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The Club Raffle
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September 22, 2016 @ 5:30 am - 7:00 am
Winning Hides Everything
The AFL has a secret that they don't want you to know.
If you want to find out what, come along to
The Club Raffle and earn a chance to spin the
Wheel of Misfortune.
Winning hides everything.
Winning protects skeletons. But what if your winning plan is derailed, and those skeletons exposed? What if the sporting world is about to look inside your closet and discover the truth?
You could come clean, or you could enlist the services of two men with a proven track record of failure, while creating chaos in the process.
You could employ former AFL coach Glenn Manton and his incompetent assistant (coach) Jim Lawson.
Men so entrenched in the mire of stupidity they wouldn't question their mission: To run an “innocent” Club Raffle, whilst all the time diverting focus from the league’s biggest secret.
Glenn and Jim invite you into the hallowed change rooms of the MCG, during the 2016 finals no less, to watch the Wheel of Misfortune spin, selecting topics for discussion, from drug use to indigenous innuendo, as The Club Raffle and all its awful implications are drawn before your eyes.
The Club Raffle places AFL fans front row, centre wing, as the lid is lifted and all is revealed.
The tickets may be black and white, but the content is every shade of grey.
Keep your stub ready. You never know when you might be asked to spin the wheel.
The truth or a meat tray is never far away.
Your club needs you.
And so does the game.
Give 127%. Show your true colours.
You deserve to know the secret.