Scandal Former player suing AFL over racial abuse, sexual harassment

[HairyO]

I think the AFL largely gets it right in these instances - but surely they are doing enough now?
I can't see what more the AFL should be doing in this space. Regulating intra-club locker room banter seems to be the only step available, and nobody could seriously consider that.

They have the cameras in there. Maybe the next step is to wire them up for sound.

 

[bucksandcripps]

Two former AFL players have allegedly come forward with similar claims, according to his lawyer. So who is Harry's mate?

 

[blackcat]

Heritier which was a pretty good example of what happens if you don't go along with the boys

H needs to work on his public speaking when he finishes 6th in the Copeland... and engagements with the Dalai Lama and requests for POTUS in that case Obama

#trancendenthubris now folks grow hair braids, channel Malcolm X MLK & Colin Kapaernick... pity that these AFL players are professional footballers and not professional social justice warriors... some rigour and intellect would go a ways...

 

[blackcat]

Two former AFL players have allegedly come forward with similar claims, according to his lawyer. So who is Harry's mate?

Goodes one presumes

 

[blackcat]

#rentseeking not necessarily the pecuniary, financial rents, a strategic game of chicken, Brezhnev-JFK Havana brinksmanship innit #pleonasm
#UrgeOverkill evo

edit: Khrushchev

 

[Boogers]

He definitely does seem to have a massive case of the Harry Os, as someone said here. He even looks a lot like him

 

[Snake_Baker]

Two former AFL players have allegedly come forward with similar claims, according to his lawyer. So who is Harry's mate?

 

[blackcat]

#Harris or #Lake
I preferred him when he was Brian Harris and before he choked Petrie
#MaxRooke #trans #bomberthompson

 

[deltablues]

Coz the trees rotten!

And the flipside is - so may be the claim.

 

[Boogers]

The guy has massive tickets on himself, expecting to get drafted at 25 after playing another sport overseas.

'Unfinished business' leads defender back home after NFL stint

Come off it mate, get a kick first.

Spot on. For those who don't know, he also f**ked off from the Northern Blues for 6 months to play soccer (source: Jon Ralph).
Pursuing other sports obviously didn't help his AFL career

 

[crocsta]

I’m no lawyer but this should come back to how many formal and timely complaints he made during his time at the club and how they were handled.


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[TheGreatBarryB]

The timing is a bit suspect. Did anyone know he spent the last 2 years failing to become an NFL player? So he was so hurt from what happened at Gold Coast, he continued to try to get re-drafted. Then he went straight to another all male professional sport locker room.

Maybe he expected the league will have improved in that regards, it’s not that unusual for current players /officials to take their sport to court. He has a right to play if good enough and an expectation to be looked after like any other player.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Not sure if Joel Wilkinson or the Prince

 

[Bostonian]

Nobody should ever receive a cent of money for being called a name.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

This smells funny. Just doesn't seem legit at all.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Not sure if Joel Wilkinson or the Prince

I used to call him Apollo Creed.

 

[Cold Sober]

'And the world is watching', Yeah watching another money grab by another hard done by whinger.
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[sonnywalters]

I thought he would be out of time.
12 months only to lodge a discrimination complaint.

Also the AFL took the Sherman incident very seriously at the time:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/fo...37268b4b5?sv=e187df0e92d37aad87877764a14db656

AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said yesterday: "It does beggar belief that a player in this day and age could racially vilify an opponent and I hope to never see it again."

Sherman was forced into a confidential conciliation process and the Bulldogs, furious at his behaviour, came down strongly on the 24-year-old.

The Bulldogs played a leading role in arriving at the four-match suspension, in consultation with the Suns and the AFL.

Sherman faced the media late yesterday to read a prepared statement, apologising for his actions.

"I'm extremely ashamed and embarrassed at my action at the weekend," he said.

"I recognise that what I said was offensive, degrading and very hurtful and for that I sincerely apologise.

"I am devastated and want everyone to know that this is completely out of character and will never happen again."

It is believed Sherman sought out Wilkinson after the game to apologise, but the fact there was repeat abuse made it more difficult for the 19-year-old Suns player to let the matter lie.

Several Bulldogs players tried to contact Wilkinson yesterday to express their dismay at the incident.

Sherman has also agreed to donate $5000 to a nominated charity and will volunteer for the Red Dust Role Models program, which provides support and mentoring in remote indigenous communities.

 

[blackcat]

'And the world is watching', Yeah watching another money grab by another hard done by whinger.
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back-flanker not winger<strikethru>

 

[kickazz]

This smells funny. Just doesn't seem legit at all.

Could well be legit, most sexual harassment claims indeed are. But most claims don't have this level of grandstanding. (Which seems to be a tactical attempt to give the AFL less leverage)

 

[kickazz]

Nobody should ever receive a cent of money for being called a name.

Perhaps, if it's repeated and derogatory.

 

[blackcat]

Could well be legit, most sexual harassment claims indeed are. But most claims don't have this level of grandstanding. (Which seems to be a tactical attempt to give the AFL less leverage)

#brinkmanship on the hashtagged shoulders of #me2 and #blacklives matter. Tabular rasa authenticity, I doubt

 

[kickazz]

#brinkmanship on the hashtagged shoulders of #me2 and #blacklives matter. Tabular rasa authenticity, I doubt

Can you please start using properly constructed sentences. I've no idea what you're jabbering about.

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Failed AFL footballer, failed NFL prospect, failed attempt to be re-drafted.

Cash grab.

 

[Hellobill]

Racially motivated sexual harassment does sound like he was teased for having a massive dick.

oh the pain