Caroline Wilson says Seven and AFL should have had words after a number of F-Bombs were dropped in game broadcasts.
“Since when did it become acceptable to use the F-word on national television after a prime time footy broadcast?” Caroline Wilson this week asked The Agenda Setters.
It follows a number of F-bombs dropped during Live AFL broadcasts last week.
Collingwood star Nick Daicos and senior coach Craig McRae swore on the Seven broadcast after the Magpies beat the Crows in Adelaide on Thursday night.
On Saturday Mabior Chol dropped several more after Hawthorn beat the Giants in western Sydney, before quickly apologising.
On Monday Caroline Wilson raised it on air saying, “I don’t care if people think I’m a wowser after the brilliant performances of Collingwood and Hawthorn over the weekend.
“But the language of some of their group after the game… that was so out of character for Nick Daicos and it hardly felt off the cuff.
“Craig McRae felt almost deliberate. I don’t want to make light at all, or seem glib, about the Izak Rankine scandal but it almost felt like Collingwood had their own F-word theme going in to that game.
“And Mabior went with his three times.
“But most disappointing and amazing is that the AFL hasn’t batted an eyelid. Surely swearing like that on a national broadcast would have at least prompted a phone call from either head office or even the Seven Network, reminding McRae, Daicos and Chol that swearing like that is just lowering the standards for everyone.”
So did Seven, which as a broadcaster raised the matter on air, actually reach out to the AFL to express concerns?
That’s not clear.
TV Tonight contacted Seven for comment.
“Since when did it become acceptable to use the F-word on national television after a prime-time footy broadcast?”
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