Friday, June 27, 2014: A Sunshine North Caravan park.

When The Big Cheese came to us in the off-season and offered us an overseas holiday, we were admittedly skeptical. A myriad of possibilities crossed our minds, more on the side of us ending up detained in an Iraqi work camp than sipping martinis on a sunny beach or seeing the Eiffel Tower. When he said that we were going on a performance camp, we relaxed slightly - surely, it being a training experience, this would be fully funded by Smother Inc.... how wrong we were.

Yes, it appears The Big Cheese has embraced the attitude of several AFL clubs - forcing us to fork out for flights to an "optional" training camp. Luckily for us, we could never afford it - and luckily for the AFL players who can, the AFLPA is about to negotiate a new deal that means players will need to vote on whether they are forced to spend their own money on an overseas training camp.

Under the new proposal, a secret ballot could be held, meaning players not being forced to outlay $2500 for their own trip. For us, we'll be spending the off-season in a Sunshine North caravan park.

In the news...
Essendon went to court this morning and some lawyers argued. We don't really understand it, but there's news here.

Al Clarkson is rumoured to close to a return from his back disease, according to his stand-in Brendan Bolton.

Teams are here. Have a good weekend. Go the Pies.