Michael Hurley

[Drunken Bum]

Re: Michael Hurley

Gil is becoming more like Vince McMahon every day.

as much as i wish i could have laughed at this, sadly i couldn't because it's true and instead it was greeted with a sigh of sad resignation

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Michael Hurley

WTF? What right does the AFL have in getting involved with any negotiations?

Gil is becoming more like Vince McMahon every day.

What right do they have to effectively restrict Hurley's legal status, contract status and ability to find a remedy he may want to explore and/or execute? If Essendon say that nothing less than pick 5 for him will be considered then what are his options to get to the club he wants? There are sound legal principles that say he can consider his contract at an end. The AFL is adding insult to injury to him by trying to scare off clubs from agreeing with legal advice he no doubt has. You can bet if he and a club do it, there will be petulant reprisals for a long time.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Michael Hurley

This is an absolute joke.

- Employer injects employees with substances they don't even keep track on, likely to be detrimental to health
- Employee want freedom to leave said employer

Outrageous!!!

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Michael Hurley

" the league has made plain that it would prefer Hurley to remain with Essendon next year as the club rebuilds from a traumatic period."

The league can "prefer" whatever they want... However no court in the world would hold up any attempt to restrict any banned Essendon player's movement after what that club did to them. NO COURT IN THE WORLD!

So bad luck AFL, bad luck Essendon. Shouldn't have recklessly played with their employees' lives.

If Hurley wants to find another employer close to home, with a strong list and a solid premiership window ahead of it, he should have every opportunity to go there.... And if that happens to be us, then so be it.... Lucky us, I guess!

We saw what happened when the AFL tried to manipulate Franklin to GWS rather than Sydney Swans. Player Manager's are mercenaries and at the end of the day it will come down to the almighty dollar. Our challenge might well come down to having room in the salary cap.

[Twodogs]

Re: Michael Hurley

From Fox Sports:

St Kilda have contacted Connors. Dogs expected to be "a strong bidder" for Hurley. And this:

"The AFL has discouraged rival clubs from trying to use legal avenues to have Hurley made into a virtual free agent on the grounds the Dons violated his contract in their 2012 injection program; the league has made plain that it would prefer Hurley to remain with Essendon next year as the club rebuilds from a traumatic period."

BT says: "Tell them to get stuffed".

They can prefer what they like. I would have preferred to have Crammers running out on the weekend but he ain't because of what Essendon did to him. Where's the consideration for our trauma? We are contending and have to do it without a vital player. Not due to something our club did to him.

Let's remember who the bad guys are in this situation.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Michael Hurley

What an absolute joke that is !
Yep, it's getting like the WWF with each passing day .
If we get Hurley it will be through trading, got no doubt about that .
The AFL dictating player movement ? High farce

[1eyedog]

Re: Michael Hurley

Any audio of this?

I wouldn't know where to start with that! It was 3AW in response to a person who called in. The caller was going on about all the Essendon players who had ee-signed and Leonard let him have it, although he didn't elaborate further.

[S Coast Simon]

Re: Michael Hurley

There will be repercussions from the almighty powerful people in the boys club. It's not Gil that runs the boys club it is Mike Fitzpatrick and his goons. What about when they banned Swans from drafting anyone worth more than $350,000 because I think it was Colless upset Mike. And like a little school boy he cracked the shits and punished Sydney for it. How else has Carlton and Essendon managed to get Friday night games when they are crap. But the worthless Bulldogs had to fight for years to get them. The sooner the AFL commission is replaced with some grown up mature people the better for the entire game

[comrade]

Re: Michael Hurley

I wouldn't know where to start with that! It was 3AW in response to a person who called in. The caller was going on about all the Essendon players who had ee-signed and Leonard let him have it, although he didn't elaborate further.

Do you know which show and roughly what time. I'll be able to find it if so.

[Twodogs]

Re: Michael Hurley

There will be repercussions from the almighty powerful people in the boys club. It's not Gil that runs the boys club it is Mike Fitzpatrick and his goons. What about when they banned Swans from drafting anyone worth more than $350,000 because I think it was Colless upset Mike. And like a little school boy he cracked the shits and punished Sydney for it. How else has Carlton and Essendon managed to get Friday night games when they are crap. But the worthless Bulldogs had to fight for years to get them. The sooner the AFL commission is replaced with some grown up mature people the better for the entire game

Correct. Mike Fitzpatrick is the anti-Christ.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: Michael Hurley

Correct. Mike Fitzpatrick is the anti-Christ.

Piss off AFL so called leaders, stop your patronage of the comp, who do you think you are old world patriarchs?
Hurley and the players don't need your advice on their employment and Essendon don't need or deserve your patronage. The law is that the Essendon players can walk away from their contract or any 'obligation' to Essendon FC having been abused by that employer. Back off AFL patriarchs, none of your business, Essendon will get the number one draft pick next year, dust off the sanction they received and enjoy ongoing involvement in a competition they disgraced and brought into disrepute. AFL you have favoured the strong Victorian clubs for too long, piss off.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: Michael Hurley

I'm gonna email the AFL and cc Fitzpatrick and Gil with mine and WCoastSimon's post

[Twodogs]

Re: Michael Hurley

I'm gonna email the AFL and cc Fitzpatrick and Gil with mine and WCoastSimon's post

I wonder if it's someone's job to read through all the emails to the Age or the AFL? Or do they just delete them all?

[Sedat]

Re: Michael Hurley

I'd take Adams over Marchbank if they were in this year's draft, BT! He's shown so much this year in just his first year at the top level, playing through injury setbacks. He's a gem.

Going off-topic, but my only concern with Adams is his durability - he's been out on 3 separate occasions in 2016 with 3 separate injury concerns. Hopefully it is a one-off - what was his durability like at WAFL level?

As for Hurley and the AFL's desire to protect those assholes at Essendon, methinks they should concentrate on managing the overall competition, you know then one where crowd numbers are in free-fall, clubs are basket cases north of Tweed Heads and there's some massive TV rights and player CBA negotiations coming up.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: Michael Hurley

I got every AFL email address I could and asked that they forward it to Fitzpatrick and McLaughlin. Some of them may read it and who knows it may get passed on if the topic comes up.
I gave them my name and email address and told them GVGjr will oppose them at the next election and WOOFers are going to placade their workplace.