Collingwood’s determination to sanction Jordan De Goey with a suspended $25,000 wonderful would possibly sound insignificant to those that imagine he ought to’ve confronted a harsher penalty.
However, in actuality, there’s little extra Magpies officialdom might’ve carried out.
On the finish of the day he is carried out nothing unlawful. Nothing violent. No medicine.
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His motion of flattening a girl’s prime was clearly disrespectful, and in a sport the place respect for ladies is commonly questioned, he is rightly been reprimanded for his actions, regardless of the lady concerned stating she has no situation with what unfolded.
So why all of the hoopla round De Goey’s Bali journey? Easy really- he is an AFL footballer on the prime of his sport and, not less than previous to his Balinese journey, on the precipice of a multi-million greenback deal.
He is additionally a participant that has a historical past of inappropriate behaviour. You’ll suppose given his place, he’d lay low and minimise the danger of giving the media one thing to speak about. However, alas that did not occur.
In isolation, the pictures and video that emanated from Bali are immature, and silly. If this was a teen, or a participant’s first indiscretion you’d deal with it with a stern reprimand and slap on the wrist.
However De Goey is 26 and in his eighth season of AFL soccer. He is additionally transgressed earlier than, and will’ve identified full properly any act perceived as disrespectful would’ve been reported on, and finally not finish properly.
Which brings me again to the sanction. Positive, a suspended $25,000 wonderful is insignificant for a participant on greater than half 1,000,000 {dollars} a yr. It is meaningless to De Goey, however for Collingwood it reveals symbolically he cannot put a foot unsuitable for the rest of the season.
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In the long run, although, De Goey goes to face a monetary hit better than any sanction which might’ve been handed to him. An impressive footballer, and restricted free agent on the finish of this season, De Goey might’ve commanded upward of 1,000,000 {dollars} a season. Not anymore.
Jordan De Goey “the footballer” could be price that. However, Jordan De Goey “the bundle” is simply too nice a danger.
Prior to now 48 hours we have learnt Collingwood has taken a deal off the desk, with CEO Mark Anderson revealing talks with the ahead will probably be postponed till the top of the season.
At a time when golf equipment ought to be lining up for his companies, all I can hear now are crickets. What membership goes to danger a seven-figure wage on a participant that also places his personal repute in danger and in flip dangers the repute of the membership and the competitors?
De Goey and his supervisor now have one activity – restoring Collingwood’s religion, for it will likely be the one get together in his companies in 2023 and past. As for a profitable pay rise? The established order might be pretty much as good as it should get.
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De Goey has made errant choices, and admitted his actions fell “wanting the requirements anticipated of [him] as an individual, an AFL footballer and as a consultant of Collingwood”. If he stays true to his phrase, and is dedicated to rebuilding the belief of teammates and the membership, then a redemption story with the Magpies who’ve backed him in is not out of the query. However, there is not any doubt it is a precarious place he now finds himself in.
It was a forgettable day for Collingwood. Not solely De Goey’s apology, however Jack Ginnivan and Isaac Quaynor pressured to apologise for degrading feedback about ladies that had been posted to TikTok as a part of a worldwide pattern.
Each cases had one frequent denominator- social media. With out social media neither turns into a narrative.
That does not excuse the behaviour for an immediate. However this perception that the whole lot must be posted to Instagram or mentioned on TikTok is a fallacy. Not the whole lot must be shared. Not the whole lot must be recorded.
The extra outstanding one’s profile, the better the dangers of social media turn into. In addition to strengthening education schemes round illicit medicine and respect for ladies, it could be time for the AFL, golf equipment and the Gamers’ Affiliation to speculate additional in social media training.
As enjoyable as Instagram, Twitter and TikTok could be, they typically look like the catalyst for lots of the points in and round our sport at the moment.
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