Sherman banned for vilification

[bornadog]

WESTERN Bulldogs forward Justin Sherman will spend four weeks in the VFL after he admitted he had racially vilified an unnamed opposition player during Saturday's clash with Gold Coast.

AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said the two parties had been part of a conciliation meeting and it was determined that:

A matter between Western Bulldogs player Justin Sherman and a Gold Coast Suns player was conciliated and settled. Player Sherman admitted he had racially vilified an opposition player and he apologised to the Suns' player;

Justin Sherman will attend an education program under the guidelines of the player rules under rule 30 covering racial and religious vilification;

Justin Sherman has agreed that he will serve a four-match suspension to cover rounds 15-18 of the 2011 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. He may play at VFL level during that period;

Justin Sherman will make a donation of $5000 to the charity nominated by the Gold Coast Suns:

The Gold Coast Suns player accepted Sherman’s apology and said the other outcomes of the conciliation, as outlined above, were acceptable to him to conclude this matter;

No person involved in the conciliation agreement, the AFL, the Western Bulldogs FC or the Gold Coast Suns FC may publicly identify the Gold Coast player involved

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsartic...0/default.aspx

This has reared its ugly head:

The former AFL Gold Coast Suns player Joel Wilkinson is suing the AFL alleging racial abuse and sexual harassment. He claims the AFL allowed racial abuse, sexual taunting in the locker room, bullying and mistreatment, despite repeated requests for help and support

Sherman what a dickhead he was.

[bulldogtragic]

This has reared its ugly head:



Sherman what a dickhead he was.

And us for giving a prized picked for him. Hopefully our club isn't a co-defendant.

[westdog54]

And us for giving a prized picked for him. Hopefully our club isn't a co-defendant.

The wording suggests that this conduct occurred at the Gold Coast.

[bulldogtragic]

The wording suggests that this conduct occurred at the Gold Coast.

I think I merged the two posts together. I guess Bluey McKenna & their foolish CEO aren't going to feel comfortable for a while. Perhaps they should just dissolve GCS and give every club 3 players each. Us getting first pick of course.

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

I couldn’t remember his name. A dickhead indeed

[Twodogs]

And us for giving a prized picked for him. Hopefully our club isn't a co-defendant.

I can't see how unless Sherman claims he was specifically instructed to go out on the ground and racially abuse opposition players.

[AndrewP6]

The wording suggests that this conduct occurred at the Gold Coast.

Yep, it refers to locker room stuff, not just that incident with Shermo.

[divvydan]

Also seems to refer to the AFL effectively blacklisting him afterwards.

From the ABC News article

His case alleges he was not offered future employment with the AFL, the Gold Coast Suns and other clubs because he spoke up about racism against him and due to his association with other players who were also subjected to racial discrimination.

[Topdog]

This can't be about Sherman because he went through conciliation and agreed to it.

[bornadog]

This can't be about Sherman because he went through conciliation and agreed to it.

It is apart of the argument. I am sure there are many other incidences that were kept quiet.

[westdog54]

Also seems to refer to the AFL effectively blacklisting him afterwards.

From the ABC News article

That's a very damning allegation. No doubt the AFL will defend this vigorously.

[Twodogs]

That's a very damning allegation. No doubt the AFL will defend this vigorously.

The excluding him after his delisting do you mean? They are more likely to start out by throwing someone under the bus. That's their usual MO under Gil, Gil likes to sack people because that always solves the problem. Gil has sacked someone and now he doesn't have to worry about it anymore. Whatever it was.


The social secretary may as well srtart up the farewell collection at AFL house now. Book the multifunction room for next Friday afternoon (tomorrow is a bit to soon) and tell them you'll give them a name when you know it.

[GVGjr]

Am I right in saying in Sherman first game with us he was our first ever sub?

[Twodogs]

Sherman was the personification of the dickhead Tasmanian in Rocket's "no dickhead Tasmanians" policy.

[Greystache]

Gerard Whately said something very interesting about this case last night. He couldn't go into too much detail given the complaint has yet to be lodged formally, but he said the complaint isn't a standard racial discrimination complaint, it's an American interpretation of racism that Australia might not be familiar with. The complaint of sexual harassment and religious persecution is apparently tied to this interpretation

That doesn't sound like the incident involving Sherman.