At the end of the day, the AFL should have lived up to their own policies concerning respect and responsibility, this and taken action against those who breeched it, well before this blew out of proportion.
But they didn't!
Why have a policy, if you have no intentions of enforcing it?
It's time St Kilda and AFL officials got serious about their policies, and the respectful treatment of the young women in this case, this and stopped making headlines by way of scandal.
And it's time both the AFL and Vic-Police stopped covering up their dirty work and defending one another as per (MOU) agreement.
This unacceptable behaviour drags down the AFL, the club, and society with it, and is unfair to those players who don't behave in this manner though are condemned by a 'code' which itself fails to live up to it's own policies.
Why have any policies at all.
Here is the AFL's respect and Responsibility policy
http://www.afl.com.au/portals/0/afl_docs/afl_hq/Policies/Respect%20&%20Responsib...Here are the incidents which were left 'unresolved' early last year (before the face book nude pic scandal our media are intentionally sensationalising to the AFLs advantage) which has allowed this entire affair to become what it has. Practically unmanageable...hence the need for St Kilda to appoint new management,.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/afl/afl-news/demetriou-blasts-st-kilda-schoolgir...St Kildas players did the wrong thing, though this was swept under the carpet.
Please note: No matter how hard you or they try, this is not going away!