Indigenous Hawthorn Hawks players claimed coaches pressured them to stop seeing their partners and, in one case, to have a partner’s pregnancy terminated.
Tony Armstrong, an Indigenous sports presenter and former AFL player, said on the ABC on Wednesday that the report came at a difficult time for Indigenous people, with recent incidents, including
Aussie rules, as the sport is known here, was influenced by an Aboriginal game and is popular among Indigenous Australians. But the sport has been hit repeatedly by accusations of racism. Shelley Ware, an Indigenous media personality who comments on the AFL, said the latest allegations should spur every club to“It should be across the board,” she said. “And I hope that the voices and the strength of the families that have spoken up give other families that voice to speak up.”
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