In the last 2 weeks, we have seen the United Patriots Front think it was a good idea to unfurl Stop the Mosques banners at the Collingwood v Richmond and West Coast v Fremantle matches.
There is the debate out there abotu sport and politics shouldn’t be mixed and so on.
So I found this policy of the AFL.
not to (i) wear or otherwise display commercial, political, religious or offensive signage or logos or engage in ambush marketing generally, or (ii) sell or distribute any goods or services or any other matter or thing, or (iii) collect money or orders from other patrons for goods or services without the prior written consent of the Australian Football League or (iv) distribute political, religious, advertising or promotional material, in each case without the prior written consent of the Australian Football League;
To me it seems like common sense and that the ground managers, the AFL, security agencies etc are well within their rights to take action as appropriate.
Those wankers will be so happy to have gotten in the news. Reckon it’s an organised campaign actually. You noticed how the banner at the pies game was identical to the one at the weagles game except for the team name? My guess is that it’s the same handful of blokes who’ll go to game after game, pretending to be fans of one of the teams playing, and raise this sort of banner with a different team name on it every couple of weeks. Trying to make a handful of inbred knuckleheads look like a mass movement with support all over the place.
The more the media focus on this, the more of an issue it becomes. So C7/Foxtel should not show the banner during the broadcast and security should be looking for these banners before letting them in, however if they get in, take it down and boot them out. No media coverage of the issue, no articles, no photos, nothing.
It will die pretty quickly if they have no exposure. If they keep talking about it and highlighting it, these guys will keep doing it.
I am not sure why the AFL and media cannot work this out?
In the last 2 weeks, we have seen the United Patriots Front think it was a good idea to unfurl Stop the Mosques banners at the Collingwood v Richmond and West Coast v Fremantle matches.
There is the debate out there abotu sport and politics shouldn’t be mixed and so on.
So I found this policy of the AFL.
not to (i) wear or otherwise display commercial, political, religious or offensive signage or logos or engage in ambush marketing generally, or (ii) sell or distribute any goods or services or any other matter or thing, or (iii) collect money or orders from other patrons for goods or services without the prior written consent of the Australian Football League or (iv) distribute political, religious, advertising or promotional material, in each case without the prior written consent of the Australian Football League;
To me it seems like common sense and that the ground managers, the AFL, security agencies etc are well within their rights to take action as appropriate.
In the last 2 weeks, we have seen the United Patriots Front think it was a good idea to unfurl Stop the Mosques banners at the Collingwood v Richmond and West Coast v Fremantle matches.
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The more the media focus on this, the more of an issue it becomes. So C7/Foxtel should not show the banner during the broadcast and security should be looking for these banners before letting them in, however if they get in, take it down and boot them out. No media coverage of the issue, no articles, no photos, nothing.
It will die pretty quickly if they have no exposure. If they keep talking about it and highlighting it, these guys will keep doing it.
I am not sure why the AFL and media cannot work this out?
They have worked it out the AFL and media. Publicity for AFL (good or bad), stories for the media.
The more the media focus on this, the more of an issue it becomes. So C7/Foxtel should not show the banner during the broadcast and security should be looking for these banners before letting them in, however if they get in, take it down and boot them out. No media coverage of the issue, no articles, no photos, nothing.
It will die pretty quickly if they have no exposure. If they keep talking about it and highlighting it, these guys will keep doing it.
I am not sure why the AFL and media cannot work this out?
They have worked it out the AFL and media. Publicity for AFL (good or bad), stories for the media.
Look at us, see what great job we’re doing.
And the AFL take the opportunity to jump on all these political causes to show how they are all-encompassing and non discriminatory.
Some people will froth at the mouth about this for one day for show, but next week will return to barracking for their side, and turn bright crimson if their side loses.
