Quote Originally Posted by The Adelaide Connection View Post
The unfortunate biproduct of this whole sorry saga is that while we should be talking about the GF we are having to talk about discrimination.

That is not Katie Brennan’s fault. Bornadog, Westdog and others have pointed out that the systems/procedures in place are flawed and discriminatory. That a group of people intrusted to take care of the women’s game have really dropped the ball is desperately disappointing. It is a depressing reminder that things still have a long way to go.

The worst part is the misogyny in the AFL community, which has only occasionally reared its head, was only hidden and has floated aggressively to the surface in the past week.

Maybe this is the incident we had to have. Maybe this will be the incident that rattles the cages that need to be rattled and forces them to have the conversations that be need to had. Oh, and they change the idiotic mrp rules.
This response from Soupaman put it well.
Quote Originally Posted by soupaman View Post
I have posted my thoughts on the reprimand system elsewhere but I don't see why giving the girls just 2 chances vs 3 in the mens i s discriminatory when they play 7 game and 22 game seasons respectively. At the rate Brennan has collected reprimands she would have been rubbed out twice in the mens comp, and that's not even taking into account she has actually missed most of the AFLW season.
One comp plays triple the game time, so how is it sexist to apply different rules to the tribunal system?
And why are female players allowed to slam game officials in the media when the decision doesn't go their way, while men are not?
Brennan is not right to attack the AFL openly in the media. It looks shrill and insecure, not respecting the spirit of the game and the rules of the comp she signed up to. As others have said, if the rules were in debate why not argue for their modification for all players, at the start of the year?