David King has taken time away from publicly calling for Nathan Buckley’s sacking to tell the public to be more empathetic towards football personalities. It’s been a year in football that has seen players walk away from the game to take a break and David King says he knows exactly where the problem lies. The public

“I just think in the days of social media, there are too many platforms for the public to criticise people in football. We should leave it to the newspapers and television, where it’s clearly less hurtful” King said.

It comes just weeks after Mark Robinson slammed the players for their hurtful words. “It’s obvious to me that after some scathing on field incidents this year, the players need to come up with some kind of code of conduct that would put a stop to them saying anything downright offensive to each other. You know, similar to the one we in the media abide by”

Unfortunately journalists from channel 7 were not available for comment, as it is believed they were all busy waiting out the front of James Hird’s house.