As if the Arc needed any further evidence that Carlton is a filthy, grubby, cheating club that uses its unsavoury connections in the shadowy business world to gain advantage. After securing the services of the once esteemed Chri$ Judd with a steaming hot pile of Richard Pratt’s brass, in return for sham ambassadorial services, the Carlton Filth Club is at it again.
This time it is exploiting connections with “Pokies King” Bruce Mathieson to strip revenue from the Footscray and Richmond Football Clubs and transfer the funds into its own grubby hands. King Bruce (largely a ceremonial title, we believe), a former CFC director, has designs on transferring the leases of two pokies venues controlled by Footscray and Richmond to the CFC. The venues are owned by the Mathieson/Woolworths “venture" - clearly a euphemism for George Hearst-type behaviour!
One of the venues, affectionately known as the “Tiger bar” is situated in the very heart of Tigerland.
Obviously the Arc is under no illusions about the sordid nature of the pokies industry and its relationship with the Australian Game. But we should definitely be under no illusions about the blatant attempts of Carlton to exploit connections in the murky world of chicanery that business types know only too well. Football is indeed merely an artifice for making money for these vile charlatans.
chri$ judd was a gun before he left west coast to chase money. he shit now and makes me hate carlton even more, almost as much as the crows. this kind of shit is what carlton live for.
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