Adelaide Hawk wrote:Leaping Lindner wrote:scouse_git wrote:bayman wrote:Punk Rooster wrote:I thought school footy came first?
only with private schools punky
i understand both points of view but as a bayman i want him right for saturday
i went to Adelaide High wasnt aloud to play for Norwood juniors unless i played for my school AND ADELAIDE HIGH IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL
Playing for ur school is something all players cherish these guys wanted to play let them.
This was the mid 60's admittedly but Peter Anderson went to Adelaide Boys High and was stripped off his prefect status when he chose to play for North Adelaide over the school team.
I use to go to school with Steven Trigg and he played league football with Central before the "school football season" started. When the school games started he played for the school - no arguements, no dramas.
LL, didn't Trigg attend St.Peters College? I never knew you were a toffOnly joking.
You're right about Anderson losing his prefect status because he wouldn't play for the school. I was a prefect at Adelaide Boys High and was probably lucky to retain my prefect status as I refused to play footy for the school as well, but I wasn't of the profile Anderson was. My stance was if I was injured playing for the school team I couldn't benefit from the medical assistance as was provided by league clubs, or clubs in general. This is something Gibbs should possibly consider.
We had several players at our school at the time whose league careers were delayed due to playing for the school. However, there was one player a year ahead of me named Dexter Kennedy who was released by Adelaide Boys High to play his 1st league game for West Adelaide at 15 years of age. The reason? ..... he wasn't considered at the time to be good enough to play in the 1st XVIII for Adelaide High
Yeah. I speak good and that.
