, which was given to the board late last year but obtained and published by multiple news outlets on Monday,
“While claims of racism have been made across the AFL, there is something distinct and egregious about Collingwood’s history.” “Because it is not BHP, it is a footy club and we have to look at these things. But we’re bigger than that, as I said in my introduction, we’re a big club now, men, women, different sports, all sorts of people in our community and supporters and sponsors.
McGuire said the club had planned to release the report later, and had planned to speak to the authors “later this week”. But their plans changed after the report was “leaked”.
mickgleeson McGuire compared a black guy to a gorilla and wasn’t sacked. In fact, he remained the face of the AFL. In no other sport in the western world would this happen. AFL remains in some hellish ‘we’re-all-good-blokes’ 1983.
mickgleeson We were striving so hard we completely forgot to release the report. But our amnesia was cured when it was leaked.