Ricky Nixon joins the Conga line

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Ricky Nixon joins the Conga line

Well basically he is a dumb ass. He should have made sure. There is a massive difference between a 16 year old and 19 year old.

By the way Greystache, reading all your posts, you are sticking up for the Saints players and club yet can't acknowledge that this girl is a child only. Yes she did the wrong thing by lying etc etc, but we are talking here about a 16/17 year old, versus so called mature men. That is all most posters are saying, yet you won't conceed that the players and club did do something wrong in the way they treated her and you continue to have a go at this girl.

Wait till you have a teenage daughter, and see what happens with her behaviour; they are certainly a different beast. (I have a 17 year old daughter).

A child? Not exactly stealing from the cookie jar is it? Clubbing, going wild with substances,( according to her own twitter messages ) sleeping with AFL players. Hardly a 'child'. Childish perhaps. Old enough to drive.
Wayward teenager sure. B.A.G - what's your daughter's take on the issue? ever asked her?

[Dancin' Douggy]

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A 17 year old is not a toddler. A 23 year old isn't a wise old man.

[LostDoggy]

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A 17 year old is not a toddler. A 23 year old isn't a wise old man.

23 is older than 16 in most peoples books. Who used the word Toddler or Wise old man apart from yourself?

[Bornadog]

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Not exactly stealing from the cookie jar is it?
I'm sorry. But a girl who does what she does, is not a 'child'. Childish perhaps. She can get her L plates.
Sure, vulnerable teen, wayward adolescent, easily led. teens are very impressionable, so Nixon can kiss his involvement with AFL goodbye for all I care. It surprises me that all the people crying foul with the 'child' card don't straight up then question what's going on with her parents.
Ok B.A.D, why not ask your daughter what she things ? I would bet she has a much more unsympathetic view towards this kid than her parents, am I right?

I don't have any sympathy for anyone involved.

All I am saying its child versus so called mature adults, and by mature adults I mean the club reaction, Rievoltings reaction, Nixons reaction etc.

BTW she is still considered a minor in the eyes of the law.

[GVGjr]

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I don't have any sympathy for anyone involved.

All I am saying its child versus so called mature adults, and by mature adults I mean the club reaction, Rievoltings reaction, Nixons reaction etc.

BTW she is still considered a minor in the eyes of the law.

Whatever we think of her actions could people refrain from calling her a 'lying b*tch '. I don't think we need that kind of derogatory big footy style comment here. She lied, she is disturbed, she is manipulative, that is all true, but unlike the other protagonists in this sorry tale she is not a powerful well heeled bloke.

In another post about zep skinner, people expressed their discomfort about a poster calling him a 'black bulldog'. Calling a 17 yo girl, whatever her many mistakes, a 'b*tch' is equally offensive to me. Stick to a discussion about her behavior without the abusive and personal tone implied by that.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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News just in...


"VETERAN player agent Ricky Nixon has stood down from his role as head of Flying Start, the AFL player agency and promoter, citing health reasons and a need to seek treatment for a "substance problem"."

Jump before you're pushed and try to get the sypathetic angle? Had to try something.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/108948/default.aspx

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Ricky Nixon joins the Conga line

I don't have any sympathy for anyone involved.

All I am saying its child versus so called mature adults, and by mature adults I mean the club reaction, Rievoltings reaction, Nixons reaction etc.

BTW she is still considered a minor in the eyes of the law.

Ah well. IMO
Teenager V so called adults

Maybe a 'minor', but old enough to drive a car, buy lotto tickets and,
Legally have sex. Def not a child.
Old enough to sort Mr Nixon out and get a handout from some media outlet no doubt.

[Missing Dog]

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Ah well. IMO
Teenager V so called adults

Maybe a 'minor', but old enough to drive a car, buy lotto tickets and,
Legally have sex. Def not a child.
Old enough to sort Mr Nixon out and get a handout from some media outlet no doubt.

In this state (Victoria) where she lives she can NOT buy tattslotto or drive a car unsupervised she is a MINOR not an adult she is a 17 year old girl yes a manipulitave one but ffs she is 17 !!!!!

[Ghost Dog]

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In this state (Victoria) where she lives she can NOT buy tattslotto or drive a car unsupervised she is a MINOR not an adult she is a 17 year old girl yes a manipulitave one but ffs she is 17 !!!!!

My Bad re lotto. Didn't say anything about supervision but she can drive.
So you say she is a child? as that's my point.
No way is she a child
I got my first job at 17. Lived by myself at 17. Plenty of others do to. It's not adulthood but it sure as hell is not childhood.
Old enough to know better.

[Missing Dog]

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My Bad re lotto. Didn't say anything about supervision but she can drive.
So you say she is a child? as that's my point.
No way is she a child

I have a 17 year old boy what he does I am responsible for he is a child until he proves to the world (which I think he has ) and the government he is a child under my charge for which i am responsible as per the law of this land!!!

[Ghost Dog]

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I have a 17 year old boy what he does I am responsible for he is a child until he proves to the world (which I think he has ) and the government he is a child under my charge for which i am responsible as per the law of this land!!!

Ask your son if he is a child.

[Missing Dog]

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Wow would never have thought of that as I know what he would say I also know he knows who is in charge and he doesn't like it but he is not yet a man!!!

[chef]

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Ask your son if he is a child.

Do you have kids?

I could ask that of my 13 year old and will say she's not a child.

[The Coon Dog]

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Nixon admits to substance problem

Maris Beck - The Age - 8 March

EMBATTLED AFL player manager Ricky Nixon will check into a rehabilitation clinic, having admitted he has a substance abuse problem.

Nixon announced in a statement last night he would take an ''indefinite break''. ''With the understanding and support of family and close friends, I have decided that I will go to a rehabilitation clinic to seek treatment for a substance problem that has impacted on my life and my decision-making, particularly over the last eight weeks.''

In that time, Nixon had ''inappropriate dealings'' with the 17-year-old schoolgirl at the centre of the St Kilda nude photo scandal. She has alleged they had sex and he had drugs - which Nixon has denied.

Article in full...

[LostDoggy]

Re: Ricky Nixon joins the Conga line

Whatever we think of her actions could people refrain from calling her a 'lying b*tch '. I don't think we need that kind of derogatory big footy style comment here. She lied, she is disturbed, she is manipulative, that is all true, but unlike the other protagonists in this sorry tale she is not a powerful well heeled bloke.

In another post about zep skinner, people expressed their discomfort about a poster calling him a 'black bulldog'. Calling a 17 yo girl, whatever her many mistakes, a 'b*tch' is equally offensive to me. Stick to a discussion about her behavior without the abusive and personal tone implied by that.

Well said Remember54! Wholeheartedly agree that we don't need abusive language here -one of the reasons I don't post on BF anymore.