| | Ricky Nixon scandal: Mad, bad or a teen gone wrong?Page 1 of 1 | Just read how the teen in the Ricky Nixon scandal said she wasn't pregnant after all.
I have been pretty firm in the conviction that her "problem" is residue anger from the pregnancy plus a whole lotta hormones going crazy. Now, I'm wondering what the hell has gone wrong here. I know a few teenage girls who've gone "bad" in those few years between 14-20, but she's one out of the box!
Should the media just ignore her? What about Ricky Nixon? What do you think? | |
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| Ricky Nixon scandal: Mad, bad or a teen gone wrong?
Posted: 3/7/2011 1:50:44 AM | One gets used to the media exploiting some hapless '15-minute celebrity' in the quest for ratings or audience share.
One is also familiar with the spectacle of some poor nonentity being shafted by the institutionalised power of large organisations. Whether it's sporting clubs, or churches, the victim is often voiceless and powerless.
This girl however has spectacularly turned the tables. First shaming a few players and the club they came from, then completely destroying the reputation and career of someone who probably thought he was bulletproof.
I don't think I've ever seen someone from outside the media use it so effectively to achieve what seems to be 'a plan'. I don't know anything about the girl, and have never looked at, or read, anything on the various web pages she's alleged to have used, and I haven't really followed the story, but even so... I don't get the impression she's the 'hapless one, and nor is she the one being 'exploited'.
She should go into Media Relations. | |
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| Ricky Nixon scandal: Mad, bad or a teen gone wrong?
Posted: 3/7/2011 2:43:18 AM | I read she wants to study journalism!
She's definitely exploited the media - but to what end? I suppose it's celebrity and she's achieved it.
Ricky Nixon will survive. I don't know if she will - but you're right, it's one for the books. | |
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Posted: 3/9/2011 5:49:44 PM | | For some reason I have no sympathy for her. She sounds like all she's trying to do is cause trouble. She does not seem to be naive or innocent, she seems to have been fully aware of what she was doing and fully aware of the repercussions of such actions. I think she needs to screw her head on, take responsability for the things she has done, then move past all this crap and start fresh. | |
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| Ricky Nixon scandal: Mad, bad or a teen gone wrong?
Posted: 3/17/2011 11:15:35 PM | ^^^^^^^^^
What about the proffesional footballers scrwing her when she was 16? shouldn't they take responsibilty as well, if no, why not? If they are not fully aware of the repercussions of what they did, then shouldn't they be sacked?
16 yo girl.........they got no reason to go there..........
On Ricky Nixon, why do men in thier 40's provide 17 yo with grog? In some parts of america he'll probably be on date rape charges. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2011 12:54:51 PM | | ^^Totally agree, Tah. She met those guys when they went to a sports clinic at her school, for goodness sake. What is that - a pickup ground? And she was a great little sportswoman herself. She was a beautiful, fit and healthy teenager who's been screwed around. Ricky Nixon is disgusting. His kids are her age. Evidently, his nickname for her was "reject". | |
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Posted: 3/19/2011 6:15:22 PM | I guess what I've been thinking through this whole story is, where are her parents? How are they supporting and guiding her through this crisis? She is only 17 yet she's been living in a hotel apartment paid for by the football club or something? I really do think that she'll look back on this in 20 years or maybe less and just cringe.. now please don't think that I consider the footballers' and Ricky Nixon's behaviour to be above board, it's abhorrent and I think what the media coverage has done is continue to highlight the lack of respect some high profile sports players and their managers continue to have for women.
On the good side, the media have also covered how much clubs are now doing to train and support their players through codes of conduct and sexual harassment..... although it does seem that some sports stars don't learn as quick as Pavlov's dogs!
Well, these are my thoughts. | |
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Posted: 3/25/2011 12:56:05 AM | I think it's time the media put together a self governing code which made exploiting minors off limits. There's a reason why most of our adult rights do not begin until we are 18 (or in other countries, 21 or 25) and that is because the adolescent brain is in such a state of flux, that in some circumstances, it is less capable of reasoning than the pre-adolescent brain.
Brain development along with the chemicals involved in puberty make for bad decision making, risk taking, all sorts of things. and yet, here we have a girl, a child, who is being exploited both by sporting men, by them having sex with her, and by the media, to the point where it seems reasonable or acceptable to accuse her of bad behaviour. She is still a minor, and legally not responsible for many decisions. For example, she can't sign a lease, can't acquire a credit card, can't vote, can't drink (legally), and yet here, because of her bad decision making skills (no doubt also related to the parenting she recieved and her socio economic status) are being broadcast in every media in Australia. What kind of society are we, what kind of adults are we that this kind of event is acceptable? If she was your daughter, your niece, your grandchild, wouldn't you want to whisk her away to a quiet private place where she could regroup, get an education, become herself without media attention and adult male attention?
And yet, we're comfortable in saying, oh, she's at fault, she's a whore, she's a media tart. She's legally a child! If she really is the things that people are saying about her, then her community has failed her and she deserves another chance at a normal life, not a life where she is only known for the adult men who had the bad taste to want a sexual relationship with a non-equal. Poor kid. She had no idea what she's getting into, with youtube and Beyonce providing her role models, she THINKS she's doing what she should to be a member of an adult community, an adult community which has failed her for letting her think this is normal and reasonable and sensible behaviour. | |
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Posted: 3/25/2011 1:52:50 AM | I agree with much of what you say, crankypants, but I don't agree with this:
I think it's time the media put together a self governing code which made exploiting minors off limits.
There are very strict laws as to how minors are reported in Australian media. When News Ltd decided not to print her name and pixalated her photo, it wasn't to protect her as much as to protect itself.
I was surprised when I saw The Age print her name and I wonder what the repercussions will be.
The media's job is to report the news. A story like this is newsworthy if only for highlighting again the incredible sexism in the AFL community.
There are many, many stories that go unreported because an editor or journalist has decided it would be too harmful to print.
Poor kid. She had no idea what she's getting into, with youtube and Beyonce providing her role models, she THINKS she's doing what she should to be a member of an adult community, an adult community which has failed her for letting her think this is normal and reasonable and sensible behaviour.
She's a kid, but is she a victim? I think she is - to an extent. She has led the media by its collective nose. But you're right, I don't think she understands the true consequences of her actions.
This society celebrates much that is inane. But it's been like this since time immemorial. Our St Kilda Schoolgirl is nothing new.
I've discussed this with my teenage daughter. She and her friends are puzzled and repulsed by the girl's behaviour. Most of all, we're sorry for her. | |
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Posted: 3/25/2011 2:49:04 AM | | I know she's all over the media now - no attempt at anonymity.. I think it's because she's been so relentlessly publicising herself - what's the point of not putting her name or face in the paper or on TV when she keeps doing it herself on the internet? | |
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Posted: 3/26/2011 8:24:37 AM | | Agree with all the above posts, am just waiting till she turns 18 for her to have photo spread in Zoo or Ralph magazine, seems to me she is a very clever girl who knows exactly what she wants and how to get it. | |
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Posted: 3/26/2011 1:36:10 PM | ^^I don't know how clever she was when she was living in a hotel room, taking drugs, drinking alcohol and having sex with a repulsive-looking and acting man almost three times her age who treated her like an unpaid prostitute.
Thát's when I started to feel sorry for her. | |
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| Ricky Nixon scandal: Mad, bad or a teen gone wrong?
Posted: 3/28/2011 2:40:43 AM | north of a few borders here.. who's Ricky Nixon?...
what's he doing messing with underage girls?..
@LC ?.. yet another someone "outside the media" with a plan (using the existing one).. like Assange?... like she's the only one lately?...
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Posted: 4/7/2011 9:53:08 PM | I recently heard an interview on the radio with this girl and after hearing this interview I did change my opinion of her somewhat.
The girl was an elite athlete in her own right.
Something that is becoming more evident across a lot of sports with elite athletes is their ability to do stupid things with the perception that they are not doing anything wrong.
Yes the girl did a lot of things wrong, but to some extent her parents didn't know what was going on as the girl was away from home a fair bit.
I believe that as a society, we have to ask the questions that elite sport administrators don't want to have known.
Are our young sportspeople getting a proper education in life, obviously the answer is NO.
It is all well and good to take youngsters off to the relevant sporting acadamies to hone their sporting prowess but don't these acadamies have to also take the responsibility to also teach these youngsters the right way of going about life.
Yes what she did is wrong but her learning about living a positive life is so very lacking and unfortunately she is not alone, we just have to look at the NRL,AFL, NBA. | |
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Posted: 4/8/2011 1:09:59 AM | Okay - all these older males that may or may not have been involved with her - deserve castration with a blunt spoon should it prove truthful - seriously what were they thinking ?
As for the lame stream media this is but infotainment they serve up as the modern equivalent of bread and circuses to entertain and occupy the ignorant. | |
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| Ricky Nixon scandal: Mad, bad or a teen gone wrong?
Posted: 4/8/2011 3:39:45 AM | What about the proffesional footballers scrwing her when she was 16? shouldn't they take responsibilty as well, if no, why not?
Er..she told them she was 19. Do you do an ID check on every women you've slept with? Besides, 16 is the age of consent. If society has such a moral issue with it, perhaps they should get it changed to 25 or 30. Perhaps they should ban sex altogether. Sex is evil. Should only be doing it for procreation.
Honestly, I have no idea what the fuss is about. Lots of young girls go out and have one night stands.
Ricky is an idiot. Enough said. | |
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Posted: 4/8/2011 4:15:17 AM | Er..she told them she was 19.
She met them at a school sports clinic. It's a breach of trust. And really bad PR.
Footballers visit schools as part of their contract. It's good PR for the clubs and keeps young men busy. After all, they don't play footie 24/7.
Is it a great idea to keep these school sports clinics going? Yes, for primary school kids. But mixing teenage girls and young guys who as close as they'll ever get to superstars is a really dumb idea.
And yeah, if you're an AFL footballer and you're going to screw around, ID checks are a really good idea.
But you're right - Ricky's a total idiot. | |
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| Ricky Nixon scandal: Mad, bad or a teen gone wrong?
Posted: 4/8/2011 4:27:34 AM |
She met them at a school sports clinic. It's a breach of trust. And really bad PR.
Saw Tracy Grimshaw interviewed her, she said she noticed them at the school sports clinic BUT did not meet them until she ran into them at some night club.
Even if she did meet them at a school sports clinic, what's the big deal? One of the popular girls in high school had a fling with our PE teacher. I think this would have been worst. Sadly it didn't made the news because he was kinda bald.
But mixing teenage girls and young guys who as close as they'll ever get to superstars is a really dumb idea.
Lets vote to ban Justin Bieber then.
But you're right - Ricky's a total idiot
LOL, finaly we both agreed on something. Phew! | |
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| Ricky Nixon scandal: Mad, bad or a teen gone wrong?
Posted: 4/8/2011 2:01:20 PM | | ^^I don't think your PE teacher would have shared his school girl lover with his friends, for a start! And Justin Bieber is 16 or 17..and unlikely to rock up to a dozen or more local schools every year.lol... | |
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