Jordan De Goey’s drama Bali has dominated the AFL media in recent days and the scandal has sparked heated debate.
Jordan De Goey’s drama Bali has continued to dominate the headlines and the debate heated up on Sunday as AFL greats and a newspaper split over who was to blame for the scandal.
On Friday night, a video leaked on De Goey’s social media party in Bali during his mid-season break.
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The video included a moment when he appeared to be trying to expose a woman’s breast inside a nightclub, as well as gesturing with rude hands.
The woman in the video, named Remy Jackson, posted a brief statement on social media following the news, writing in her Instagram stories: “Hello everyone, I can’t believe the reaction against Jordy and me here in Bali … nothing to see. here. “
He arrives a few months after the AFL fined him $ 10,000 for his involvement in a nighttime incident in New York late last year.
He pleaded guilty to a second-degree harassment charge after pleading not guilty to assault and harassment charges. Forced touch charges were also dropped.
The football world piled up in the drama, attacking the Magpies to allow De Goey to leave and the star for his lack of “common sense”.
On Saturday, De Goey criticized the media for reporting on the drama.
But go ahead The AFL Sunday Footy ShowAFL journalist Damian Barrett and Kane Cornes found themselves in a fierce disagreement over the scandal.
The discussion began with host Nathan Brown saying, “No one on this desk approves,” but the question of whether Collingwood should have allowed De Goey to leave was discussed.
AFL reporter Damian Barrett said he believed a player should be able to do whatever he wants at the right time.
“I’m about the control that football clubs believe they have over an individual,” he said.
“The problem with this conversation now is that Jordan De Goey misbehaved again and that’s where this conversation comes in.
“In concrete terms, if a club has the right to ask and tell someone what it can and cannot do, I don’t like it. They’re adults and they should be old enough to do it on time. “
Cornes asked if clubs should be able to tell their players not to drink on a six-day break, which Barrett said they should be able to do.
“So where’s the line?” Cornes replied.
Barrett continued: “You control the lives of these athletes in the sense of the preseason from November to September if you make finals. from the NFL to the AFL system and we don’t understand it – we robotize every athlete.
“Now without specifically talking about De Goey …”
Cornes interrupted: “I think you should talk specifically about De Goey. I said that if it was Scott Pendlebury he wanted to go to Bali with his family, 100 per cent, happy days; Collingwood, let him go.
“(De Goey) A guy who was locked up in New York not long ago, retired to his club. So you can’t separate De Goey and then say that what’s good for him is good for everyone. to have the background of what this guy has done. “
Brown asked if Cornes meant Pendlebury should be able to go, but De Goey didn’t, to which Cornes replied, “100 percent.”
Barrett said, “There you contradicted yourself.”
“Have you seen Jordan De Goey’s wrapping sheet?” Horns fired. “If you run the risk of being absorbed in temptation, which was always going to be at risk, you have to manage these players and advise them from behind …”
Barrett: “Are you going to take their hand to cross the road too?”
Brown: “Are you saying you can’t leave Melbourne? Is that what you’re saying? What’s the difference between going to the Gold Coast or Perth?
Cornes: “Are you more likely to be tempted in Bali than in Victoria?”
Brown said he believes everything is the same, while Barrett contributed: “He has also found problems in Melbourne.”
Cornes said he should be suspended.
“I don’t think it’s acceptable to behave like that in 2022,” Cornes said.
“The clubs have suspended players and have done so due to alcohol mishaps. Fremantle just had one with (Michael) Frederick to drink on a six-day break.
Brown intervened: “Did the club say you are not allowed to drink on a six-day break?
“If a club says you don’t drink because it’s part of you being an AFL footballer. A club can’t say you can’t travel to Bali.”
But Cornes would not let himself be influenced and flew to Collingwood to make the decision.
“I think they prepared him for failure and it was a ridiculous decision,” Cornes said.
“Collingwood was on the front page of the newspaper for two days in a row and looked stupid because of one of his players.
“His statement is embarrassing. For him to blame the media is shameful. He has misread the room as much as he has misread the room going to Bali. To think that he would blame the gone too far. “What if you take some ownership.
“It’s absolutely necessary for the management and the club, but it’s a 98% fault for De Goey to get back in that position.”
“I know if I was in that position, yes, I wouldn’t go, but even if I wanted to, someone I would lean on is my coach Craig Kelly and he would look me in the eye,‘ You won’t go, ’” Goddard said.
“He has the best interests for me, and so should Jordan’s coach and brother-in-law. vas ”.
Matthew Lloyd said he believes that in 10 years’ time: “He will be very sorry not to make the most of the skill with which he was blessed.”