DARREN MONCRIEFF
Friday 22 June 2012
THE battle to end racism in football is a war the AFL will always fight, but one that the league is determined to win, according to a leading light of the game.
Sydney Swans superstar Adam Goodes detailed this week that the fight to end on-field discrimination will be ongoing.
And he revelaed some players are reluctant to report racial abuse.
Speaking on Open Mike on Fox Footy this week, Goodes, who had suffered racial abuse in his early years in the AFL, said eduction was the key.
"The players we have involved in the game and where these players are coming from, the roles our Indigenous players are playing in AFL football, we are definitely winning the war," the two-time Brownlow Medal winner said.
ON THE FRONTLINE: Sydney Swans' Adam Goodes speaks to Mike Sheahan on Open Mike this week. Picture: Fox Footy
"The war is never going to end. We are getting players from all over the country so education is a massive part of that."
"It definitely hasn't (been eradicated), it's something we're continually talking about at our Indigenous camps that we have every second year.
"We talk about incidents and we talk about what players can do better themselves to stomp it out. A lot of players don't report it. It does really effect some players and other players it doesn't. That's their personal decision.
"What we say in an education forum to the boys is we have to put our hand up and stamp it out ... really make them understand how it makes you feel."
AboriginalFootball@westnet.com.au
Last Modified on 22/06/2012 14:25