Anyone in Australia who knows anything about AFL will probably have heard of Sam Newman...
Newman played 300 games for Geelong between 1964 and 1980 and was captain of the team and won two Club best and fairest
awards...
He was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2002..
He has held various media positions over the years...
More recently he has become well known for his controversial views.....
Some view him as being deliberately controversial...
Im not praising him...simply introducing him.....
Yesterday, he berated AFL teams for taking the knee before matches suggesting that sport has nothing
to do with politics, even though the AFL has had a firm stand against racism for many years....
Newmans view is that the players are being intimidated into kneeling/nodding in agreement..
He wrote on twitter...
"Division, conflict, fury, rage, angst, anarchy, disruption, group guilt, group shaming, acquiescence.
“Don’t include EVERYONE in the mob mentality, please. AFL is sport!!
“Before the AFL morph themselves completely into a political body, research some FACTS. McLachlan has turned himself into the Goodell of the NFL.
“If you’re going to kneel, know WHY you’re kneeling. Stop the preening. It’s bulls***.”
Love him or hate him...he has a point....
The question I ask is this....
How long will it be before spectators...now that our illustrious government is allowing the
peasants to return to watch matches.....
WILL be compelled by the AFL to take a knee in unity before each match commences....
WILL everyone do it.....
HOW divisive will this be if it occurs....
If I was at a match I would not take the knee if directed to do so...
Am I drawing a long bow...…
Lets wait and see.....

To discover those who rule over you, first discover those who you cannot criticize...Voltaire
Its coming...the rest of the world versus islam....or is it here already...