Former #4 Jobe Watson

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Ah, we’re now at the ‘10 years later’ stage, when a bunch of the people who were quiet self-interested collaborators in the whole ■■■■■■■■■■■ are starting to quietly express nuance.

Going by the example of the Iraq War, in another 10 years, everyone will loudly proclaim that what happened was a foul injustice and will pretend to have been against it all along, although not to the point of any sort of actual accountability for the people responsible, who by then will have comfortably retired with a vast payout.

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6700

Didnt he have to hand it back?

6701

I seem to recall a story of it hanging above his grandparents’ mantlepiece

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6702

I heard he gave it to tim Watson who stuck it up his ass for safekeeping, to be given to his grandson WOLF (or whatever his name is), ala Christopher Walken in pulp fiction.

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6703

Jobe “couldn’t find it” :rofl:

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6704

I think it’s worth recognising Trent Cotchin’s treatment of Jobe in contrast to that other bloke.

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6705

He’s got a good way of looking at the Brownlow situation. When are they just going to give it back and say sorry, especially considering all the recent rulings in other sports.

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6706

Why on earth didn’t the AFL declare ‘nobody’ as the 2012 brownlow winner thereby making it easier to return it to Jobe?

Returning it to Jobe means taking it from Cotchin and Mitchell.

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6707

Because not everyone was deemed ineligible to win it.

This isn’t going to change. It sucks for Jobe, but it’s a closed book now.

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6708

I think you answered you own question.

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6709

Don’t reckon it’s a closed book. Billy Hutchinson was awarded one long after he won it. I know the circumstances were different. But once the CAS decision is exposed as a sham the AFL will have to give Jobe’s back. And the CAS decision will be exposed one day and possibly sooner than anyone thinks.

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6710

The NRL didn’t declare the runners up as the premiers after the flags were stripped from Melbourne. Wouldn’t have been hard to do something similar and leave the door open.

Basically, the AFL had no interest in doing what was right. No suprises there.

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6711

Yep, it’s just fantasy stuff that he ever gets that Brownlow back. It’s not happening.

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6712

Yes, it would have.

Jobe was deemed ineligible for the award, just like someone who cops a suspension during the season is ineligible. The medal had to go to next in line. That’s the system.

There is definitely an argument as to whether the determination of ineligibility was fair. I don’t think there is an argument as to whether from that determination the medal had to go to next in line. Once it was determined, there was no alternative option.

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I dont think its a big deal for Mitchell or Cotchin, yeh it sounds nice, but they each have plenty of premiership medallions to satisfy them.

I cant imagine anything happening in the next ten years.
If Demetriou and McLachlan both got hit by a bus it would be a higher chance of happening sooner.

6714

It really has nothing to do with those two. The CAS decision would need to be overturned for him to have any chance to get the medal back.

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6715

Politely disagree. There was an option. Do you think the system should overrule what’s right? Do you think the AFL care about systems?

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6716

I think what they did given the assessment on Jobe was the right thing.

I don’t agree with the assessment on Jobe. But it’s not changing.

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6717

Yes. Otherwise what’s the point in having the system in the first place?

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Which is kinda the point. The AFL only have a system, any system, so that when their wishes happen to align with it, they can say ‘sorry, that’s the rules.’

When their aim goes against the rules, they just do what they want anyway.

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