Message from discussion Why only 22 premiership medals?

From: "Alleycat" <alley...@accessnt.comdotau>
Subject: Re: Why only 22 premiership medals?
Date: 1999/09/22
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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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