Opinion

Whingeing AFL players out of touch with reality

Howard Kotton
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:09am, first published July 6 2020 - 4:30pm
Richmond captain Trent Cotchin has empathised with teammates who don't want to relocate interstate during the COVID-19 crisis. Photo: Kelly Defina/Getty Images
Richmond captain Trent Cotchin has empathised with teammates who don't want to relocate interstate during the COVID-19 crisis. Photo: Kelly Defina/Getty Images

If this period of turmoil and uncertainty amidst a worldwide pandemic has taught us anything, it has confirmed AFL footballers live in a bubble and generally have no concept of what goes on in the "real" world.

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Howard Kotton

Howard Kotton has been a journalist for 43 years, working in various parts of Australia and overseas on assignment. He has spent the past 13 years as a senior journalist with the AFL Record and has co-written two books on former AFL players David Rhys-Jones and Warwick Capper

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