It depends on whether you think the North Melbourne video was that bad or not. Sorry to bring it up again, but I'm sensing a tad of an over-reaction (refer to the previous Nathan Bock post). Was in poor taste and the song selection was terrible but boys are boys. And who's to say the chicken didn't consent?

What contributes to the sort of problems? Publicity. If it wasn't AFL or NRL or a big-name sport, you probably wouldn't hear a thing about it. These sorts of videos are made every day. Go surfing YouTube sometime.

From what I understand, the full video was VERY demeaning to women and highlighted the AFL Players habit of treating females like "meat".

IF that is the case, then, yes, it's fair that they be brought to answer for it.

IF it is just childish humour then, for gods sake, just leave it at that.

And yes, Isaac......too much, too young, too fast. I'd suggest it could start to become an issue with the younger stars in our league too.

I think the age is a bit different, realistically there are only one or 2 players in a team under say 23. AFL would have 10-15. I think that the video was just young blokes messing around.

Its due to AFL having such a mass is the market that the story sells. There are bball players that have messed up just as much but it doens't make huge headlines. Eg; Jason Harvey / Ben Cousins. Jason Harvey = Who???? Cousins = every bloke, his dog and his dog's litter knows! At the end of the day, it's what sells papers as to how big things get blown out of proportion etc etc!

Yes, Harvey and Bryant Matthews both got publicity for discretions but they've been the only notable issues I can think of in some time.

It is really just stupidity in both these recent incidents .

Firstly if you are desperate enough frequent the Havelock and get on one then leave your Missus at home , it will always end up tears.

If you are gonna use silly sexual innuendo and in house jokes at the expense of a poor rubber chicken then keep it in the change rooms and certainly don't record it for the world to see.

I find the whole thing an absolute beat up by the media and an over reaction by all who say they are offended by the video.

If anyone is truly offended by the scenes depicted in the video then I say, grow up and get a life. If you really need to complain about an aspect of the video, surly the music used is worse than the footage its self .There are really more pressing issues to get steamed up about.

The reason we have all these "interest" groups coming out and condemning the football club and the video is purely because they know damn well that the North Melbourne FC is looking to make this "go away" by donating a large amount of cash to those groups that say they are most offended by it.

GET A LIFE!

North Melbourne are crying out for money, maybe re badge them as the rubber chicken roos..

Couldnt agree more Same same but Difference.....


Who is this 'Jason' Harvey whos involved with Ben Cousins....



Maybe the Blaze will look to sign him next to James ;)

well said GP .

A very stupid video.

Isaac is on the mark with what he says.

Believe it or not, I would suggest that the IQ of the average basketballer is higher than the average footballer. Also, with women playing alongside the men, women around the average basketball club are on a par with men, rather than in a male only footy club where the only women in the place are behind the bar, or the netty girls.

25 years ago players could get away with murder on and off field, there was no where near this much media scrutiny, I don't see this generation as being any worse, they just get picked up for it. IMO this one is a massive media beat up, sure it's a stupid childish video, but come on, is it really worth the national media coverage it's getting? No way.

BTW, that song always reminds me of this Chris Rock bit, warning, there's a bit of choice language

Bock would be rapt.....its taken the heat of him

How can a rubber chicken and a frozen/thawed out chicken possibly be regarded a insulting to women or be regarded as promoting violence against women? This PC world is just getting more and more stupid every day. These footballers, and we all know the mentality of footballers, whether they are AFL, SANFL, WAFL, VFL, local level or even the grass roots level, they just made a p1ss take video for their own viewing. Some wowser put it on Youtube and now it is blown way out of proportion. And I mean WAY OUT !!!
What gets me is these lesb1ans are offended with a stupid video but they allow the "Up your nose and away it goes" adds to be on radio and TV nearly every add break without saying as much as a BOO !!! These adds, broadcast in times when my seven year old asks "what does that mean Dad?" even use words like ERECTION and EJACULATION and frases like "Cumming first"
Geez, these protesters have got to harden the f**k up.