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Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
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6 match ban plus fines.
Disgusting in this day and age.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
Top bloke though….
If they wanted to make a statement 10+ would’ve been it. I watched the closing the gap presser yesterday and felt optimistic as a country and people it was moving in the right direction. Which we may genuinely be. But one of the most recognisable footy players in the country doing this not helping the cause. One of my framed footy records is from the 90’s with the headline ‘Racism: The games up’ and I got Alan Joyce (coach), Scott Wynd (capt) and Richard Osborne (FF) to autograph it. 25 years on from that, and racism is still in the fabric of things, be it this and everything at Collingwood. Just a sad and disappointing reminder that the work of combating hateful ignorance is never done. It’s going to be awkward for indigenous players at Adelaide to share a side with him.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
The professor just got a huge case study for his PhD.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
What did he say?
From what I have read there was an incident during the game between Young and a Crows player that Tex took exception to. At the huddle in one of the breaks Tex apparently said to one of the Crows players something along the lines of smash that black c-word. Crows official overheard him and reported it.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
He should have known better but has copped a decent whack.
Hopefully others have also learned a lesson.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
He should have known better but has copped a decent whack.
Hopefully others have also learned a lesson.
After their ‘camp’ you’d think the lesson was in practice. I wonder if like after the ‘camp’ some indigenous players don’t feel as welcome there now. He didn’t try to hide it. One account says the comment was at/to Matt Crouch, with at least two players and two admin staff confirming they heard it. I did feel for Nicks though, having to face the media for something he didn’t say.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
What did he say?
Black C
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
The big tell will be how the official who reported it is treated internally.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
Is this where we talk about what a beautiful field kick he is?
What a chud.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
What he said was sickening and abhorrent but if he had just called the player a ‘c…’ without references to race it would have been ‘acceptable’ I take it? The AFL doesn’t seem to think too much about the sentiments of its many female supporters.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
What a rolled gold dickhead!
They've done studies you know, 60% of the time, it works every time!
Brian Fantana.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
Originally Posted by
The bulldog tragician
What he said was sickening and abhorrent but if he had just called the player a ‘c…’ without references to race it would have been ‘acceptable’ I take it? The AFL doesn’t seem to think too much about the sentiments of its many female supporters.
They certainly don't.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
Hopefully he never plays again.
The curse is dead.
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Re: Deeply ashamed' Walker cops lengthy ban and huge fine after racial slur
Originally Posted by
jeemak
They certainly don't.
You are definitely right.