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Imagine being a leading footballer and finding yourself in a nightclub one evening with a girl who is intoxicated. Should you fetch her a glass of water? Call her a taxi? Or take her back to your place and have sex with her?
This is the type of moral conundrum that Australian Football League (AFL) players will soon be grappling with, hypothetically at least, courtesy of an educational DVD that the sport's ruling body plans to release in an effort to improve attitudes to women.
Footballers are asked, for instance, to imagine that a friend's girlfriend summons them into her bedroom, believing that they are her boyfriend. What should they do? Two choices are offered: a) Hop into bed with the girl and pretend to be her boyfriend; b) Walk away.
As if that scenario were not testing enough, players will also be asked to reflect on what action to take if they happen to come across a friend and his girlfriend having sex. The choices are equally stark. Should they: a) watch; b) not watch.
This is the type of moral conundrum that Australian Football League (AFL) players will soon be grappling with, hypothetically at least, courtesy of an educational DVD that the sport's ruling body plans to release in an effort to improve attitudes to women.
Footballers are asked, for instance, to imagine that a friend's girlfriend summons them into her bedroom, believing that they are her boyfriend. What should they do? Two choices are offered: a) Hop into bed with the girl and pretend to be her boyfriend; b) Walk away.
As if that scenario were not testing enough, players will also be asked to reflect on what action to take if they happen to come across a friend and his girlfriend having sex. The choices are equally stark. Should they: a) watch; b) not watch.
These might seem like easy questions, but keep in mind its mostly Australians playing this game. Now, I have nothing against the bastards. I mean, apart from invading the area of London I live in, starting house parties at 4am on a Tuesday, pissing and vomiting all over the common stairs/entrance hall, throwing chicken kebab on our balcony, and the odd rendition of "Come on Eileen" at the top of their lungs at 5am on a weekday, what's there not to like?
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Wayne Carey, former captain of the Kangaroos, a leading Melbourne team, might benefit from watching the DVD. A few years ago Carey was caught inflagrante in a lavatory at a party with the wife of his vice-captain, Anthony Stevens. Carey, who retired in 2004, is currently facing charges in the US for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, and also a police officer.
Adam Selwood, who plays for the Eagles, a West Australian team, might learn something too. Selwood allegedly claimed that he had slept with a girl tattooed on the shoulder of Des Headland, a player from a rival team. When Headland retorted that the girl was his six-year-old daughter, Selwood allegedly responded: "Yeah, she's a ****."
Adam Selwood, who plays for the Eagles, a West Australian team, might learn something too. Selwood allegedly claimed that he had slept with a girl tattooed on the shoulder of Des Headland, a player from a rival team. When Headland retorted that the girl was his six-year-old daughter, Selwood allegedly responded: "Yeah, she's a ****."
