost my concern is for the Richmonf Football Club, not Jake and his loyalty to his long time mate and certainly not to Toby Mitchell

Fair enough and you do have good points, I agree about the club and you see what I mean so all good.

BTW watch our for typo's or Dice will think you are stupid and focus on that instead of what you actually said!!

[Dice]

It's a spelling error not an error in sentence construction.

 

Oh boy ! 

Yes , a spelling error which renders the sentence incomprehensible.

Just stop it would ya !! 

Bottom line , Kingy needs to think about how this is all looking for the Richmond Football Club. Like I said , he's on his last legs anyhow. Would it really hurt him to lay low for 12 months on the Toby Mitchell thing ? 

[Dice]

BTW watch our for typo's or Dice will think you are stupid and focus on that instead of what you actually said!!

It's a diversion from me talking crap 


Oh and you made one in that sentence too but I'll let you work it out 

[WA Tiger]

BTW watch our for typo's or Dice will think you are stupid and focus on that instead of what you actually said!!

It's a diversion from me talking crap 


Oh and you made one in that sentence too but I'll let you work it out 

It worked......look Dice there's an ant......and off he goes in the other direction...

[1965]

BTW watch our for typo's or Dice will think you are stupid and focus on that instead of what you actually said!!

It's a diversion from me talking crap 


Oh and you made one in that sentence too but I'll let you work it out 

Most of the world get the apostrophes wrong.

I have long argued that we should away with all together.

 

[one-eyed]

Back to the topic ppl!

There was some pretty damning comments from Kochie this morning on sunrise..
Anyone have the audio or transcript? I only heard what they replayed on SEN but clearly its a slow news day 

Here you go EEA.


Tigers should get rid of Jake King, says Koch
afl.com.au
February 21, 2014

PORT Adelaide would sack Jake King on the spot for continuing to socialise with former Bandidos boss Toby Mitchell if the Tigers forward was a Power player, Port chairman David Koch says.
 
Koch's comments follow AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou's statement on Thursday that Richmond should reconsider its stance that King was free to associate with whoever he wanted in his own time, arguing King was risking the Tigers' reputation and putting himself in a vulnerable position through his friendship with Mitchell.
 
Koch did not pull any punches on Friday morning when speaking on his Channel Seven breakfast show Sunrise about how Port would have dealt with King after he was caught socialising with Mitchell three times in the past seven months, most recently at a Docklands café in January.
 
"We would get rid of him, absolutely, as simple as that," Koch said.
 
"Our leadership group would tear him to shreds and say, 'You either stop doing this or you're not part of our group anymore'."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-02-21/afl-unhappy-with-tigers-and-jake-king

[WA Tiger]

Back to the topic ppl!

There was some pretty damning comments from Kochie this morning on sunrise..
Anyone have the audio or transcript? I only heard what they replayed on SEN but clearly its a slow news day 

Here you go EEA.


Tigers should get rid of Jake King, says Koch
afl.com.au
February 21, 2014

PORT Adelaide would sack Jake King on the spot for continuing to socialise with former Bandidos boss Toby Mitchell if the Tigers forward was a Power player, Port chairman David Koch says.
 
Koch's comments follow AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou's statement on Thursday that Richmond should reconsider its stance that King was free to associate with whoever he wanted in his own time, arguing King was risking the Tigers' reputation and putting himself in a vulnerable position through his friendship with Mitchell.
 
Koch did not pull any punches on Friday morning when speaking on his Channel Seven breakfast show Sunrise about how Port would have dealt with King after he was caught socialising with Mitchell three times in the past seven months, most recently at a Docklands café in January.
 
"We would get rid of him, absolutely, as simple as that," Koch said.
 
"Our leadership group would tear him to shreds and say, 'You either stop doing this or you're not part of our group anymore'."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-02-21/afl-unhappy-with-tigers-and-jake-king

Ah, Kock (not a typo) McGuire, using his Presidency of the PA Football Club to channel his thought's through a Media outlet where he works.....no conflict there..

Pity every FC President can't do the same....might work for him in the real season with the umpiring, it worked for Eddie!!

[eliminator]

Jake of course 

Just checking because Toby was supposed to face the County Court this month for some case that was adjourned last Sept/Oct 

Demetriou's comments are plainly wrong. The AFL does not have the power to determine who a player associates with. It seems to me by making such comments that he is not only extremely arrogant but power hungry.

Understand your point but I think that maybe they do have power? Look at Ben Cousins - they de-registered him for 12 months not because he failed any drug tests or anything but simply because they did have the power to do it. They couldn't prove anything but clearly didn't like what he was doing, who he was associating with so they flicked him out of the game for 12 months

I think the Cousins situation was different. I believe although I maybe wrong that they argued that his actions were bringing the game into disrepute. He also was at the time or had faced criminal charges. It will really boil down to what is in King's contract. If there is a term in the contract then maybe they have the power but doubt it. Particularly as such clause would be difficult to draft and believe the Courts would read down such a clause.  Furthermore Gale has successfully completed a law degree. His view contrasts with AD and I prefer the measured approach of Gale.

[dwaino]

Eddie and Kennett got drunk at a party once.  9 months later Koch was born.

[Penelope]

Most of the world get the apostrophes wrong.

I have long argued that we should away with all together.

 

wouldn't that make your job easier, not having to bother to educate people just because they get it wrong?

"A Korean bloke I know, is going to feed his friends dog tonight"

[Dice]

"We would get rid of him, absolutely, as simple as that," Koch said.
 "Our leadership group would tear him to shreds and say, 'You either stop doing this or you're not part of our group anymore'."

Koch is way out of line here. Reckon the AFLPA might have something to say if he tried to swing that kind of move.

This was the lead story on triple M's 1pm news today. Incorporating AD's comments from yesterday. This is my main issue. It's throwing the club into the unwanted , unnecessary spotlight leading into the season.

[WilliamPowell]

I think the Cousins situation was different. I believe although I maybe wrong that they argued that his actions were bringing the game into disrepute. He also was at the time or had faced criminal charges. It will really boil down to what is in King's contract. If there is a term in the contract then maybe they have the power but doubt it. Particularly as such clause would be difficult to draft and believe the Courts would read down such a clause.  Furthermore Gale has successfully completed a law degree. His view contrasts with AD and I prefer the measured approach of Gale.

Yep Cousins was certainly de-registered for bringing the game into disrepute. yes he was in trouble with the law for fleeing a breath test for memory. And that is why I used the analogy. The AFL determines what constitutes what "bringing the game into direpute' means. It is a something they have at their disposal that other rules do not cover, which means they have the power and can invoke when they feel like it

And let's not forget that when this first raised it's extremely ugly head and Benny was on SEN I posted at the time (page 1 of this thread) that:

(a) he didn't sound happy about what had appeared in papers

(b) that despite the club not being able to enforce who players can & cannot associate with the club had indeed spoken to Jake and couselled him as to what is acceptable in a public forum

(c) the Club was but very disappointed in Jake, needs to make better choices, he is a public figure and when he is in public he represents the RFC

So yes while the Club's approach is measured it doesn't mean the Club isn't disappointed because Benny said that they were. And I doubt a month out from the season they would enjoying it constantly being bought up

[tony_montana]

Pure media driven agenda at work here. AD, Koch should butt out, Kingy has already said he wont bring TM to any club related functions, that's good enough for me, if he does then the club can take action, otherwise leave it be. Club should stand firm on this one, it is a nothing story that is being driven by the media bc that's what they do.