AFL information 2024, Essendon Bombers coach Brad Scott disgusting Tarryn Thomas declare amid violence in opposition to ladies stance, opinion

Bravo!

Violence in opposition to ladies is a scourge on this nation and the occasions of the previous couple of weeks have shaken the nation into motion.

An organisation as giant and influential because the AFL needs to be doing every little thing it could to assist curb the nationwide disaster.

However that revelation made Essendon coach Brad Scott‘s feedback about Tarryn Thomas all of the extra regarding.

I have been a staunch Bombers fan for 25 years – my grandmother gave me a selection between supporting Hawthorn or Essendon, and I have been donning the sash ever since.

We have arguably endured extra up to now 20 years than every other AFL membership, and nonetheless most long-suffering followers have caught fats.

But when the Bombers hand a lifeline to Thomas, I can be tearing up my membership the identical day.

How disappointing it was to listen to our coach laud Thomas as “a superb particular person” on the identical day the AFL took a stand in opposition to mistreatment of girls.

Thomas is at the moment serving an AFL-imposed 18-week ban and was sacked by North Melbourne following a number of allegations of mistreatment of girls.

These allegations come after Thomas was suspended by North Melbourne in 2023 and initially charged by police with threatening to distribute an intimate picture earlier than prosecutors agreed to drop the cost in July and substitute it with one other offence of utilizing a carriage service to harass. He didn’t document a conviction for a felony offence.

Now it is come to mild as many as 5 different golf equipment are fascinated about signing him for subsequent season onwards.

Scott – who previously labored because the AFL’s normal supervisor of soccer – queried “do we simply wash our arms and say ‘we’re performed with him’?”.

9’s At present reporter Christine Ahern posed the extra urgent query on Thursday morning.

“Finally it is as much as the AFL as as to if Tarryn Thomas returns to the sport – so will they simply maintain moments of silence (for girls)? The massive query is will they really take motion,” Ahern requested.

The tangible motion the AFL – and golf equipment – can take is to show their again on Thomas for good.

Geelong champion Jimmy Bartel was emotional when reacting to the Thomas information on 9’s Footy Labeled on Wednesday evening.

Bartel witnessed home violence in opposition to his mom by the hands of his father.

“I really feel very uncomfortable with it. I get the entire premise of forgiveness and possibilities – he is had a variety of possibilities for his alleged behaviour,” Bartel stated of a possible Thomas return.

“At some stage, there’s received to be a fork within the highway, as a result of the forgiveness angle hasn’t labored, as a result of the (home violence) numbers are literally getting worse.

“I used to be a part of a marketing campaign that was seven years in the past, making an attempt to very visually put the AFL as a pacesetter saying ‘no’ to home violence, beginning conversations … and we’re getting worse.”

Scott’s feedback this week have been regarding, and it appears it is solely now as much as the AFL to place the kibosh on Thomas’ skilled profession, as a result of golf equipment are extra fascinated about profitable video games than truly standing for one thing necessary.

This week sees a optimistic step in direction of performing in opposition to home violence, however all the nice work can be undone if this participant is allowed again into the sport, having by no means proven any public regret for his actions.

You may’t stand with ladies and in addition assist a person like Tarryn Thomas.