The President Eddie McGuire Debate v2.0

[K]

https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/988332957277532160

"Eddie McGuire is threatening to sue Facebook for linking him to a cure for erectile dysfunction."


https://thewest.com.au/sport/collingwood-magpies/collingwood-president-eddie-mcguire-livid-over-fake-erectile-dysfunction-ads-ng-b88814901z

[RudeBoy]

He's a bit stiff actually.

[K]

It did occur to me that Pies fans could be excused if they suffered ED the last few years.

[Brenny]

[Geek]

[Hiss]

Not that Ed would sell those products but I think the Club should look at owning sex toy shops! They make a fortune and we could channel the profits into a new social club for we long suffering members. Erectile issues are a real problem in Corio. Centrelink refuse to take it seriously and won’t grant a disability pension to my neighbor.

[K]

https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/eddie-mcguire-can-sue-for-defamation-over-fake-ad-just-not-against-facebook-20180424-p4zbgg.html

[Damien]

[K]

Putting the delicate topic of erectile dysfunction aside for now, let me look at the votes. This poll is still going, so consider polls from a year ago:

The Nicks poll started May 12, 2017, had 47/118 votes (39%) for EM continuing and 71/118 against (60%).

The BF poll started April 23, 2017, had 64/146 (43.8%) for and 82/146 (56.2%) against.

And the year before that:

The Nicks poll of September 7, 2016 had 38/59 (64%) for and 21/59 (35%) against.

And way back before that:

The Nicks poll started February 15, 2012, had 136/174 (77%) for and 34/174 (19%) against, broken down into 86/174 (49%) strongly for, 50/174 (28%) mildly for, 21/174 (12%) mildly against, 13/174 (7%) strongly against (with the remainder neutral).

And on the far side of the hill:

The Nicks poll of November 10, 2008, had 103/122 (84%) for and 15/122 (12%) against.


[Apparently, there was a Nicks poll in 2007 too, but I cannot find it. (Its existence is apparent because the president sort of complained about it at the time.)]

[K]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/when-afl-presidents-met-in-jeff-s-man-cave-20180504-p4zdd1.html

"The gathering was orchestrated by Kennett, Eddie McGuire and Peter Gordon with a view to forcing a cultural correction in football's increasingly complex and multi-layered structure. The view of the presidents is that their voices have become muted."

[Collingwood Crackerjack]

[K]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/what-about-us-interstate-anger-over-kennett-led-meeting-20180508-p4ze0l.html

"However, interstate-based club presidents were left frustrated over not being invited, with [AFL chairman] Goyder understood to have agreed with their stance.

The view from some interstate clubs was that the meeting, called outside of the official president catch-ups, had been seen as something of a return to the "old days" when Victorian clubs felt they ruled the competition. Another suggestion was that the meeting had been called so Kennett could improve his strained relationship with clubs, having angered a few over his pre-season criticism of international expansion, claims the Saints were "insolvent" and others were "mendicant"."

[K]

[K]

[K]

Eddie McGuire:
“At the moment the way the rules are if my sons were good enough to be drafted they couldn’t go to Collingwood despite 20 years as unpaid president but if I was in the draft I’d be in a zone to a club because my dad is Irish and my mum Scottish. That's the way it is.”


I wish he wouldn't keep mentioning that he's unpaid. (This is not the first time he's been quoted doing so.*) Is any other club president or board member paid? I don't think so, so this is not some amazing sacrifice.
And his sons are not good enough, any more than he was good enough, so why mention the family at all in a discussion of father-son rules, etc.?
Just saying...

*e.g. in July, 2017, he was quoted as saying: "... if I ever thought I was going half rat power and I’d had enough of it, I’d be the first out the door, because I don’t get paid to do this, I’ve got lots of things in my life.”