the swans response

[ramjet21]

after sending an email to the bastards on tuesday, received this today. probly took 3 days to get thru the mountains of phone calls and emails of abuse for them to get back. im thinking about travelling to Colonial from up here in Darwin just for the Swans game. farkin bastards....


Dear Matt,

Thank you for your e-mail, we appreciate your feedback.

The incident on the Four Corners program was most unfortunate. The Sydney Swans Football Club released the following Press Release in response to it:

SWANS CHAIRMAN INITIATES

SELF-IMPOSED FINE

Sydney Swans Chairman Richard Colless has today contacted the AFL, voluntarily offering to pay a self-imposed fine equivalent to that levelled at Western Bulldogs player Nathan Brown.

Mr Colless said that although there were mitigating circumstances to his on-air gesture towards Collingwood President Eddie McGuire, on last nights ABC Four Corners program, he was emphatic in his belief that AFL Club officials must abide by the same standards that players are subjected to.

“My gesture was intended to be light-hearted and contained no malice at all, and I know Eddie feels the same way,” Mr Colless said.

"However because I was concerned it may be misinterpreted I thought I had obtained an undertaking that this part of the interview would not go to air.

“Nevertheless I have made this offer to the AFL as a matter of principle, and suggested they might consider forwarding the amount to a charity of their choice.”

I trust that makes you feel somewhat better about the whole situation.

Kind Regards,

Tara White

Media Department