Collingwood head of footy Graham Wright said Elliott has become “invaluable” to the club.
“We’re pleased to extend Jamie for another three years, and to hopefully see him play out his career at the Club,” Wright said.
“Jamie is an instrumental figure in our program. Across 11 seasons he has a wealth of football smarts which is invaluable to the youth of our group.
“The likes of Ash Johnson, Jack Ginnivan, Beau McCreery and Ollie Henry are products of great improvement credit to Elliott’s influence in the forward line.
“In addition to this, Jamie is a player who stands up in the moments that matter, inspiring all members of our program.
“We respected the fact Jamie was a free agent at the end of this year, and we are glad to come to terms that see him at the Club until the end of 2025.”
Elliott kicked the game-winning goal in Round 19 against Essendon and has kicked 11 majors across his last five games.
Mark Ricciuto is determined to hold onto his position as Adelaide’s footy director, reports SEN’s Sam Edmond.
Ricciuto, a club great, is under increasing pressure to hold his spot following the revelations of former players about the club’s infamous 2018 pre-season camp.
Respected broadcaster Gerard Whateley told SEN’s Crunch Time on Saturday: “Anyone who had a position of authority at the time and had oversight for what happened for what transpired or played an active role in the cover-up, has to be removed from their position.”
Ricciuto was in his current position at the time of the camp and has been a defender of the camp’s intentions in the past.
Former president Rob Chapman and CEO Andrew Fagan have both since departed the club, as has coach Don Pyke and head of footy Brett Burton, who were all present in 2018.
It leaves Ricciuto as one of the few remaining figures who is still at the Crows from the time of the camp.
The Adelaide Crows board met on Saturday to address the fallout from the Eddie Betts/Josh Jenkins revelations on the infamous camp. Sources say footy director Mark Ricciuto is defiant and determined to hold his position on him. There is a lot of angst among the Crows alumni.
“I can tell you that the Adelaide board met on Saturday morning to discuss its next course of action over what many former players are describing as the most shameful chapter in the club’s history,” Edmund told SEN Breakfast.
“Now, there’s a lot of pressure on a club great, Mark Ricciuto as the footy director and his ongoing position at the club given he has been among the strongest defenders of the camp with a previously very stern, ‘nothing to see here’ mentality .
“But those close to him say he’s absolutely defiant, he’s determined not to step down no matter the pressure that comes his way.”
Ricciuto addressed the fallout from Eddie Betts’ biography on Wednesday morning, telling Triple M Adelaide: “Player welfare is always No. 1, no matter what’s going on. You always want everyone to be happy and all that, so it’s very sad that Eddie has written that.
“I think the club’s been on record at times to say that they acknowledged that it wasn’t handled perfectly and had all good intentions, but it didn’t go perfectly.
“We all love Eddie and hopefully Eddie’s getting over that. That was four years ago, certainly the club’s moved on from that and looking towards the future and made a lot of ground since back then.”
Whateley was scathing in his analysis of Ricciuto’s statement.
“I listened to Mark Ricciuto and it made me wildly angry. The lack of humanity in understanding what has transpired here, don’t worry about the judgement, that’s enough. A basic human instinct to people under your care who suffered from this experience under your watch, that’s it,” he said.
“It doesn’t have to be more than that, and if you don’t front up to it, the organization will never adequately recover.”
Brodie Grundy will undergo season-ending surgery on a fresh ankle injury to cut short his 2022 campaign.
Grundy has not played AFL since Round 6 after suffering a PCL injury. He had been nearing a return to the senior side but pulled up with ankle soreness following his first game back in the VFL in late July.
Scans have cleared him of a serious injury, but Collingwood head of football Graham Wright confirmed the 28-year-old would not return to the field this season.
Unfortunately Brodie Grundy will miss the remainder of the 2022 season.
“Brodie took part in the Club’s VFL game against the Southport Sharks just over a week ago and he pulled up sore from that match. He then participated in a training session early last week and was still experiencing soreness, so he was sent for scans which revealed a stress fracture in his left ankle,” Wright said in a club statement.
“The nature of the ankle injury is not long-term so Brodie will make a full recovery but after consulting with multiple specialists to assess all options available, it was determined arthroscopic surgery would be the best course of action.
“The pleasing thing for Brodie is that his knee has held up well – this is a separate injury – and unfortunately with only a couple of weeks left of the home-and-away season, he will be unable to take further part in matches in 2022.
Wright added that the injury was not expected to jeopardize Grundy’s pre-season for the 2023 campaign.
The Adelaide football club has been left with a tarnished reputation off the back of details emerging about the infamous 2018 pre-season camp.
However, as well as questions being asked of the club, pressure should be on the South Australian media outlets, according to SEN SA’s Michelangelo Rucci.
Gerard Whateley was the first to question the involvement of the SA media in covering up the details of the Crows’ camp for more than five years.
I have told AFL Nation on Friday night: “They have clearly exploited the advantages of their position in their town. They have been party to a protection racquet and their media has fallen into that and silenced and marginalized any voice that dares go near the truth.”
Rucci acknowledged the strength of those comments and said it was “staggering” that the local media had barely investigated.
The Age published a series of detailed reports on the camp in 2020 but apologized and withdrew them in 2022 following a legal battle with Collective Mind, the business behind the camp.
“They’re incredibly strong remarks, the protection racquet line is quite challenging and it will be challenging to a lot of people in Adelaide, particularly people in senior roles in media organizations who probably put commercial interests ahead of a social responsibility to make sure they were asking the right questions,” he told SEN SA Breakfast.
“Now it is staggering that most of the reports that were done on this camp that have come to be quite accurate and quite meaningful were done in Melbourne and not in Adelaide. I think a lot of people should be asking why.
“Why is it that some media organizations put commercial interests ahead of their responsibility to be news organizations, I’ll be intrigued at how this one goes forward because Gerard has hit on a very strong point here.”
Rucci recalled a similar situation with the West Coast Eagles and the drug-fuelled era, prasing The West Australian journalist Mark Duffield for his reporting.
“There should have been the same thing here in Adelaide (like Duffield with West Coast), it didn’t happen. People should be asking why and they should be challenging some people in media organizations as to whether they are part of a protection racquet that protects the Crows,” he added.
Rucci added it was worth investigating if the club put pressure on media individuals, but said some “need to be held to account”.
“I think the real issue here is they were put under pressure by the Crows to not do the story, or told to lay off because there would be consequences if they continue,” he continued.
“What Gerard said, that people who got close to the story were marginalized, is worth investigating.
“Now comes a time where they need to be held to account for the way they have behaved over the past five years, I’d be surprised if a fair few of them can actually stand up and say, ‘we did our jobs’. ”
Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes agreed with Rucci’s sentiment, adding: “there’s no doubt about that.”
“They accepted the spin, they accepted the Adelaide party line and they didn’t do any digging after they were told Adelaide’s version of events without looking into the other version of it.
“There is a lot of media with egg on their faces after the story and a lot of them are crawling back into a hole, embarrassingly so.”
Eddie Betts, Josh Jenkins and Bryce Gibbs are the three former Crows who have provided disturbing revelations into the camp.
The Western Bulldogs’ final hopes are now in the hands of fate following their loss to Fremantle on Saturday.
The Round 21 loss was a demoralizing one for Dogs fans, as the Dockers kicked their way through Luke Beveridge’s set-up with ease.
The side’s defensive system across the ground broke down again. Since the bye, they’ve conceded 94+ points on six occasions, the latest 17-point defeat coming after Fremantle kicked nine first-half goals.
The Dogs have been linked with two main targets in the upcoming trade period, one of which is former Carlton defender Liam Jones.
Jones is reported to have been enticed by a three-year deal from the Dogs and will likely sign with them when the trade period opens in October, a recruit King is supportive of.
“I understand (the play for) Jones, I 100 per cent understand because they need a key post defender that can play on a man and still beat that guy and intercept,” King said on SEN’s Whateley.
“They’re a hard combination to find, and when you find them, you hang onto them. So Jones is that man.
“I don’t know whether he’s too old or past his best or whatever but the product we saw at Carlton 18 months ago is that guy.”
But the dual-premiership Kangaroo was far less positive about the club’s links to Dockers tall Rory Lobb.
Lobb is under contract with Fremantle but will reportedly pursue a move away from the club again after almost joining GWS last year.
The Dogs have confirmed interest in Lobb. However, he’d join Aaron Naughton, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan and Josh Bruce in an already top-heavy forward line.
Sam Darcy is also touted as a forward but debuted in defense for the Dogs on Saturday evening.
“(The play for) Lobb I don’t understand why I think they’ve got that player, they’ve got a few of that player,” King continued.
“What does that look like? Does Darcy go forward next year and replace Bruce and they go younger again? You can’t have Jones, (Alex) Keath and Darcy (in the backline), it’s too tall.”
Lobb kicked four goals for Fremantle on Saturday to be the best forward on the ground.
If they are to play in September, the Dogs will need wins against GWS and Hawthorn and rely on other results going in their favour.
However, just scraping into the finals won’t cover up a subpar season after playing in last year’s Grand Final.
“So I don’t know how it’s going to look next year, all I know is the way they set up this year, they don’t win the ball back in their midzone of the field, which means the pressure is on their back six constantly and they’re not good enough to handle that level of pressure,” King concluded.
“They’ve been awful as a one-on-one defence. You had to make a decision, you either cut the supply or support back. They’ve done neither, and that’s why they find themselves where they are on the AFL table.”
Carlton and Richmond need just one more win to sink the Dogs’ final hopes, while St Kilda requires two wins to feature in September given their lower percentage.
Carlton will attempt to argue captain Patrick Cripps’ collision with Brisbane’s Callum Ah Chee was a football act, according to SEN Chief Reporter Sam Edmund.
The bump left the 24-year-old Lion convicted and will undoubtedly be cited by MRO Michael Christian.
Speaking following the side’s loss on Sunday afternoon, coach Michael Voss stated he “thought it was a good answer”.
“When you have not a lot of time to adjust in those circumstances, that made for a difficult contest, I’m sure one that will get looked at.
“From what I’ve seen the arms were outstretched and it was a pretty even contest and there’s micro-seconds in it, so if we are asking players to make micro-second decisions, I don’t know whether the game enables that, I really don’t.”
Edmund believes Cripps will receive a two-match ban, with the Blues almost certain to challenge it as their season hangs by a thread.
“It is certain that Cripps will be cited and it is certain that Carlton will fight it at the most important juncture of their season. They need their captain out there with all the injuries on top of it,” Edmund told SEN Breakfast.
“If you put it in the matrix, it’s careless, it’s high and it’s high – so it’s two weeks.
“The Blues from their part have jumped upon some still images that they believe prove Cripps had his eyes on the ball, his arms outstretched, he was clearly contesting the ball and it was reasonable for him to be contesting the ball.
“So it’s all or nothing. They’ll argue it’s a football action and an accident, or he gets the two weeks.
“The precedent here is Willie Rioli, but that was a marking contest too, so that was different. Matt Rowell actually played on as well.
“Collingwood failed to overturn Brayden Maynard, that was a two-match ban for striking Daniel Lloyd, Collingwood argued he was just trying to spoil the boil. Lachie Plowman last year, the Blues lost that on appeal, that was two weeks.
“These are all marking aerial contests and Carlton are going to argue it was a football act, unless they have a change of heart here.
“I think he’s going to get the two weeks.”
Cripps certain to be cited by MRO-Blues certain to fight at tribunal given finals are on the line. Rules are clear when choosing to bump, but expect Blues to use this image to argue Cripps was contesting ball with eyes on ball, & that it was reasonable for him to contest this way pic.twitter.com/AaCiU8Wxya
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The US Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes, a major victory for President Joe Biden that Democrats hope will aid their chances of keeping control of Congress in this year’s elections.
After a marathon, 27-hour weekend session of debate and Republican efforts to derail the package, the Senate approved the legislation known as the Inflation Reduction Act by a 51-50 party line vote Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking ballot.
The action sends the measure to the House of Representatives for a vote expected Friday that could forward it, in turn, to the White House for Biden’s signature. In a statement, Biden urged the House to act as soon as possible and said he looked forward to signing the bill into law.
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“The Senate is making history,” an elated Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, after pumping his fists in the air as cheered Democrats and their staff members responded to the vote with a standing ovation.
“To Americans who’ve lost faith that Congress can do big things, this bill is for you,” he said. “This bill is going to change America for decades.”
Schumer said the legislation contains “the boldest clean energy package in American history” to fight climate change while reducing consumer costs for energy and some medicines.
Democrats have drawn harsh attacks from Republicans over the legislation’s $430 billion in new spending and roughly $740 billion in new revenue. read more
Nevertheless, Democrats hope its passage, ahead of an August recess, will help the party’s House and Senate candidates in the Nov. 8 midterm elections at a time when Biden is suffering from anemic public approval ratings amid high inflation.
The legislation is aimed at reducing carbon emissions and shifting consumers to green energy, while cutting prescription drug costs for the elderly and tightening enforcement on taxes for corporations and the wealthy.
Because the measure pays for itself and reduces the federal deficit over time, Democrats contend that it will help bring down inflation, an economic liability that has also weighed on their hopes of retaining legislative control in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
US Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as she speaks to the media about the passing of the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
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Republicans, arguing that the bill will not address inflation, have denounced the measure as a job-killing, left-wing spending wish list that could undermine growth when the economy is in danger of falling into recession.
Democrats approved the bill by using a parliamentary maneuver called reconciliation, which allows budget-related legislation to avoid the 100-seat chamber’s 60-vote threshold for most bills and pass on a simple majority.
After several hours of debate, the Senate began a rapid-fire “vote-a-rama” on Democratic and Republican amendments on Saturday evening that stretched into Sunday afternoon.
Democrats repelled more than 30 Republican amendments, points of order and motions, all intended to scupper the legislation. Any change in the bill’s contents wrought by an amendment could have unraveled the Democrats’ 50-senator coalition needed to keep the legislation on track.
NO CAP ON INSULIN COSTS
But they were unable to muster the votes necessary to retain a provision to cap soaring insulin costs at $35 a month on the private health insurance market, which fell outside the reconciliation rules. Democrats said the legislation would still limit insulin costs for those on Medicare.
In a foreshadowing of the coming fall election campaign, Republicans used their amendment defeats to attack vulnerable Democrats who are seeking reelection in November.
“Democrats vote again to allow chaos on the southern border to continue,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement that named Democratic Senators Mark Kelly of Arizona, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Raphael Warnock of Georgia. All four are facing tight contests for reelection.
The bill was more than 18 months in the making as Biden’s original sweeping Build Back Better plan was whittled down in the face of opposition from Republicans and key legislators from his own party.
“It required many compromises. Doing important things almost always does,” Biden said in a statement.
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A Shai Bolton masterclass has taken Richmond to the top-eight after a 71-109 win over a disappointing Port Adelaide.
The win sees them two points ahead of St Kilda and comfortably clear on percentage as the season comes to a head with just two rounds remaining.
A highly entertaining first term saw both sides enjoy runs of momentum as a Shai Bolton goal helped Richmond to a nine-point lead at quarter time.
This continued into the second quarter as the Power fought hard in front of a loud home crowd to find themselves eight points down thanks to yet another buzzer-beater goal for Bolton.
The game opened up after half-time, as the Tigers kicked away impressively with seven goals to three in the third term, a 34-point lead that was ultimately too much to overcome for the Power.
Multiple Tigers had days out, headed by Bolton (four goals, 17 touches), sole captain on the night Toby Nankervis (29 disposals, 42 hit-outs), former captain Trent Cotchin (32 touches, six clearances), Tom Lynch (four goals, 16 disposals) and Dion Prestia (32 touches, 10 clearances) as the yellow and black put together a much-needed four-quarter effort emblematic of their premiership years.
Port would be buoyed by the performances of Zak Butters (28 touches, eight tackles), Ollie Wines (32 touches, six tackles), Dan Houston (24 touches, 497 meters-gained) and Miles Bergman (one goal, 21 disposals) in what was ultimately a down night for Ken Hinkley’s men.
The Tigers will be sweating on the health of Nick Vlaustin for the finals, as the 28-year-old went down with a rib injury in visible pain.
Port Adelaide faces Essendon at Marvel Stadium next week as the Tigers host Hawthorn at the MCG before Essendon in the final round and would be favorites for both encounters.
Gold Coast Suns coach Stuart Dew has admitted he is unsure where star forward Izak Rankine will be playing his football from 2023.
It was originally reported by Chief Sports Reporter at SEN Sam Edmund that the 22-year-old was comfortable in Queensland and was close to recommitting to the club in the wake of buying a new house on the Gold Coast, however, a $4 million deal over five years from Adelaide has thrown a spanner in the works.
Taken with pick number 3 in the 2018 draft from West Adelaide, the return-home factor was always of concern for Stuart Dew and his men, and after 47 games and 55 goals, it may have eventuated sooner than previously hoped.
Speaking in the post-match press conference after the Suns’ seven-point defeat at the hands of Hawthorn, Dew was pragmatic about the future of Rankine.
“He’s obviously got a decision to make, like a lot of guys out of contract at this time of year. There’s a big incentive for him to stay, there’s also a big incentive for him to leave as well,” he said.
“What we’re confident on is that Gold Coast is a great spot for Izak (Rankine( to play his footy and live his life, we’re really clear on that and he knows that.
“But again he’s 22, he’s going to have a decision to make, not unlike (Luke) Jackson at Melbourne and different players around the league so he’s focused on finishing the year, and that’s what’s most important to all of us.
“Our job and the players’ jobs are to be professional and finish the year off, but we still firmly believe that we are the best place for him to play his footy.”
Rankine received a similar offer from Essendon that was centered around his involvement in Dreamtime at the ‘G and The Long Walk, which he later rejected.
The Suns and Rankine face the red-hot Geelong at Metricon Stadium next round.
Stuart Dew and Izak Rankine are still having conversations concerning his future as the Crows have made a BIG offer. pic.twitter.com/NBuf9hDl2o
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – The US Senate on Saturday began debating a Democratic bill to address key elements of President Joe Biden’s agenda – tackling climate change, lowering the costs of medication for the elderly and energy, while forcing corporations and the wealthy to pay more taxes.
The debate began after the Senate voted 51-50 to move ahead with the legislation. Vice President Kamala Harris broke a tie vote, with all 50 Republicans in opposition.
The Senate was set to debate the bill for up to 20 hours before diving into an arduous, time-consuming amendment process called a “vote-a-rama.”
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Democrats and Republicans were poised to reject each other’s amendments, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer maneuvered to keep a his 50-member caucus united behind a bill that was negotiated over several months. If even one Democrat were to peel off, the entire effort would be doomed in the evenly split 50-50 Senate. read more
Earlier in the day, the Senate parliamentarian determined that the lion’s share of the healthcare provisions in the $430 billion bill could be passed with only a simple majority, bypassing a filibuster rule requiring 60 votes in the 100-seat chamber to advance most legislation and enabling Democrats to pass it over Republican objections.
Democrats hope that the legislation will give a boost to their candidates in the Nov. 8 midterm elections in which Biden’s party is in an uphill battle to retain its narrow control of the Senate and House of Representatives. The Democrats cast the legislation as a vehicle to combat inflation, a prime concern of US voters this year.
“The bill, when passed, will meet all of our goals: fighting climate change, lowering healthcare costs, closing tax loopholes abused by the wealthy and reducing the deficit,” Schumer said in a Senate speech.
There are three main parts to the bill’s tax provisions: a 15% minimum tax on corporations and the closing of loopholes that the wealthy can use to avoid paying taxes; tougher IRS enforcement; and a new excise tax on stock buybacks.
The legislation has $430 billion in new spending along with raising more than $740 billion in new revenues. read more
Democrats have said the legislation by 2030 would result in a 40% reduction in US carbon emissions, blamed for climate change.
‘PRICE-FIXING’
The measure would also allow the Medicare government health insurance program for the elderly to begin negotiating in 2026 with the pharmaceutical industry over prices on a limited number of prescription drug prices as a way of reducing costs. It also would place a $2,000-per-year cap on out-of-pocket medication costs under a Medicare drug program.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell attacked the provision involving negotiating drug prices, comparing it to past “price-fixing” attempts by countries such as Cuba, Venezuela and the former Soviet Union.
“Their policy would bring about a world where many fewer new drugs and treatments get invented in the first place as companies cut back on R&D,” McConnell said in a floor speech, referring to research and development.
While senators debated the policies embedded in the bill, its political ramifications were also on display.
In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, former President Donald Trump predicted fallout for Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, two key Democratic senators: “If this deal passes, they are both going to lose their next elections.”
But Manchin and Sinema are not up for re-election until 2024 and many of the provisions of the bill are popular with voters.
The legislation is a scaled-down version of a far broader, more expensive measure that many Democrats on the party’s left had hoped to approve last year. That measure stalled when Manchin, a centrist, balked, complaining that it would exacerbate inflationary pressures.
The bill calls for billions of dollars to encourage the production of more electric vehicles and foster clean energy, though automakers say sourcing rules will sharply limit how many electric vehicles qualify for tax credits.
It would also set $4 billion in new federal drought relief funds, a provision that could help the re-election campaigns of Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada and Mark Kelly in Arizona.
One provision cut from the bill would have forced drug companies to refund money to both government and private health plans if drug prices rise more quickly than inflation.
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, a leading progressive, has criticized the bill for failing to go far enough and said he planned to offer amendments that would revive a series of social programs he pushed last year, including broadening the number of prescription drugs Medicare could negotiate prices on and providing government-subsidized dental, vision and hearing aid.
His amendments were expected to fail.
Republicans have signaled that they will offer amendments touching on other issues, including controlling immigrants coming across the US border with Mexico and enhancing policing to curtail rising crime rates in American cities since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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