Sherman banned for vilification

[bulldogsthru&thru]

if we could all choose one player to who had said it i think he would be number 1 on most lists! no big loss there

[bornadog]

if we could all choose one player to who had said it i think he would be number 1 on most lists! no big loss there

Really why would you say that? Do you know him? (genuine question not smart A)

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Really why would you say that? Do you know him? (genuine question not smart A)

sorry i meant who we would rather rubbed out for 4 weeks.

i dont know if he was more likely to say such things i just meant he would be the least missed out of our current 22 IMO

[Mofra]

if we could all choose one player to who had said it i think he would be number 1 on most lists! no big loss there

I think we need pace & outside run.

Serves him right though - no place for that stuff on or off the field

[bornadog]

Stevo has named the player on Twitter.

[angelopetraglia]

Stevo has named the player on Twitter.

He is of Nigerian background.

[aker39]

He is of Nigerian background.

He has named Wilkinson as the player.

[aker39]

Here's the Western Bulldogs statement.

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/se...6/default.aspx

[bornadog]

Can't believe this has happened.

[Greystache]

He has named Wilkinson as the player.

It was always going to be him, you could see the way some players were roughing him up, obviously Sherman doesn't know the difference.

[Chicago1]

According to the Bulldogs site: "Justin will also volunteer for the Red Dust Role Models program an initiative that provides mentoring and support in remote indigenous communities."

I don't understand this. If Sherman vilified a person of African(Nigerian) descent, as noted in this thread, what does this have to do with the Aboriginal community? I hope the club and/or the AFL don't think people of African descent are the same race as Indigenous Australians. Perhaps with the growing number of people of African descent in Melbourne, something to help the Sudanese in the Footscray area might have been more appropriate. Just a thought.

At least Sherman has apologised and owned up to his wrongdoing. The four weeks seems right for what he did.