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[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@TurnbullMalcolm, who started his career as the right-hand man of Kerry Packer, says he can't stand bullies. I guess he's 'evolved'.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@GemmaTognini So killing innocent people in undeclared wars is forgivable - c'est la guerre, right? - but being untidy and eating with your hands is incontrovertible evidence of bad character. There's a case you can make against JA but this article isn't it.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@swrighteconomy Lies, damn lies, and Shane Wright statistics. 'The places with the highest number of migrant arrivals haven't grown much in population, ergo no problem'. Did you not factor in that as they move in, others are pushed out? Economics Correspondent. Wow.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@cjayjay49 @JakeNiallTHEAGE @AFL @CollingwoodFC @brisbanelions Their failure is because quality players were lured away, and current AFL rules prevent them being able to respond by replenishing with anything other than drafting more kids. Change the free agency rules to anyone out-of-contract, with no compo.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

#AdelaideAirport Stuck for 2.5hrs on tarmac. Pathetic that in 2023 this can happen and no contingency in place. Internationally embarrassing

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@rwenearlythere @abcnews The number of racehorses who are put down each year is dwarfed by the number of dogs and cats because they become merely inconvenient. Do you think pet ownership should therefore be banned? Or are you driven by the politics of resentment to single out racing?

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@impossible_cut Opposition to horse racing is almost entirely driven by politics, not any concern for animals. The politics you display in your profile is overwhelmingly shared by everyone in the anti-racing mob. Its more about following, about group identity, than thinking.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@Goose19PAFC @BeyondAFL @TomRichardson Port's argument is self-contradictory. We're forced by selection and recruitment restrictions to play youngsters in the SANFL and therefore can't compete. But if we go into a league where we're not forced to play them, somehow that will AID their development??? By NOT playing??

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@Goose19PAFC @BeyondAFL @TomRichardson Of course it will be detrimental to the state leagues. It will also be detrimental to Port Adelaide (whose idiotic board thinks winning an AFL Reserves flag would be more meaningful than in the SANFL) and to the sport as a whole. You seem to be celebrating that, which says a lot

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@Goose19PAFC @BeyondAFL @TomRichardson 'Glorified' U18 games, ie soft, no-defence, keepings-off football. That's what the AFL reserves will be. That's what they want. Not a league where their precious draftees are tackled and pressured, and have performances scrutinized in games that actually count for something.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@Goose19PAFC @BeyondAFL @TomRichardson And you misunderstand the reason Port wants to switch. It wants young players developing in bruise-free glorified U18s games because that prepares them for AFL more so than the more rugged SANFL game. Its about the style of game, not the standard.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@Goose19PAFC @BeyondAFL @TomRichardson Will going from the SANFL to AFL2 increase revenue? No. It decreases, because reserves games don't bring fans or sponsors. Will it increase costs? Yes, if you intend to pay $1M extra year in poaching players. So if revenue falls, and costs rise, what happens to the bottom line?

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@PAFC In the exciting new future, Port will be able to retain players like this and you too can watch them running around in the VFL reserves in front of two fans and three dogs. Bye bye SANFL and 100+ years of heritage. Hello to a league no-one will give a stuff about.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@Goose19PAFC @BeyondAFL @TomRichardson How much do you reckon they'd pay someone to quit their job, become full-time professional, to play in a reserves comp that generates next to zero revenue? 100K each? Times 10 that's $1M. Straight off the bottom line, because those players will not sell a single extra ticket.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@Goose19PAFC @BeyondAFL @TomRichardson You're assuming existing SANFL players would be wooed away from their existing clubs to take a AFL Reserves contract with Port or the Crows that would pay little to no more than what they're already getting.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@ianparry9 @1116sen Port Adelaide typically betraying its heritage. Can't spend their way to premierships like they used to so they're sooking off. Fos Williams et al would be rolling in their grave.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@Renats27 @frankmilanese @N_Watson_ @1629senSA The Crows don't have grassroots supporters. Port's supporter base evaporated when they were uncompetitive to the point they needed bailouts and put out tarpaulins to disguise how few fans attended. Two mediocre big fish in a small pond.

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@JayJay91341991 Yes only got up in the wealthiest, haute bourgeoisie parts of the country, yet they accuse the No campaign of elitism! Projection much?

[ᴄʜʀɪs ʟɪɴᴇs @ChrisLines01]

@perkinsmiki @EddieJim2 The major hotel chains, like Sofitel, Marriott etc have invested a lot of money on resorts on Fiji's low-lying beachfront land. Do you know something they don't, or vice versa? If they have methods to ameliorate sea-level rises when they come, could they not be broadly applied?