I didn't get the chance to post in that AFL/Ben Cousins thread this story i thought you might like. A few years ago (2004) i was in the Peppermint longue in Kings Cross and Craig Gower came up to me completely off his face. This was the year after The Panthers won. He puts his arm around me and goes 'How big is this guy!' and starts licking my head (was shaved at the time). Not gay, just off his face friendly, i had a few mates around.
His friend was handing him shots and he was trying to pour them into my mouth until his friend stopped him. I thought it was pretty funny. A few years later he did the same thing to some guy in the same place who started a fight with him and it was all over the news the next day. Then he grabbed Wayne Pierce's 17 year old daughters snatch at his bucks night or something and ended up going to France.
I remember the incident with Wayne's daughter.
And this type of behaviour is common in the league circle. I have nothing against a guy having a few drinks.....but it is obvious Craig Gower had/has a problem with alcohol. Fuck.......nearly all the league guys have a problem with alcohol.
Half of the problem is the "old boys" who talk about/boast about their drinking accomplishments and drinking before a game and shit like that. Like they say, there is a drinking culture with League. The problem is it runs through all levels of the game.
I remember playing a game when i was 15, and during the game one of the mums was so drunk she went up to an opponents mum and slapped her in the face. And after the game the first thing the coach did when we got to the sheds was hand us a beer.....at 15. Even at that age i felt that was kinda weird and innapproproate.
League is going down the shitter. All you have to do is look at the junior league registration numbers.......they are falling by the thousands. They are all going to union and soccer. If i had a young kid, i would be hesitant to have him play League now.....and i played my whole life.
