Round 8 Question

[PaulP]

If players and their club can be held collectively responsible, what about a club and it's supporters? :o

Boo me a fine today!

Not sure if you're serious or not, but you can't possibly expect a club to be responsible for its supporters in the way you suggest.

[madbluboy]

Not sure if you're serious or not, but you can't possibly expect a club to be responsible for its supporters in the way you suggest.

Soccer clubs have been held responsible for it's fans. Pretty sure AC Milan had to take a loss against Inter a few years ago when their fans were throwing flares.

[LP]

Soccer clubs have been held responsible for it's fans. Pretty sure AC Milan had to take a loss against Inter a few years ago when their fans were throwing flares.

We know the FA clubs have been threatened about repercussions for similar crowd behavior, so it seems AFL will inevitably head in the same direction.

[PaulP]

Soccer clubs have been held responsible for it's fans. Pretty sure AC Milan had to take a loss against Inter a few years ago when their fans were throwing flares.

Wow. I just spent a few minutes looking on the internet, and it seems as though you're right - the issue of holding clubs responsible for their fans' behavior has been in discussion for years, and as you say, some clubs have copped various punishments as a result.

I don't agree with it, but it seems to be perceived as an effective way of dealing with trouble.

Just a smattering of what I found :

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/aleag...3032o.html

https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/foo...ur-actions

http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14...heir_fans/

[Wet Willie]

Interesting to see how weak the AFL is on the sledging issue...

They sat back while it played out in the media and them ducked for cover when looking at who to blame in this.

Fining the club is a cop-out...

Like I said earlier..."too sticky"