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Laurie Nash (Aust & Tas), Max Walker (Aust), Peter Bedford (Vic), Jamie Siddons (footy for the Swans, cricket for SA & Vic).
Apart from Alex Carey all the others have something in common: none of them are from the last quarter of a century. And Alex Carey chose cricket over footy. Many of the ones you mentioned also held jobs outside sport. Fast forward a quarter of a century and today’s AFL footballer are full time professional athletes. With a lot of time and money invested in them. You also said that Chad doesn’t face 140km/hr deliveries. Callum Mills was tossing a gridiron ball - ended his season. Rampe was jumping a chain fence - ruined his season. And in both instances made a mess of our season. Ollie Wines dislocated his shoulder water skiing. Ruined his season. The rare exceptions seem to be the occasional garlic footballer who play during their off season but even they can get flack for doing so (Colin O’Riordan was an exception when the Swans sanctioned it). But Brayden Sier copped a lot of flack when he played a game of basketball under the name Phill Inn. Also consider all of the basketballers, the odd rugby player and other converts the majority of whom cease their previous sports to concentrate on footy.
If you can’t see that there are risks associated with other activities that can compromise Chad’s and the club’s season and potentially his career then any further discussion is actually fairly pointless. You can keep hammering your point about Warner’s cricketing prowess, but the longer it goes on, please be prepared to receive (and graciously accept) criticism from others for your suggestion.
I, for one, recognise that he’s a talented and gifted athlete. But to risk injury that could compromise the Swans to me is frankly a little silly. I’m not suggesting he shouldn’t play cricket in his off season, if the club sanctions it. I am saying that you repeatedly encouraging it might display a lack of responsibility, IMO.
And for the record, Bradley played cricket for bothe SA and Vic, did play a reserves game for the Saints while playing U19s - he was given a towelling that day against Carlton. And Devon Conway broke his hand at bat without needing to be facing a 140km thunderbolt.
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