westies sarge wrote:weslo have been right ......... lately the do nothing but pick on us (westies cheersquad) smallest in the league.... when cupido was racially abused against sturt they came to us and asked if we could stop 'stirring' the sturt cheersquad up when we hadn't done anything all day the sanfl and weslo are starting to go on a massive power trip its rediculous
sarge did you guys or your club report this "racial abuse" formally to your club or to the SFC? If this abuse has happened then you should, if you haven't reported it directly to your club and then to SFC then give it a break! From the VERY little I know Sturt have had no official complaint.
On this topic of abuse on the ground, I'm not overly convinced of how it works...mainly in the AFL sense but of course it filters down to the SANFL, you can racially abuse someone and be in trouble, yet, you can know that playerA's girlfriend has slept with playerB from the same club and as an opponent you can niggle at him and get away with it, to me it's just as bad. But I'm a white Aussie male so I'm not in the same mind frame as someone who's of a distinct ethnic minority. I'm also sure that if you had playerA who was gay and was verbally abused during a game about his sexual choices and he reported it, the offending player would be hauled over the coals no matter what his racial background. Where does it end?
'PAFC don't want any advantages in the SANFL. It would only take away from any achievements we earned.'
Keith Thomas ABC 891 Radio, 21/6/14.