Richmond's punishment was deserved and the club knew it. The major damage is to the club's soft cap and reputation as an exceptional organisation, writes Jake Niall. agerealfooty
Whatever the level of inebriation of Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones at 3.30am outside the Hollywood Showgirls and a kebab shop on the Gold Coast, Richmond knew that neither club nor players had the proverbial leg to stand on.
They caught an Uber to the Surfers' Paradise precinct, spending about 20 minutes in that Uber – time enough to reflect on the wisdom of their choice, had they been capable of cogent thought.Uber rides are more automatic suspensions this year than a punch to the guts on the field. The 10-week bans and $100,000 fines were exactly what one would have forecast , given the nature of the offences and the political climate in recent days, when the AFL and Gillon McLachlan have been under attack for what were seen as special, unwarranted privileges in Queensland, even copping a sledge from the hitherto footy-friendly treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
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