BulldogBelle
06-07-2010, 01:06 AM
An interesting article by Steve Price, might cause a bit of a stir...
Aker's worst taggers are off the field (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/akers-worst-taggers-are-off-the-field/story-e6frfhqf-1225888241876)
Steve Price | Herald Sun | July 06, 2010
LET'S be honest, there is a vendetta being waged against Brownlow medallist and triple premiership player Jason Akermanis.
It's coming from several directions, and not until his career is shredded will some in the football industry be happy. He is being subjected to a ridiculous playing penalty by a too-sensitive, underperforming club, the Western Bulldogs, and his every utterance is being dissected by some in the media with the aim of getting him.
I have not spoken to Akermanis about this column. He will probably not be very happy when he reads it, and would have probably tried to stop me sending it. It needs to be written, though, because it just might serve as some insurance for a champion player, a champion bloke, and a wonderful dad and husband.
Those wanting him to be prematurely retired and tossed on the heap of ex-players include, it seems to me, some of his teammates, sections of the AFL management team and media identities. Some have played the game, most haven't.
Jason's latest sin was to criticise a no-name youngster from St Kilda's VFL side, Sandringham. The kid tagged Jason in his first penalty match for Williamstown on Sunday.
I saw the result of the close attention when Akermanis pointed out a massive bruise on his hand. Asked by me about the game he called the tagger "a dribbler" and said not playing team football had cost Sandringham any chance it had of winning the clash.
He didn't mean the comment with malice but it was obvious he was still unhappy about having to play in the VFL at all.
Well, you would have thought Jason had tried to shoot the Pope. SEN, the sports station we share a building with, went into meltdown, with former Essendon champion Tim Watson and commentator Anthony Hudson climbing into Aker for the comments.
Click HERE (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/akers-worst-taggers-are-off-the-field/story-e6frfhqf-1225888241876)to read the remainder of the article...
Aker's worst taggers are off the field (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/akers-worst-taggers-are-off-the-field/story-e6frfhqf-1225888241876)
Steve Price | Herald Sun | July 06, 2010
LET'S be honest, there is a vendetta being waged against Brownlow medallist and triple premiership player Jason Akermanis.
It's coming from several directions, and not until his career is shredded will some in the football industry be happy. He is being subjected to a ridiculous playing penalty by a too-sensitive, underperforming club, the Western Bulldogs, and his every utterance is being dissected by some in the media with the aim of getting him.
I have not spoken to Akermanis about this column. He will probably not be very happy when he reads it, and would have probably tried to stop me sending it. It needs to be written, though, because it just might serve as some insurance for a champion player, a champion bloke, and a wonderful dad and husband.
Those wanting him to be prematurely retired and tossed on the heap of ex-players include, it seems to me, some of his teammates, sections of the AFL management team and media identities. Some have played the game, most haven't.
Jason's latest sin was to criticise a no-name youngster from St Kilda's VFL side, Sandringham. The kid tagged Jason in his first penalty match for Williamstown on Sunday.
I saw the result of the close attention when Akermanis pointed out a massive bruise on his hand. Asked by me about the game he called the tagger "a dribbler" and said not playing team football had cost Sandringham any chance it had of winning the clash.
He didn't mean the comment with malice but it was obvious he was still unhappy about having to play in the VFL at all.
Well, you would have thought Jason had tried to shoot the Pope. SEN, the sports station we share a building with, went into meltdown, with former Essendon champion Tim Watson and commentator Anthony Hudson climbing into Aker for the comments.
Click HERE (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/akers-worst-taggers-are-off-the-field/story-e6frfhqf-1225888241876)to read the remainder of the article...