NO TROLLS Hawthorn Racism Review - Sensitive issues discussed. Part 3

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Link to Hawthorn Statement. - Link to ABC Sports article. - Leaked Report

Process Plan - https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/do...erms-of-Reference-and-Process-Plan-FINAL-.pdf

AFL Ends Investigation - 'Imperfect resolution' as Hawks probe ends, no one charged

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[sr36]

WALKING TOGETHER

The official AFL website of the Hawthorn Football Club

www.hawthornfc.com.au

Good statement.

 

[western royboy]

One day the claimant in one of these cases will be motivated in the truth more than a cash settlement.
Only then will the true story come out.
The cash or the confidentiality clause.
Pick a box, the cash or the box of worms.

It’s easy to say that from afar, but reality is very, very different. You are better off not knowing because that means you haven’t had to go through the system.

There’s a reason the vast majority of cases are settled out of court and justice or tge truth have little to do with it

 

[HairyO]

Interestingly the ABC dont use the word "financial" in describing the settlement. Maybe after Hawthorn unloaded all their evidence the players and their lawyers looked for a quiet way out.

 

[peetoo]

Special mentions to the ABC and the AFL. Thanks for nothing.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Interestingly the ABC dont use the word "financial" in describing the settlement. Maybe after Hawthorn unloaded all their evidence the players and their lawyers looked for a quiet way out.

Abc are masters of these statements. Use emotive language when it suits their agenda, and are as vague ad possible when it doesnt

 

[campbell]

Interestingly the ABC dont use the word "financial" in describing the settlement. Maybe after Hawthorn unloaded all their evidence the players and their lawyers looked for a quiet way out.

wow......ye na.......

 

[Soggy2112]

Quite the incentive for the next young lad to lodge a complaint knowing a pot of gold sits at the end of it

Don’t reckon the clubs paying if there’s not some truth to it

 

[matthew_s]

Don’t reckon the clubs paying if there’s not some truth to it

with the nature of cases like this I dont think you can draw any conclusion one way or the other merely from the fact a settlement was reached.

 

[Black Diamond]

with the nature of cases like this I dont think you can draw any conclusion one way or the other merely from the fact a settlement was reached.

This is the right answer.

There is always a risk going forward even if you have the other side over a barrel.

One of, or both sides, may have felt this way.

There is also a pure cost-benefit analysis. Even if Hawthorn think they are in the clear, do they want to devote energy to this during the middle of next season?

 

[Breretonisahood]

Oh well. The $1mil McLelland cash came in handy didn’t it!

 

[burge13]

They got their payout even though "it wasn't about money"?

 

[Chief]

Press Release. Good day to shuffle this into the footy news.

Wednesday 20 November


WALKING TOGETHER

JOINT STATEMENT OF
THE HAWTHORN FOOTBALL CLUB
AND
CYRIL RIOLI, SHANNYN AH SAM-RIOLI, JERMAINE MILLER-LEWIS, MONTANAH-RAE LEWIS, CARL PETERSON AND LEON EGAN
IN FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDING NO. VID 728/2024


1. The former players, partners, and their families commenced Federal Court proceedings alleging that Hawthorn Football Club engaged in acts of racial discrimination that had a significant impact on them.

2. Hawthorn accepts that the allegations were made in good faith, and has heard, respects, and accepts that they represent their truths. Hawthorn is sorry and apologises that the former players, partners, and their families, in either pursuing a football career, or in supporting such a person, experienced ongoing hurt and distress in their time at the Club.

3. Hawthorn remains committed to providing a safe environment for First Nations peoples and the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.

4. No person should suffer to pursue a career in football. By the former players, partners, and their families sharing their truths and raising their allegations, this has provided valuable learnings for the Club and has greatly assisted the Club in improving its processes, education and the care it provides to each First Nations player and their support persons. The Club thanks the former players, partners, and their families for their courage in providing this guidance.

5. As a direct result of the allegations raised by the former players, partners, and their families, Hawthorn has:

a. established a First Nations Advisory Committee comprising the Chair and the CEO, Professor Barry Judd, Aunty Joy Murphy, Alan Thorpe and Chad Wingard

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Chad Wingard

Age

31

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183cm

Wt

80kg

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Fwd

Career

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Last 5

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18.3

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

G

1.5

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.0

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G

0.2

3star

;

b. developed and implemented a First Nations strategic plan with the expertise and advice from several First Nations advisors, with experience from the AFL, Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission and Victorian Government;

c. expanded the role of its Indigenous Player Development Manager, which now incorporates Head of Indigenous Affairs;

d. in constructing a future home at the Kennedy Community Centre, is seeking to ensure a culturally safe environment by:

i. the re-location of the established Tyetdji Yulk cultural room currently at Bunjil Bagora, Waverley Park, to a prominent position overlooking the entrance of the Harris Elite Training Facility;

ii. the inclusion of a yarning circle which overlooks the main training oval and nearby to the main entrance; and

iii. the potential inclusion of an outdoor community and ceremony
space embedded to the south of the main facility footprint.


6. Hawthorn continues to learn from the experiences of the former players, partners, and their families and all people involved with the Club. The fact the former players, partners and their families feel the way they do about their time at Hawthorn will continue to guide how the Club interacts with and supports First Nations peoples moving forward.

7. Hawthorn is committed to working with, and welcoming back, the former players, partners, and their families in the hope that they will feel able to return to the Hawthorn Football Club.

8. Hawthorn and the former players, partners, and their families have chosen to settle the Federal Court proceeding, without determination of any parties’ allegations, in the best interests of everyone. Hawthorn and the former players, partners, and their families wish to record their thanks to Ms Kate Eastman SC and Mr Mick Gooda, who mediated this proceeding, for the assistance they provided the parties in being able to reach a resolution of this litigation.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Strategically announced just before draft night

 

[burge13]

"Their truth" said alot. Not "the truth"...

 

[Chief]

Strategically announced just before draft night

One last cynical move.

 

[Black Diamond]

Paragraph 2 is particularly well drafted.

 

[HairyO]

"Their truth" said alot. Not "the truth"...

Along with no reference to financial compensation it may well have been "go away" money only, to save more than the legal fees would have been with a win.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

"Their truth" said alot. Not "the truth"...

How you draw that conclusion from a settlement I will never know.

 

[burge13]

How you draw that conclusion from a settlement I will never know.

Read chiefs posted article. Literally what is written, "their truth"

 

[South of the Yarra]

One day the claimant in one of these cases will be motivated in the truth more than a cash settlement.
Only then will the true story come out.
The cash or the confidentiality clause.
Pick a box, the cash or the box of worms.

How do you know what they are motivated by? You have no idea.

 

[peetoo]

"Their truth" said alot. Not "the truth"...

In this space, truth has different meanings.

But what is the measure, in our British evolved court systems it’s a very rubbery concept anyway.

And the original hfc investigation clearly (if naively) didn’t have going to said courts as a destination.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Quite the incentive for the next young lad to lodge a complaint knowing a pot of gold sits at the end of it

Such an ill-informed comment.

 

[SSSSSS]

Probably the best outcome for all parties.

Time to heal.

 

[hawkman]

Probably the best outcome for all parties.

Time to heal.

The next step will be what do Clarkson, Fagan and Burt do

 

[sr36]

The next step will be what do Clarkson, Fagan and Burt do

Lay low and avoid questions about it.