Not even a week after Kevin 07 declared he was going to work with our national football codes to develop a code of conduct for our players to set an example for the rest of the nation, Brendan Fevola decides to urinate down the side of a nightspot in Melbourne.

If that isn’t bad enough, just to show the Carlton Club is far more interested in winning the first game of the year than supporting Mr Rudd, they give old mate a $10,000 fine, which really would have taught him a lesson.

He probably got the money out of the ashtray of his car. It would mean nothing to him.

There was a real opportunity lost there to send a message to players and supporters of any football code.

But in saying that, Eddie McGuire, when asked what he would do if Fevola was a Magpie player, said he agreed with the no suspension, but suggested that he would have taken the player and the media back to the spot, made him clean the window and then given him toilet cleaning duty at the club for a month.

Precious ‘VIP’

Sadly, I was away for the Storm v Warriors league pre-season match and have heard mixed comments about the night.

I guess the important message in the whole affair is before Quad Park Corporation got going, we couldn’t get an NRL game here. It seems now we may just have to wait to get the stadium built to get the ticket prices down.

I must congratulate the Noosa and Sunshine Coast Eagles players as everyone tells me that the curtain-raiser overshadowed the main game, which is encouraging for local league.

I did hear that one Coast media personality got a bit precious at the gate on the big night.

He was overheard being told to park down the back. He asked why he couldn’t park in the reserved area right near the gate and the reply came: “They are VIP parks.”

Apparently he replied, “Well what I am I then?” then drove off leaving the parking guy wondering exactly who he was.

Poster boys

I bet everyone is glad the council elections are over.

I have heard a few funny stories about skulduggery at the booths.

One ex-councillor, who is about as handsome as me, suggested people were stealing his posters to keep as souvenirs.

He has got to be kidding, unless they were farmers that needed something to scare the crows off.

But on the other hand, Division 2 councillor Tim Dwyer, a noted ex-league star, was losing his handouts to other division voters because, in their words, “It is such a nice photo, can I keep it anyway?”

Tim will definitely give league players a bad name.

Pub reunion

Here is something for long-time locals.

On April 19, at Maroochydore Hotel, I mean Duporth Tavern, Clare Evans, one of those sterling old barmaids who can pour more beer at one time than her weight, is getting together all the old crew that worked at the pub before 1970 for a day out at their old stomping ground.

For info, give Clare a call 5443 1451.