Why only 22 premiership medals? - rec.sport.football.australian

Message from discussion Why only 22 premiership medals?

Alleycat

More options Sep 22 1999, 5:00 pm

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From: "Alleycat" <alley...@accessnt.comdotau>

Date: 1999/09/22

Subject: Re: Why only 22 premiership medals?

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Bloody good Idea
There will, no doubt be arguments against this idea,
but for a player who has played the bulk of the season
and then misses because of injury or suspension it
would be due recognition for his contribution.
Cheers
RonD

pball...@radlogic.com.au wrote in message <7s9i11$et...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>The crying has already started. Jason McCartney and Aaron Hamill have
>been suspended, and one of them will miss out on a Premiership medal.

>North Melbourne even trotted out a player who'd missed a previous
>Grand Final through suspension (Richmond's Graeme Landy from 1980)
>who complained "My name is not part of the club history, it is not
>up on any of the plaques anywhere"

>Not to mention cases like Derek Kickett and Tony Modra...
>(or in the reverse, 1997 3-gamer Aaron Keating)

>So I ask: why not give a premiership medal to every player who
>has taken the field for the premiership side that year?
>And present it publicly, on Grand Final day?
>It would go a long way to compensating for the disappointment
>of not playing that day.

>Those players are part of the premiership effort, and
>deserve to be acknowledged and rewarded.

>Regards,

>Peter Ballard
>Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
>pball...@radlogic.com.au OR pball...@ozemail.com.au
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~pballard/
>[personal opinions only]

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