Nathan Motton$10,000 let off for Fevola as club goes soft again
March 18th 2008 09:21
Carlton has fined full-forward Brendan Fevola $10,000 for urinating in public and has warned the spearhead he will be sacked for further indiscretions.
Fevola has also been suspended from the leadership group indefinitely, following the incident at a popular Prahran nightspot in the early hours of Saturday morning.
But he is free to play in the season-opener on Thursday night against Richmond at the MCG.
Carlton chief executive Greg Swann said today that Fevola will be counseled for his alcohol problem.
"We have also agreed with Brendan that if there are any more alcohol-related incidents then that will result in him being terminated by the Carlton football club," Swann said.
How many times have we heard that.
Presidents, chief executives and coaches towing the party room line, after one of their players has transgressed, and all that ever results is just a fine.
Would a $10,000 fine really upset Fevola?
Would he really be annoyed of his removal from the leadership group?
Surely.... surely he doesn't really see himself as a 'leader.'
And more importantly, would this really act as a deterrent?
To think that before the arrival of one Chris Judd, he seriously thought himself a contender for the captaincy, one scribe finds ridiculous.
I find it soft that club officials year-after-year consistently bail out from coming down harshly on players that make mistakes off-field.
So he urinated on a nightspot in the middle of the night; so what?
Of all misdemeanors to be caught doing, it's not the worst thing.
This scribe's problem with the 'punishment' handed down to the 27-year-old is that it doesn't take away from him the thing that he loves doing most - playing football.
And what better example could it have set, if on the eve of the biggest game for the club in 2 years, the start of a new era at the Carlton football club, their most important forward was given the night off for yet another stupid mistake.
This would have sent an important and crucial message to the young list.
Instead, once again, the club has decided to be lenient in punishing its champion full-forward, and again copped a negative 48 hours of publicity.
Fevola will continue to add to his growing rap sheet, so long as his punishment is simply a fine and a threat to not do it again.
Nor will Carlton sack him if he does slip up again.
As this incident proves, whether it be Round 1 or an Elimination final, Fevola is too important to the club's on field success.
And because of that, stand by for a man to continue to carry on as if he is above the law.
Fevola has also been suspended from the leadership group indefinitely, following the incident at a popular Prahran nightspot in the early hours of Saturday morning.
But he is free to play in the season-opener on Thursday night against Richmond at the MCG.
Carlton chief executive Greg Swann said today that Fevola will be counseled for his alcohol problem.
"We have also agreed with Brendan that if there are any more alcohol-related incidents then that will result in him being terminated by the Carlton football club," Swann said.
Presidents, chief executives and coaches towing the party room line, after one of their players has transgressed, and all that ever results is just a fine.
Would a $10,000 fine really upset Fevola?
Would he really be annoyed of his removal from the leadership group?
Surely.... surely he doesn't really see himself as a 'leader.'
And more importantly, would this really act as a deterrent?
To think that before the arrival of one Chris Judd, he seriously thought himself a contender for the captaincy, one scribe finds ridiculous.
I find it soft that club officials year-after-year consistently bail out from coming down harshly on players that make mistakes off-field.
So he urinated on a nightspot in the middle of the night; so what?
Of all misdemeanors to be caught doing, it's not the worst thing.
This scribe's problem with the 'punishment' handed down to the 27-year-old is that it doesn't take away from him the thing that he loves doing most - playing football.
And what better example could it have set, if on the eve of the biggest game for the club in 2 years, the start of a new era at the Carlton football club, their most important forward was given the night off for yet another stupid mistake.
Instead, once again, the club has decided to be lenient in punishing its champion full-forward, and again copped a negative 48 hours of publicity.
Fevola will continue to add to his growing rap sheet, so long as his punishment is simply a fine and a threat to not do it again.
Nor will Carlton sack him if he does slip up again.
As this incident proves, whether it be Round 1 or an Elimination final, Fevola is too important to the club's on field success.
And because of that, stand by for a man to continue to carry on as if he is above the law.
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