The 'players' code" is code for the ways bullies and thugs silence victims by labelling them with phrases with negative connotations such as dobber. This cowardly practice is nowadays being publicly named e.g where children are encouraged to call out bullying rather than allowing perpetrators o get away with it. Of course, bullies don't like that, especially in this case, which predicts a shameful reputation for Masten. No wonder the club and Channel Eagle wheeled out their big guns. But they are yesterday's men. Nicky Winmar, Adam Goodes, Nick Suban, Nat Fyfe - good on you - don't enable this kind of behaviour any longer.