The Brisbane Lions are so infuriated by coverage of the scandal surrounding their stars’ end-of-season Las Vegas trip that they are threatening to boycott two major media outlets.
Club CEO Greg Swann responded to suggestions that the scandal has divided the playing group and played a role in the team’s shocking 0-3 start after what he called “poor, insensitive and factually incorrect” reports about last year’s end-of-season break . season trip.
A Lions star’s relationship reportedly ended when one of the players on the trip accidentally synced his WhatsApp chat group to iCloud on his phone, giving his partner access to what has been described as compromising content.
It’s also been reported that more than one relationship was affected by the breach, and teammates have had “tough conversations” with each other as a result.
Uncompromising photos of 10 Lions players’ trip to Las Vegas last year have been accidentally leaked – and the fallout has led to the club making an extraordinary threat (Photo: Lions shine in America. Daily Mail Australia suggests not that anyone in the photo is involved in any unwanted behavior)
A player on the trip reportedly accidentally leaked content to his partner via WhatsApp – resulting in at least one star’s relationship ending
Photos of the trip have now appeared on social media. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest that any of the players depicted in this article are involved in the reported fallout from the Vegas trip.
Now the team is considering taking the drastic step of banning its players from speaking to a major newspaper and radio station.
“The Brisbane Lions are considering an indefinite boycott of not only the Herald Sun, but also 3AW over the Herald Sun’s reporting and that of 3AW,” Nine journalist Tom Morris said. Footy classified.
‘The club is angrier at the Herald Sun, the players are angrier at 3AW.
“They will weigh that within the next 48 hours.”
The 10-member group visiting Vegas included Brisbane players Lachie Neale, Hugh McCluggage, Lincoln McCarthy, Zac Bailey, Jaxon Prior and Cameron Rayner.
Co-captain Harris Andrews – who was not on the trip to Vegas – has poured cold water on reports that teammates are at odds over the fallout from the scandal
Lions general manager Danny Daly (pictured) hit out at speculation surrounding the scandal before the club threatened two major media outlets with a boycott
Veteran AFL reporter Caroline Wilson confirmed on 3AW Radio that some players left the end-of-season tour early.
“Some photos – nothing very incriminating – but some photos that partners weren’t happy with may have been sent home by mistake,” Wilson said.
‘Some players went home early as a result and at least one key player and his partner have (now) split up.
‘I don’t know whether that was purely because of what happened during the trip.
‘It is also true that some players were not happy about being exposed.
‘Danny Daly, the head of footy at the Lions, following the reporting and the rumors on Monday, he called (co-captain) Harris Andrews and he called Lachie Neale and he said ‘look, you’ve got to be honest with me’ is there anything in this? Is there a split in the playing group, are the people blue?”
“The two leaders strongly denied this.”
On Sunday, Lions co-captain Harris Andrews – who was not traveling – dismissed speculation that the fallout had divided the players.
“There’s no tension at all, there’s nothing to worry about,” he said.
Brisbane have made a shock start to the season, losing three in a row, but the club has denied the trip to Vegas has led to tensions in the playing group (Photo: Brisbane shine after their loss to Collingwood)
“There has been a huge explosion (externally) in the last few days, but as a group we are united, all in the same boat.
“We can’t control what other people say… we haven’t had the start we wanted and people are going off the beaten path to come up with reasons why we started this way.”
Lions chief executive Greg Swann also emphasized that the playing group remains united.
‘Is there a split in a group?’ Well, no, it’s not,” Swann said.
‘They’re just bulls***. There is no division in the group. By the way, this (trip) was in November. It’s not the reason we’re not doing well.
“It’s just that some of our good guys are out of shape.
“We asked all the leaders again and they said, ‘No, there’s nothing in it at all’ in terms of a split in the group.”