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      <title>ms cooper natalie [Signature #902]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ms cooper natalie, sydney, nsw]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 4 Apr 2015 06:27:04 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Sven Stokke [Signature #901]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Sven Stokke, Chapel Hill, QLD<p>Absolutely ridiculous decision. This coming from a West Coast supporter.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:45:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Hayden Evans [Signature #900]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Hayden Evans]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2014 04:09:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Rod Harrison [Signature #899]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rod Harrison]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 06:44:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Paul Gambale [Signature #898]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Paul Gambale, Surry Hills, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 07:33:14 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #897]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Sydney, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 05:30:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Anonymous [Signature #896]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Melb, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:24:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Elle McFadzean [Signature #895]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Elle McFadzean]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:11:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Laura McFadzean [Signature #894]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:10:54 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mitchell McFadzean [Signature #893]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mitchell McFadzean]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:10:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Michael Tooler [Signature #892]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Michael Tooler, East Maitland, NSW<p>AFL appears corrupt with unfair targeting of the Swans, when no wrong actions have occurred.  I will boycott AFL sponsors products and inform them it was because of the AFLs unfair attack on the Sydney Swans.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:23:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Enid Pfeil [Signature #891]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Enid Pfeil, Greenache, nsw]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:12:03 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Anna Hruby [Signature #890]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Anna Hruby, Eureka, NSW<p>Not fair!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:34:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #889]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:52:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr James Wheeler [Signature #888]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr James Wheeler, Adelaide, SA]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:02:24 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Brady Greene [Signature #887]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Brady Greene<p>AFL operating under two sets of rules, one for Victorian teams, and one for the rest.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:58:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Mark Bruty [Signature #886]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Mark Bruty, Ballarat, Victoria<p>A knee jerk reaction and on the fly rule by the AFL that cripples the good work done by the Sydney Swans. It needs to be scrapped before the long term effects are seen to the detriment of a team PLAYING BY THE RULES and the AFL need to rectify their wrongs down the track.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Michael Guy [Signature #885]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michael Guy, Stanwell Park, New South Wales]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:36:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Cara Nottle [Signature #884]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cara Nottle]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:21:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Stephen Walker [Signature #883]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Stephen Walker, Brisbane, Queensland<p>Speechless</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:22:16 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Jaydn Tucker [Signature #882]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Jaydn Tucker]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:36:14 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Angela Seward [Signature #881]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Angela Seward, Redfern, NSW<p>Incandescent with rage - VFL forces South Melbourne to leave Melbourne and go to Sydney where no-one knows what Australian Rules is - most of them still don&#039;t know what Australian Rules is - Sydney Swans lose young players back to Victoria because they want to be where the action is - AFL invents COLA and pays it with AFL funds - Swans recruit players and follow AFL rules - Swans outsmart GWS the AFL franchise and get Buddy - AFL has a hissy fit led by Collingwood and Hawthorn cheer squad and removes COLA -  Hawthorn wins Grand Final - Hawthorn nabs Frawley (to go alongside Lake) - bottom teams gutted by Hawthorn - AFL then nobbles Swans by stopping Sydney Swans trading - WHY? - AFL Commission have huge conflict of interest and haven&#039;t the guts to explain the inexplicable - Bill Kelty (Essendon) Richard Goyder (Fremantle), Kim Williams (he might be able to play a recorder but can he catch a ball?), Chris Langford (Hawthorn), Mike Fitzpatrick (Carlton), Linda Dessau (Essendon) Sam Mostyn (St Kilda), Paul Basset (St Kilda), please explain why you are ****ing over the Swans. Or should we be asking Eddie?</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 01:29:34 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Me daniel isenhood [Signature #880]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Me daniel isenhood, sydney, nsw<p>its not even an opinion, it&#039;s a raw imbalance that shreds the credibility of the league and craps on the AFL&#039;s &quot;biggest supporter base&quot;.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 01:27:03 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Martha Markellos [Signature #879]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Martha Markellos, Bossley Park, New South Wales<p>The rule that AFL originally bought in and now has turned this against the swans is ridiculous. This needs to be reversed and the club treated equally, they did nothing wrong but follow as they were told to do. This makes me very sad as supporter if the swans and the game, all players have a right to choose where they want to play and not play and should not have that taken away from them. Get it right!!!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:58:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #878]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Chadstone, Vic<p>The removal of COLA is fair. The trade ban is not. I question the independence and integrity of the CEO. He has public folded to the pressure of a few very vocal football clubs in Melbourne. The Swans have followed every rule in the AFL to a letter. They should be compensate for time and money spent on staff researching players to trade into the year. This ban hurts Sydney more than any other club because they trade the most. The club has not broken a single rule but they have been punished. A fair solution would be that players brought in or re-contracted are not allowed any COLA. The timing of the decision is particularly disturbing. it gives the club no option other than to sit out the trade period as they cannot change contracts with players that have been signed already. This is a terrible decision. I hope the club fights it with everything they have. I hope there is scope to take legal action on this.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:59:32 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anthony Hyland [Signature #877]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Anthony Hyland, Sydney, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:40:38 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr James Davidson [Signature #876]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr James Davidson, Dulwich Hill, New South Wales<p>This proposal has Eddie McGuire written all over it</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:34:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Roland McAdam [Signature #875]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Roland McAdam<p>McGuire is not the AFL commissioner</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:58:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MR ROBBIE BARTYN [Signature #874]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MR ROBBIE BARTYN, ARNCLIFFE]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:10:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr William Conn [Signature #873]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr William Conn<p>If this decision is justifiable why hasn&#039;t it been applied to the other AFL team in Sydney?</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:54:32 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Merryl Conn [Signature #872]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Merryl Conn]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:04:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Me Peter Fisher [Signature #871]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Me Peter Fisher, Bondi, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:58:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr John McPhee [Signature #870]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr John McPhee, Melbourne, Vic<p>The trade ban is a complete joke. Knee jerk to the Eddie McGuire&#039;s of the world.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:50:54 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Clancy Derum [Signature #869]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Clancy Derum]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:43:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr.o Arron Cull [Signature #868]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr.o Arron Cull, Gold Coast, Qld<p>TRANSPARENCY PLEASE</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:32:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ross Coates [Signature #867]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ross Coates<p>Blatant and unfair restriction of trade.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:28:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Stephen Shanahan [Signature #866]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Stephen Shanahan, Sydney, NSW]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:59:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Nicholas Holland [Signature #865]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Nicholas Holland, Sydney, NSW<p>No club should be punished for playing by the rules! It is very difficult not to interpret this as Eddie McGuire and mates&#039; &#039;payback&#039; for the Swans having recruited very well in previous seasons.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Paul Buchanan [Signature #864]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan, Sydney, Australia<p>T</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:41:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Emma Renehan [Signature #863]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Emma Renehan, Caroline Springs, Vic]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:10:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr John Derum [Signature #862]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr John Derum, Strawberry Hills, NSW<p>And I will boycott Eddie Maguire&#039;s programs and advertisers.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:31:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Deanne Thompson [Signature #861]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Deanne Thompson, Wodonga, Victoria]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:16:54 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Thomas Bromhead [Signature #860]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Thomas Bromhead, Sydney, Nsw]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:49:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Paul Johnstone [Signature #859]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Paul Johnstone, Bondi, Please choose ...<p>Cancelled my Foxtel Footy last week.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:39:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Jacob Sadler [Signature #858]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Jacob Sadler, Frankston south, victoria]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:15:22 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #857]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Preston, VIC]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:34:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Stella Wyllie [Signature #856]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Stella Wyllie, Cronulla, NSW<p>AFL are denying the swans their trading rights and are punishing them for being too successful whilst not breaking any rules</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:43:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Harrison H [Signature #855]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:42:10 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr paul mccudden, melbourne, Victoria<p>Simply why !  You would hope this hasn&#039;t been done just to make life easy for GWS</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Mathew Waller, Ulverstone, TAS<p>To be banished from trades for not breaching any laws is stupid. To then allow GWS to continue is crazy and unfair to clubs and supporters which this great game is built on</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #851]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:44:04 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Chris Ryan [Signature #850]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:55:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Troy Jones [Signature #849]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Troy Jones, Sale, Victoria<p>It is a disgrace that the AFL punishes a club for recruiting big name players but not breaching the salary cap??? It is clear that the league is concerned with certain media people making negative comments about the COLA and it is disgusting that the league doesn&#039;t have any leadership at the top to deal with these negative comments professionaly and thus not be influenced by such comments! Pathetic!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[MR Selwyn Davis<p>The current situation is anything but fair.  There is no equality.  Too much control centred in Melbourne.  It is the old VFL game run by a parochial old boys club. Bring back Andrew Demetrious, it has deteriorated since he left.  Makes one wonder what is behind some of the decisions.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Margaret Heard, Sydney, NSW<p>I am so sick of the unfairness of the AFL. Not just in this case, but others.  You should be held accountable for biased decisions.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Colin Baskin, Cairns, Qld<p>Restraint of trade by another name. Worthy of a test case to remind the AFL administration that it operates outside the boudaries of fair play, fair work and fair wage.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sean Shannon, Stamford, Connecticut, USA<p>Swans fan from the USA (you can see I use the club nickname in my e-mail address).  Absolutely ridiculous ... how is it fair to have one set of rules governing the COLA to be implemented over the next two years, which the Swans are abiding by, then punish them when they have not contravened the rules?</p>

<p>I was going to buy a new Swans guernsey, but will forego this purchase for now.  I will also remove the AFL website from my bookmarks in my Safari browser.</p>

<p>Best regards,<br />
Sean Shannon<br />
Stamford, Connecticut, USA</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Matt Donnelly [Signature #825]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Helen McKenna, Melbourne, Victoria<p>Disgraceful decision. It is acknowledged that the Swans have broken no rules. This is one of the most unprofessional and disrespectful attitudes towards a club and it&#039;s fans for a very long time. The lack of consultation is one thing but the injustice of the ruling is something that you would expect from an under 10&#039;s suburban competition.<br />
The AFL is bullying one of its clubs and what an appalling message that is to send out to people!<br />
I expect that by Monday afternoon this decision is overturned. If this is any indication of the way in which the AFL is going to discriminate against clubs that have done nothing wrong then the future of the game is bleak.<br />
In summary, terrible decision making, appalling communication, disgraceful sense of justice and unnecessary negative interference.<br />
I have cancelled fox footy in protest.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Me Stephen Cusack<p>I thought FIFA was the most corrupt sporting body in the world. How disgusting that the AFL beats it hands down</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Mike Fitzpatrick, AFL House, Victoria<p>I&#039;m totally aghast that the Swans stole Buddy from our team the GWS. The cheek of them. This is totally unfair and if I was a commissioner i would put the Swans in their place....oh sorry I am, and I have. Forgive me, i make it up as I go along...(as long as my company does the catering at Eithad, and there&#039;s BLOODY CONFLICT there, so shut your mouth, I&#039;m happy.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr hugh clarke, baldivis, perth<p>swans should legally take on afl in courts</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr Barry simpson, mornington, victoria<p>Stop discriminating against the Sydney Swans.<br />
we also call for the removal of Eddie maguire</p>]]></description>
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