"The Damage Is So Broad" Season-Ending Bans Confirmed as Bloods' Culture 'Out The Window' | AFL 360

3. It has become one of the most important football stories in a decade.

Well, clearly everyone is incredibly disappointed.

And I think I can speak for myself.I want to say, besides being president, I am also a...

Yes, we have a long way to go to rebuild the confidence of our fans, our...

To make a decision like this, shows how seriously we are taking it.

The football perspective in 2026 is over.

The alleged victim has the right to privacy and care.

To emphasize what the AFL and the Sidney Swans made clear, the sentence.And the sanction dictated today refers specifically to the larger events that led to whatever happened in the hotel room.Deliberately advance the influence of police investigation in progress.And we have decided to leave them alone.Yes, if you had any questions, guys, about the attitude of the citizens towards the actions of their players, it was denied.

A society probably with reason along the way that we are observing here to see if this would happen or how the players end.And yes, to think about what is good for the game and the player.foreign foreign foreign foreign

These numbers are simply undeniable.I mean, you're talking about the most valued footballer today.And what they'll do with Warner and who he'll mark, Jordan, are some of the first decisions they'll have to make.And the opposing teams are worried about Nick Blakey.And now they don't have to worry about him because they won't play again in the season.And who knows?

That's the next part of the question.Who knows what a very real conversation is going to have.

There was a joint statement of those players at the end of the day.We deeply feel what happened to all those involved.We know that our behavior has been far below the expected standard and the values of our club.He continues to say that we accept the club's sanction and we apologize for the impact this has had on those affected.Our focus will be on trust with the club and the community.And rebuilding trust is going to be a big part of that.

If you judge an organization, it is the culture that they believe has been instilled in that organization for a long time, it was their principle.The right thing, because it was the right thing, they did it, they did it.I don't think anyone questions that, but there will be questions that are associated with this in terms of, we have been reading this football club well for a long time and I think they are real questions.We have mentioned it a couple of times in the last few days.We see this team as someone we admire from afar.You know, we're not there because we're here in Melbourne, obviously.

But from our perspective, it has always been the Bloods culture, better practices, politics, like the recent one, to see if in fact they lived the Bloods culture and the policy of being idiots.

And it is totally questionable if that was the case.And everything they have been letting happen lately.

How is it that what the veterans of soccer were valued was related to football?related to the Indian player?

What they called the Bloods culture and were fundamental to establish the principles of what is acceptable and what is not in this club.

Some of those people are still there in official positions and they must be looking at this at the moment, but part of that will be to question their leaders about whether these guys fit in this soccer club from now on.

The damage is very extensive here.The fans' base.So, being on the air at that moment with the fans disappointed and betrayed.And betrayed.That was what was perceived.Really emotional answers.

If you think about the energy that the fans put into their club.The loyalty, the money, the love and the experiences it entails.And that is sabotaged by a handful of players just when it came to a moment of possible taking time off.restore it, I think.

Yes, you will have experienced it today from the point of view of the radio, where you deal with those same people and your football club becomes an extension of your family.So visceral it is for the football of the AFL and you know, for other sports around the world, it is that you invest as you do in your family and then they disappoint you in this way, that tears your heart and soul.Not only do you deal with behaviors, but the consequence of this is how your football club will be perceived and they are no longer seen as, you know, the Sidney Swans.One of the best organizations in the competition.There is a society attached to them right now, and that is felt in the base of followers, and it is felt through the game this weekend, which includes a double poster with the AFL -WBV.So now they are a really strong component of this football club, their women's team.

Followers, if you ask them, they will come.You can commit.You can buy tickets.You can buy like.

The actions through the prism were late, and then they went out to have a few drinks, and as that was, I suspect, the intention of the night, and then what these players did, which was much beyond what was expected and what would be experienced, they felt able to behave that way.

Yes, well, there is a sense of right that can appear if you are not on top of these things, Jared, and it can accumulate over time.You are out of what is a much more intense environment from the point of view of football here, and you go out with yours a little more, and then you take a few more liberties, and suddenly you are bigger than you could...You think you are much bigger than you are, and that leads to this kind of behavior.So, I don't know, where will this go from a cultural point of view?How do those five players get back into that locker room?Well, that will be decided later, but I was surprised.

I would give up if everyone is there, the fact of being the best player or the third or the fifth best will necessarily save you.The way he did it in previous years, there were always rules for some and maybe that's the problem.

The effort invested in building the second place in the table, home finals, qualifying finals, potentially preliminary finals.And for some, perhaps the last attempt.For a championship so disputed, for others, his first significant opportunity and then it is ruined by pure selfishness.and the stupidity of five players.

And Dean Cox goes out to dinner late and they get him in trouble during the last All -Jarrett.And it is always assumed that we are going to say that there is a much bigger story that develops here.And as you pointed out, the privacy of those involved must be respected.Here, but the issue of football is what we focus on tonight and they are in a mess.

They are in a terrible mess.The domino effect for the finals themselves is that this is the second place team, which will be a shadow of itself if you take the best -classified team that wins on the road to Sydney.The two positions are third and sixth.Third will travel and play against Sidney in a qualifying final.Third place is a battle between Brisbane Hawthorne and potentially Melbourne.Currently the sixth is Geelong.

That can also change, but those positions 3 and 6, the finals.If these exercises are for us, in the media, but for Brisbane, Geelong, Melbourne, Hawthorne, Collingwood or whoever, they are not even close to this.They will continue to see Sidney as the second best -classed team and they will deal with whatever is in front of them.We can speculate.

But the harsh reality is that that first final in Sydney is nothing like last Friday.

And the final element is that a decision has been made on the All -Australian team.The NFL published today a statement saying that these players will not be eligible for the national team.So all three would have been on the 46 list.Isaac Heaney was a safe bet for his fourth All -Australian jacket.And this takes us to Heaney's overall outlook.You mentioned that he is the number one player in the league, one of his most profitable and commercializable stars, and he is still in the EAA competition.

Yes, and possibly in LaLiga due to, you know, his presence in Sydney and his national profile.So yes, all that is mixed up in the matter.

Is that appropriate?For me it is totally appropriate.You can't be celebrating.You can't be celebrating these players next year.We don't think about it.And then you go over that process in your mind and you can't say how you could sit there and have a night of great celebration with this hanging over your head.