Richmond legend Matthew Richardson has referred to as out the remedy of Daisy Pearce, questioning why she has been “singled out” by AFL golf equipment refusing to let her into their changerooms.
Two golf equipment, Richmond and Brisbane, have denied Pearce entry to their changerooms on account of a battle of curiosity.
Pearce final 12 months was appointed to be an assistant coach with the Geelong males’s crew — considerably compromising her ongoing TV work with Channel 7.
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The change prompted the retired AFLW champion to modify her common appearances for the community from the Friday night time prime time slot to Thursday nights, the place she options as an knowledgeable analyst.
Because of her place as a part of Cats coach Chris Scott’s teaching workers, the Tigers and Lions banned Pearce from their rooms whereas Channel 7 continued to broadcast from the internal sanctum.
But Richardson, who works alongside Pearce at Channel 7, stated the very fact fellow pundits Luke Darcy and Jimmy Bartel are in a position to come into the rooms whereas working in senior roles at rival golf equipment uncovered a double customary.
“Luke Darcy (also on Seven) is the footy director at the (Western) Bulldogs, Jimmy Bartel is on the board at the (GWS) Giants, I don’t quite understand this one. I think it’s a bit over the top, to be honest,” Richardson informed 3AW.
“I do a podcast (at Richmond). I don’t work in the footy department, but I could go down into the football department, which I don’t do.
“That’s what I’m saying, I don’t see why Daisy is being singled out here.
“I just don’t see why she’s being banned from rooms. I mean, there’s always been people with dual roles in this business, whether you think it’s right or not.
“There’s been plenty of media performers over the years that have also had roles at footy clubs, there’s plenty doing it now as we speak.”
Richardson additionally identified Channel 7’s post-match protection takes place within the profitable crew’s changerooms distant from any assembly room the place recreation plans or intel could possibly be noticed or overheard.
“Having been in the rooms for a long time now … we’re generally down the other end of the rooms,” he stated.
“You’re at a desk, you’re getting a couple of players up to have a nice Dorothy Dixer-type interview about how good the night was.
“You’re in the winning rooms, so it’s all about positivity, it’s all about what’s happened out on the ground and having a bit of fun with the players as well and letting them show their personalities.
“I don’t possibly see how you could be finding out anything that could help the footy club that you may work for during that week.
“Let me stress, as the host broadcaster, we are going nowhere near the coaches’ rooms where there is maybe stuff written up on the wall, information that you don’t want to get out.
“We’re in the actual changerooms where the players are icing up, family are mingling around chatting, there’s other broadcasters in there, radio stations, and everyone’s just having a good chat about the game.
“I just don’t see how anyone working in the media could be in there gathering information for the club you may work for.”
“Not one (incident of gaining information) springs to mind.
“The only thing you might pick up is you might see a player icing up a joint.
“I’ve never walked out of there thinking, ‘Oh I’m going to tell someone’, I don’t even think it enters your mindset.”
Channel 7’s managing director Lewis Martin believes it’s Pearce’s “match day role” with Geelong that has different groups involved.
“I could be wrong, but I think perhaps her role at Geelong has even evolved deeper as she’s spent more time there,” Martin informed SEN.
“My view was that we’d roll along with the season and as Daisy’s role at Geelong has become a bit more clear, then obviously there were going to be some clubs to respond to that.
“It’s not something we would force upon a club . . . because we’ve got so many options and Daisy’s insight on our broadcast is so valued, it’s not critical that she’s in the rooms, I guess.”
Lions coach sympathises with ‘conflicted’ Pearce
Brisbane coach Chris Fagan stated he sympathised with Pearce however wasn’t keen to take the possibility of permitting a coach from a rival membership into his crew’s internal sanctum.
“I’m not deliberately targeting Daisy, but it’s no different … if one of my assistant coaches worked in the media and wanted to go into the rooms of another club, and they wouldn’t necessarily feel all that comfortable with that because you do see things and you do hear things,” Fagan stated.
“I think you’re conflicted when you work as a coach and you work in the media. I think that’s a terribly difficult thing to manage.”
“The preference would be that we shouldn’t have to make the choice – I think that’s unfair on the clubs,” Fagan stated.
“It doesn’t make any sense to me, and … I don’t want to have to worry about it.
“It’s your inner sanctum, the changeroom of a football club, and who knows what she might see or hear.
“I’d rather not take that chance, and I don’t want our people walking around on eggshells just because they’re worried about what someone may or may not see.
“I just hope it doesn’t turn into one of those things every year … is Daisy being let in or is Daisy not being let in?”
Fagan stated the Pearce scenario was totally different to that of former Lions star Luke Hodge, who additionally labored at matches for Channel 7.
“Hodgey just worked with us in the pre-season,” the Lions mentor stated.
“He never actually worked with us in season, so he didn’t know what was going on internally once the pre-season was over, and even in the pre-season, he was a one-day-a-week guy.
“It’s pretty different to the more substantial role that Daisy’s playing at Geelong.”
Originally printed as ‘Singled out’: AFL legend calls out double customary in Daisy Pearce Channel 7 ban
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
