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

[one-eyed]

Jake King 'defies' Richmond on Mitchell links

  Will Brodie
    The Age
    December 17, 2013


Richmond AFL player Jake King has defied club orders to end his association with former Bandidos boss Toby Mitchell.

The Tigers could have hit the 29-year-old King with fines or suspensions, only months after ordering him to cut ties with Mitchell.

But President Brendon Gale told SEN radio on Monday morning that the imposition of such heavy penalties was unlikely.

Gale said he was "disappointed" in King for being linked to Mitchell, but his club did not enforce "hard and fast rules" about which people its players could associate with, instead offering "advice and guidance". He described the current situation as an "instructive opportunity"

"We expect them as adults to make their own decisions...

"We would expect Jake to make better decisions...

"It has been brought to his attention... that he should think long and hard about those sorts of friendships..." Gale said.

He said he would be talking to the defensive forward later today.

News Corp has on Monday run a front-page photo of King and Toby Mitchell watching lingerie-clad women play American football at AAMI Park on Saturday.

Gale said King had attended the game with a large group of friends and "bumped into" Mitchell at the event. He emphasised that King's involvement with Mitchell pre-dated his time at Richmond.

Following the Tigers' round-20 win over Brisbane at the MCG, Mitchell had been invited into the Richmond rooms by King, prompting the club to tell the player his association with the former bikie enforcer was unacceptable.

Richmond went on to warn their whole playing list not to associate with criminals in any way.

The Australian Crime Commission had warned athletes who associated with criminals that they put themselves in danger of corruption. Gale said players had been warned that, as public figures, they had to be particularly mindful of their behaviour after the release of the Commission's report.

"The contents talk about the connection between criminal identities and organised crime between human growth hormones... match-fixing, corruption, there’s that risk," he said.

"Our players, like all players, have got to be very mindful of associating with those with a criminal past."

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/jake-king-defies-richmond-on-mitchell-links-20131216-2zfsx.html

[WA Tiger]

Jake King 'defies' Richmond on Mitchell links

  Will Brodie
    The Age
    December 17, 2013


Richmond AFL player Jake King has defied club orders to end his association with former Bandidos boss Toby Mitchell.

The Tigers could have hit the 29-year-old King with fines or suspensions, only months after ordering him to cut ties with Mitchell.

But President Brendon Gale told SEN radio on Monday morning that the imposition of such heavy penalties was unlikely.

Gale said he was "disappointed" in King for being linked to Mitchell, but his club did not enforce "hard and fast rules" about which people its players could associate with, instead offering "advice and guidance". He described the current situation as an "instructive opportunity"

"We expect them as adults to make their own decisions...

"We would expect Jake to make better decisions...

"It has been brought to his attention... that he should think long and hard about those sorts of friendships..." Gale said.

He said he would be talking to the defensive forward later today.

News Corp has on Monday run a front-page photo of King and Toby Mitchell watching lingerie-clad women play American football at AAMI Park on Saturday.

Gale said King had attended the game with a large group of friends and "bumped into" Mitchell at the event. He emphasised that King's involvement with Mitchell pre-dated his time at Richmond.

Following the Tigers' round-20 win over Brisbane at the MCG, Mitchell had been invited into the Richmond rooms by King, prompting the club to tell the player his association with the former bikie enforcer was unacceptable.

Richmond went on to warn their whole playing list not to associate with criminals in any way.

The Australian Crime Commission had warned athletes who associated with criminals that they put themselves in danger of corruption. Gale said players had been warned that, as public figures, they had to be particularly mindful of their behaviour after the release of the Commission's report.

"The contents talk about the connection between criminal identities and organised crime between human growth hormones... match-fixing, corruption, there’s that risk," he said.

"Our players, like all players, have got to be very mindful of associating with those with a criminal past."

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/jake-king-defies-richmond-on-mitchell-links-20131216-2zfsx.html

LIES above!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"* Club doesn't enforce rules as to who players can & cannot associate with but does give advice/counsel as to what is acceptable in a public forum"

[Bengal]

i would say there are just as many, if not more, corrupt government employed people such as police, MP's etc that they should not associate with. 

[one-eyed]

‏Jacko on twitter:

@DanJackson23 - "Dear media, please don't get me in trouble for hanging out with Jake. I know he is a bad man, he made…"


http://instagram.com/p/h-XM30lDf7/#

[Hard Roar Tiger]

The entire episode is embarrassing for everyone involve including the journalists but excluding Benny. Cringe material stuff.

[tiga]

[WA Tiger]

Who controls the prescription medication in your house Tiga???

[tiga]

Who controls the prescription medication in your house Tiga???

Nobody....Thats the problem! 

[TigerMonk]

What's Mitchell been convicted of 

what aint he been convicted of    l don't have enough time to write it all down but he has been shot several times lol

[TigerMonk]

media beat up that's all this topic is. Club don't give a toss as long as people are pouring money into the coffers 

[tiga]

Yep. Technically the crap can hit the fan as long as the sponsors are not affected. Eg Our current Major sponsors are Bingle & Jeep, followed by Lite n easy. If one of our players has a car accident in anything other than a Jeep life is good. But if one of our players has a smash in an uninsured Jeep because their Weight watchers Microwave meal spilled onto their lap, eh not so good.

[Tigeritis™©®]

The club shouldn't be worried about the players associating with bikers.

It's the quiet chemistry teacher types the club has to really be worried about, guys like '65. 

[WA Tiger]

Yes Mr T, not the point about 65 but the overall point. I would rather leave my kids with bikies than some other scum I have seen!

[Penelope]

 
"bikies" is a pretty broad statement, but if you are refering to those members of large organised gangs, well how do do you detrmine the lesser of scum?

[WA Tiger]

"bikies" is a pretty broad statement, but if you are refering to those members of large organised gangs, well how do do you detrmine the lesser of scum?

Organised crime, God, the uneducated brainwashed minority....

Scum.....what a pathetic imbecilic comment al.