General Discussions

[Thryleon]

And that makes them role models, whether they like it or not.  It also forces the AFL to take responsibility for ensuring that the role models its competition creates do not exert a poor influence on supporters.  It’s part of the social contract that all sporting bodies have to adhere to.

See my thought process is different.

It's up to the education of young people to show them what is ultimately a good or bad decision, or what is a good or bad role model.  That doesn't mean shielding them from the reality that some people are loose cannons even if they can play footy well.  There won't be many good footy players that can behave as they like without their body letting them down and its not up to the afl players to be superhuman and any different to society. 

Perhaps keeping these things out of discussion is a better way to handle it, after all you only see fools getting done on video with white powders as opposed to the majority.  So how would anyone know what anyone's up to if not for the media?