They have an American player
All is good.
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As an indigenous man i feel disgusted at this ■■■■.
If this had happened here i would be equally disgusted. No one should be bullied and given the nickname of ape at a football club.
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once again
no one will care in a week, and this will all be forgotten about
Did he really say that they will be the benchmark for the other 17 clubs? The arrogance is breathtaking!
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The bloke could not be more out of touch. What an absolute shocker of a press conference. Disgraceful from a club whose had a long and sordid history of similar incidents
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What the actual? A “proud day”. How can you be proud of systemic racism within the club?
Yep. This is embarrassing.
From the HScum:
Collingwood has tried to spin a positive light on a bombshell report declaring the AFL club is guilty of fostering “systemic racism” that “has resulted in profound and enduring harm to First Nations and African players”.
Rather than acknowledge any wrongdoing, Pies president Eddie McGuire said this was a “historic and proud day” for Collingwood as he touted the club’s efforts in fighting for racial equality.
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He said the Magpies were taking on a leading role in the fight against racism, adding: “We have spent the last six years in a deep dive into how we can make ourselves better, provide leadership and conversation in the community as only Collingwood can.
“We have decided as a club that this fight against racism and discrimination is where we want to be.
“We make mistakes. We learn, we strive to get better.
“We commissioned this report not to pay lip services to a worldwide tragedy, but to lay the foundations for our game, our people and our community.”
McGuire added the report “is not criticism, this is a review”, and was instigated because Collingwood wanted to “seize the moment” and “put ourselves in front of things”. He also denied any racist issues raised in the report were because of “intention”.
“I am extremely proud. I’ve been here a long time and we’ve done a lot of great things, and this is great,” he said.
“There have been issues throughout history. Not only at football clubs, but everywhere. We can argue semantics, but the tone of where we want to get to is how we go forward … rather than arguing the toss on individual issues.”
McGuire denied there was any “systemic racism” at the club, even though the report explicitly stated that was the case. Grilled how he could deny there were issues of racism at Collingwood given that’s what the report found, a bullish McGuire continued to spruik Collingwood’s achievements during his 22 years at the helm.
“What’s happened on my watch is we’ve built a fantastic club, we’ve commissioned this report, we’ve built all sorts of mechanisms for getting involved in the community, like looking after the homeless [wtf has this to do with racism?] … of which we are very proud.
“It was not systemic racism, as such, we just didn’t have the processes to deal with it that we do now.
“I don’t think there’s any shame or disappointment here … this is a day of pride.”
McGuire also said Collingwood has “led the way” in the fight against racism since he became president 22 years ago. “There shouldn’t be anyone trying to have a ‘gotcha’ moment here,” he said.
Asked about Lumumba’s refusal to sit down with his former club because he feels so hurt by his experiences and how his claims have been treated, McGuire said Collingwood will continue to reach out, saying “it breaks our heart” the backman doesn’t want to be part of the Magpie family.
“We’re not a mean-spirited club, we’re not a racist club,” McGuire said.
Here is the whole timeline of Collingwoods racial incidents
1993: St Kilda’s Nicky Winmar lifts his jumper and points to his skin after copping racial abuse from Collingwood’s crowd at Victoria Park.
1995: Essendon’s Michael Long is racially taunted by Collingwood’s Damian Monkhorst during the Anzac Day match.
2013: Sydney’s Adam Goodes is called an ape by a 13-year-old Collingwood supporter during a game.
Plus today’s report
Credit ESPN
Wally Lovett- collingwoods 1st indigenous player debuted in 1982 by accident
-credit @wimmera1
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Anyone playing Eddie Bingo? Just gone with “black and white stripes coming together is a powerful symbol”…
Im surprised he didn’t talk about how Collingwood can’t be racist we have both black and white stripes
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Racists FC
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Donald Trump has even blushed at Eddie’s statements
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Surely he will get called out for his tone deaf response to this report? No acknowledgment of wrong doing, no contrition for what has gone on at the club, no desire to call out his own behaviour, just massive PR spin that would make even Trump blush.
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Do you want to add the first aboriginal player to play for Collingwood in that list?
Side note: TIL that the first aboriginal player to play 100 games for Hawthorn was Chance Batemen. In 2008.
I just typed that at the same time as you!
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I just looked it up and holy ■■■■ 1982? And by accident? Damn
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They’re so proud. So so proud.
So proud in fact that the club would now like to be referred to as the Proud Boys.
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