Buckley’s mistrust is bad model for sport | From the Press Box with Melanie Whelan

Updated June 23 2017 - 9:07pm, first published 11:30am
SCRUTINY: Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley argues members can access players via the club's own media channels, but this shuts down a fundamental part of our game  a chance to ask the hard questions. Picture: Getty Images
SCRUTINY: Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley argues members can access players via the club's own media channels, but this shuts down a fundamental part of our game a chance to ask the hard questions. Picture: Getty Images

FROM Buckley to Beast Mode there needs to be a better balance for media access to athletes. The right tone needs to be set at sport’s highest levels, because what happens at the top has a way of filtering down to grassroots games.

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