Collingwood DENY claims of a ‘culture issue’ following the Jack Crisp scandal
Collingwood DENY claims of a ‘culture problem’ at the AFL club after a leaked video of Jack Crisp emerges… just months after the drug scandal involving Jack Ginnivan
Collingwood football boss Graham Wright has distanced himself from Jack Crisp’s ‘historic’ leaked video of teammate Jack Ginnivan’s drugs scandal to defend the club’s culture and decision not to suspend him.
The best and fairest double club will represent the AFL next week after a video circulated on social media containing drug references.
The midfielder has been cleared to play Brisbane in a sold-out Gabba by the Magpies and the AFL on Thursday night, a day after the video became public knowledge.
The video shows a person scrolling through several Snapchat screenshots, many of which clearly show Crisp’s bearded face.
Several of the photos appear to show illegal substances.
Collingwood insists they have no culture problem at the football club
A video appeared on social media showing Jack Crisp saying ‘have some lines’
It comes months after the Jack Ginnivan drug scandal leaked on social media
The last two images are explicit and show a standing man, but his face is not visible.
“From what we can tell it’s a historic video, one from several years ago,” Wright said.
But there’s no confirmation of how old the content is, or if those graphics are from Crisp.
Collingwood dealt with a drug scandal during the preseason involving young gun Jack Ginnivan.
Ginnivan was banned for the first two rounds of the season after being filmed ingesting an illegal substance in a nightclub cubicle and has yet to break into the AFL side.
Wright said the two issues could not be linked, citing Crisp’s historical nature as the reason he was not suspended.
“Two completely different situations,” he said.
“I’m not (concerned about a cultural problem). It’s a historic video, one from a while ago and separate from Jack Ginnivan.’
Crisp has played a whopping 191 consecutive games, dating back to the 18th round of 2014, when he was with the Lions.
But Graham Wright is adamant that a culture problem does not exist at the club
The streak of games is comfortably the most by any current player, well ahead of Melbourne star Christian Petracca (110), and Crisp ranks seventh on the all-time list.
“He’s a high-quality young man…he’s an important player for us, but we’re obviously concerned for him and his well-being and his family,” Wright said.
“If he hadn’t wanted to play, we wouldn’t have played him.
“But he really wanted to play, from a coaching and club perspective we wanted him to play and we had to tick that box with the AFL.”