#EXCLUSIVE: The AFL Integrity Unit has been inundated with complaints from angry parents over a controversial decision to shake up junior footy finals, to boost inclusivity. Reid Butler #9News

@reid_butler9 1 of life’s greatest lessons is how to persevere thru hard times and how to properly conduct yourself when u win or lose. Sport is one such vehicle. Many lessons u learn from team sport cannot be taught from a school book. This is a joke.

@reid_butler9 If everyone is a winner then no one is.

@reid_butler9 Putting a 10th placed team in finals to be thrashed would do nothing for their confidence or inclusivity

@reid_butler9 This is 'equity' in practice. The underperformers are given rewards beyond their station. Those who excel are punished. Are you getting it, yet?

@reid_butler9 Farcical. To make a decision on the run 2 include all 10 teams in finals is a joke & while changing that demanding East Brighton 2 play on a Tue when the kids are away on school camp ( & forfeit ) isn’t fair n reasonable.The league need to take a good hard look at themselves.

@reid_butler9 " Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. " - unknown author. Time to stand up parents.

@reid_butler9 what a joke. not everybody wins in real life and we love sport because it’s competitive and you work as a team to achieve a goal. how unfair for the kids who worked their ass off all year to have a shit team come in because of ‘enjoyment’.

@reid_butler9 What a pathetic joke. We need to move away from AFL. It's turned into a toxic virtue signalling, politically motivated organisation that's way out of touch now.

@reid_butler9 Astonishing. My kid is 14. In his short life he’s won and lost grand finals. He’s been selected and rejected from pathway squads. He was dropped the round before finals. He’s won individual trophies. He’s now one tough kid and I’m proud of him. That’s what real sport teaches.

@reid_butler9 So what's the point of the home and away season if everybody plays finals regardless?