Shut up! The footy's on the radio and you're a chick so you don't know what you're talking about...
The Federal Government has asked the panelists on The Footy Show to rewrite its careers information, based on their extensive knowledge of the capacity of each gender.
Jobs for blokes:
1. Journalist
2. Footy Show panelist
3. Footy Player
4. Footy Coach
4. Footy Club Board Member
5. Prime Minister
Sam's message for young men: Just remember dudes, you can do anything you like. Anyone who says you can’t is kidding themselves. Don’t listen to Ben Cousins’ fervent apologies for his behaviour, as he is not a role model, he is a footy player, and a confused young man. Sam Newman on the other hand has the wisdom of years of experience, and can clearly see the world for what it is.
Jobs for chicks:
1. Weather girl (as long as attractive)
2. Slapper (see above)
3. Scrubber (of toilets)
4. Something with kids or animals
5. Marketing
Sam's message for young women: Hey there sluts! Don’t think you’re going to have a meaningful existence, lord knows you’re only kept around because you look pretty and occasionally fulfill a PC requirement that some feminazi from EOWA dictates. You might be successful in business if you sleep your way to the top, but if you think you know the difference between a Sherrin and Sheridan, you’re sorely mistaken.
gigglewick notes:
Now I'm confused....
If women can’t "run" footy clubs….
Can they run successful businesses?
Can they run banks?
The country?
CAN THEY EVEN BE TRUSTED WITH OUR CHILDREN????
Just what is it that you think women can be trusted to do, Sam Newman*?
* There has been some conjecture this morning, that this is all a calculated attempt to get women "such as" myself to get irate and feminist and seething, in a bid to build controversy. I don't much care. Anyone who thinks that women of gravitas and experience have no place on a footy club board clearly has no idea not only about the role of women, but also about good corporate governance and attracting the right mix of skills and experience to ensure your footy club's survival.
Jobs for blokes:
1. Journalist
2. Footy Show panelist
3. Footy Player
4. Footy Coach
4. Footy Club Board Member
5. Prime Minister
Sam's message for young men: Just remember dudes, you can do anything you like. Anyone who says you can’t is kidding themselves. Don’t listen to Ben Cousins’ fervent apologies for his behaviour, as he is not a role model, he is a footy player, and a confused young man. Sam Newman on the other hand has the wisdom of years of experience, and can clearly see the world for what it is.
Jobs for chicks:
1. Weather girl (as long as attractive)
2. Slapper (see above)
3. Scrubber (of toilets)
4. Something with kids or animals
5. Marketing
Sam's message for young women: Hey there sluts! Don’t think you’re going to have a meaningful existence, lord knows you’re only kept around because you look pretty and occasionally fulfill a PC requirement that some feminazi from EOWA dictates. You might be successful in business if you sleep your way to the top, but if you think you know the difference between a Sherrin and Sheridan, you’re sorely mistaken.
gigglewick notes:
Now I'm confused....
If women can’t "run" footy clubs….
Can they run successful businesses?
Can they run banks?
The country?
CAN THEY EVEN BE TRUSTED WITH OUR CHILDREN????
Just what is it that you think women can be trusted to do, Sam Newman*?
* There has been some conjecture this morning, that this is all a calculated attempt to get women "such as" myself to get irate and feminist and seething, in a bid to build controversy. I don't much care. Anyone who thinks that women of gravitas and experience have no place on a footy club board clearly has no idea not only about the role of women, but also about good corporate governance and attracting the right mix of skills and experience to ensure your footy club's survival.
posted by gigglewick at
12:38 pm
21 Comments:
I know. I watched the footy show last night, in the (ridiculously optimistic) hope that there would be some kind of sensible conclusion.
The thing is, I really like football. But I really hate that in supporting football, I'm helping to support this.
I've found the whole thing quite sinister actually. That staple gun...
whats happened?????
Thirdcat,
Me too. Hope against hope, anyone?
I used to follow football, although as I got older it was one of the things that had to go as my interests became too many and varied. Having said this I have been pleased by the continued efforts of the AFL to embrace new fan-bases, even if it is done with monetary gain at its core.
Mex,
I advise a visit to www.theage.com.au...
no doubt much of this is completely boring for those not lucky enough to get exhaustive AFL coverage...
Perhaps as Sam was undergoing his latest bout of surgery the doctors managed to tighten his face so much that its restricting the flow of blood to his brain.
Cannot for the life of me see the attraction with AFL (and lord knows I have tried, honestly) and I come from a country where badly behaved footballers are the norm. Notable exception being Dave "David" Beckham of course who (tattoos/hair/affairs/being married to Posh) has matured into a proper role model for the yoof of today.
If this was calculated following the 'all publicity is good publicity', perhaps the best thing to do is simply not watch Channel 9. It's not like you'll be missing out on anything after all.
In possibly one of the best episodes of karma ever, Peter Hitchener has just told me that Sam Newman has been taken to hospital for a broken ankle, which he sustained lifting weights in his gym. Wonder if he'll get a female surgeon?
BF,
I think this is bigger than "don't watch Channel 9". It goes to culture, IMHO.
GJ,
Goodness. One might argue "instant karma" on that one.
More interestingly, wonder if he'll get a female replacement in his on-air role?
I was delighted to hear booing in the crowd when Gary Lyons mentioned Sam Newman in the logies speech. It's not just the (mis)representation of women on the show that bothers me - their insensitivity knows no bounds, including Sam smoking fake spliff and pretending to pass out - that was HIM tackling AFL recreational drug problems.
Ms L,
You seem well-connected. Should you find yourself with the means to do so, please pass on my congrats to Ms Lane for her strong reporting on this subject....
Absolutely agreed it is a cultural issue, but if Channel 9's ratings start to drop then advertisers will question whether they should be placing their budget there. In the absence of 'action direct' I am merely advocating using your remote can be an option in cases like these. The problem is that double edged in that all the publicity that has been garnered by this latest stunt is in making Sam Newman more bankable. Car crash tv don't ya just love it...
Respectfully, Mr F, I have to disagree.
While he may be more bankable for Ch. 9, he is a liability for the AFL, who rely on women for their ticket sales. Should they decide to pull the pin, I would imagine the Footy Show would find itself in some difficulty.
Sam Newman is an unreconstructed tool. Always has been, always will be.
What makes me sad is that guys like Lyon and Brayshaw, who may actually be decent human beings when they're not bloking it up for the cameras, seem to lack the courage to come out and say yes, we are unhappy about working with this idiot.
And what makes me want to put my fist through my TV screen is that Channel 9 announce that they are unimpressed but then do absolutely nothing about it. They then seem happy to sit back and let Newman call the people who complain about his behaviour 'liars and hypocrites'.
Since I can't stop watching a show I never started watching, I will be writing to Channel 9 and to MMM pointing out that:
1. I'm a bloke
2. I want this idiot off the air.
UPDATE
I just went to the MMM website to complain and apparently Sam Newman doesn't work there any more.
Props to MMM on their foresight.
I love football but hate the boofheaded nature of much of its culture, particularly in the media. The Footy Show is the worst of it, with a depressingly large peanut gallery to play to. And anyone who criticizes, look out!
Read Tony Wilson's novel Players for the description of the Footy Show host's fake "Oh come on.." when the out of control Tickets Thompson (based on Newman) goes too far.
INCraig,
Sure, we've all put a lampshade on our heads when the home video is running*. But I've never been so drunk/stupid/crazed with national media power that I've defamed a whole group of people and simulated sexual assault on a mannequin. Perhaps my parties aren't what they should be.
LL,
Duly noted. I will indeed look out.
* Or is that just me and some 1950s hollywood stereotype?
Okay, now I'm confused. I said I was going to contact a number of media outlets (including one where he doesn't even work) to call for Newman to be sacked. Did I at some point inadvertently suggest that this incident was equivalent to a lampshade on the head?
Incidentally, if you are looking for a good party trick, I recommend setting fire to a cabbage. People will talk aboiut it for years.
Setting fire to a cabbage - now that's entertainment!
It is rare that I am so thrilled not to be living in Melbourne as I imagine that the almost blanket coverage we've had here in 'Delaide wouold pale in comparison to what you are being forced to endure. The man is completely scummy, but he is only the tip of the cliche. His 'jokes' are the less physical manifestation of the same culture that created Wayne Carey etc.
INCraig is right about the cowardliness of Brayshaw and Lyons, this is just the sort of situation that needs men to stand up to other men and be counted with us evil feminasties.
INCraig,
It's okay - my reference was to you "bloking it up for the cameras".
Leilani,
Indeed!
Nai,
you're of course completely right. But the sad thing is that his comments about women on boards of footy clubs were in fact NOT ACTUALLY JOKES.
GARHARHARHARAHARHAHAHARAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS we're allowed to be feminasties now, or at least we will be when we get a new unreconstructed one as our GG.
Bring her on!
Oh dear, my word verification is 'hagsz'. I think Sam Newman has managed to a) get online and b) learn how to get past Blogger's security system in order to mock my feminasty self. Or am I just being a paranoid girly? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
heh heh.
I've no doubt you'd triumph.
I actually hate football, but my husband and son LOVE it and husband watches The Footy Show. Missed the episode in question, but did tune in the following week to see what came of it. Really, what a bunch of tools, with Newman as King Tool (and yes, what IS with his face?) That Logies speech in support of Sam was sick-making. I loved the booing that went on when his name was mentioned. The Husband thought it was Magda Subzanski. God I hope it was ... I like that idea.
Thanks for giving us all a platform to vent our anger about Sam Newman. And yes, Sam Lane's reporting on the issue has been excellent. And that's from someone who doesn't even like football.
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