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2017/06: Racism in the AFL: Should Harsher, Across-League Penalties B 2017/06: Racism in the AFL: should harsher, across-League penalties b... file:///C:/dpfinal/schools/doca2017/2017footyracism/2017footyracism... 2017/06: Racism in the AFL: should harsher, across-League penalties be imposed on racially abusive football fans? What they said... 'Some say racist taunts "just happen" on the spur of the moment, making the excuse that passionate footy fans "just get carried away". But if each hateful insult comes at a financial cost, chances are a lot more likely that fans would think twice' Editorial comment from The Age published on April 13, 2017, arguing that AFL spectators receive substantial fines for racial abuse 'If referring to someone as an "ape" is deemed racist by the language and thought police, there must be equal punishment for the other insults meted out at the football. In my view there are many worse insults dished out at the football that have no connection to race' A reader comment from 'Brad' published in The Australian on April 13, 2017 opposing penalties against racial abuse by spectators The issue at a glance On April 8, 2017, during the round three AFL match between the Port Adelaide Power and the Adelaide Crows at Adelaide Oval instances were reported of racial abuse directed at two indigenous players, Eddie Betts and Patrick Ryder. Port Adelaide issued an indefinite suspension to one of its members who racially abused Betts during the April 8 game. The Crows have been unable to act against the spectator who verbally abused Ryder as the man ran away before his identity could be determined. Following the game, a Port Adelaide supporter posted a series of Facebook comments referring to Betts as an 'ape'. Facebook has deactivated the woman's account; however, as she is not a club member, Port is unlikely to be able to take action against her. In response to these incidents the AFL is considering what further measures it can put in place to discourage racial abuse among spectators. On April 13, 2017, it was announced that a number of punitive measures for racially abusive football supporters, (including lifetime bans prohibiting members from entering home grounds) were about to be debated by the AFL Commission. Rather than leave individual clubs to impose penalties, the League is considering taking over the imposition of supporter penalties. The Age newspaper has also recommended that large fines be imposed on racially abusive fans. The incidents and the proposed responses to the problem have provoked a range of comments. Background (The timeline of AFL-related racial abuse incidents was taken from an Age report titled 'Infamous AFL racism incidents' published on April 11, 2017. The full text can be accessed at http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/infamous-afl-racism- incidents-20170411-gviw4p.html The information regarding regulations prohibiting racial vilification is largely drawn from the AFL Vilification Framework. The full text of this document can be accessed at s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files /Respect%20and%20Responsibility/AFL_Vilification_Policy.pdf) Instances of AFL-related racial abuse over two and a half decades 1993: St Kilda's Nicky Winmar lifts his jumper and points to his skin after copping racial abuse from Collingwood's crowd at Victoria Park. "People forget that words have a big impact. They can lift a person or destroy a person. So that day I responded by saying to those people, and I still say it today: 'I'm black and I'm proud'," Winmar later said. 1995: Essendon's Michael Long is racially taunted by Collingwood's Damian Monkhorst during the Anzac Day match. Long made an official complaint which led to mediation, after which the pair shook hands - though Long remained clearly upset. The controversy led the AFL to create its racial anti-vilification policy. 1999: St Kilda's Peter Everitt racially abuses Melbourne's Scott Chisholm during a game. Everitt is suspended for four games, donates $20,000 to a charity of Chisholm's choice and undertakes a racial awareness training program. 2011: Western Bulldogs' Justin Sherman racially vilifies an unidentified Gold Coast Suns opponent. Sherman is banned for four games, ordered to attend an education program and pay $5000 to a charity chosen by the Suns. 2012: The AFL's national community engagement manager Jason Mifsud claims Adelaide's recruitment manager Matthew Rendell suggested clubs may adopt a policy of only recruiting Aboriginal players with at least one white parent. Rendell apologises and resigns, saying his comments were taken out of context. 1 of 10 26/4/17, 1:39 am 2017/06: Racism in the AFL: should harsher, across-League penalties b... file:///C:/dpfinal/schools/doca2017/2017footyracism/2017footyracism... 2013: Sydney's Adam Goodes is called an ape by a 13-year-old Collingwood supporter during a game. Goodes points the girl out to security, saying he was distressed by the comment but adds: "People need to get around her. She's 13, she's uneducated." 2014: A 70-year-old spectator is reported to police for making racist comments to Sydney Swans players Lance Franklin and Goodes during a match against Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. 2014: North Melbourne's Majak Daw is racially abused by a spectator during a match against Hawthorn in Launceston. The male spectator is evicted from the ground. 2014: West Coast's Nic Naitanui is racially abused on Twitter. The offender pleads guilty to three counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence and is banned from creating a Twitter account. 2015: Sydney's Goodes is frequently booed by spectators. Believing the jeering to be racist, Goodes steps down from playing but returns after widespread support. He retires at the end of the season. 2016: A banana is thrown at Adelaide's Eddie Betts by a female Port Adelaide supporter during a game. "A banana being thrown at an indigenous man is unambiguously racist," AFL chief Gillon McLachlan says. Port suspend the woman's club membership indefinitely. 2017: Adelaide's Betts is racially abused by a Port fan during a game, and by another Port supporter on social media. Port's Paddy Ryder is also racially vilified by a Crows supporter during the same game. Anti-vilification regulations in the AFL pertaining to players The AFL has undertaken a wide range of measures to create an inclusive competition. Many of its strategies are educative. Its anti-vilification regulations regarding players centre on Rule 35. Rule 35: Discrimination and Racial and Religious Vilification The purview of the AFL Player Rules extends only to those involved in Australian football at the AFL competition level. Rule 35.1 Prohibited Conduct states: No person subject to these Rules shall act towards or speak to any other person in a manner, or engage in any other conduct which threatens, disparages, vilifies or insults another person (the person vilified) on any basis, including but not limited to a person's race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, special ability/disability or sexual orientation, preference or identity. Anti-vilification regulations in the AFL pertaining to members and officials Clause 4.1 of the Vilification & Discrimination Section of the Member Protection Policy states: No league participant or Club Official shall engage in conduct which may reasonably be considered to incite hatred towards, contempt for, ridicule of or discrimination against a person or group of persons on the ground of their race, religion, gender, colour, sexual preference, orientation or identity, or special ability/disability. Measures taken to control the behaviour of fans In recent years a number of Australian Rules clubs, at junior, semi-professional and professional levels, have established spectator codes of conduct. For example, Port Adelaide implemented a spectator code of conduct in 2014 'for all its members and supporters to ensure Adelaide Oval provides a family friendly environment at its games'. Among the sanctions that clubs can impose is the immediate eviction of the offending fan from the stadium. Clubs can also impose bans on club members for a particular number of seasons, for an indeterminate period or permanently. A club can also make a member's capacity to attend its home ground matches conditional on the offending spectator taking part in a racial awareness education program. Internet information The AFL's Vilification Framework which sets out its inclusive and anti-discriminatory objectives and the measures it has put in place to bring them about can be accessed at s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/Respect%20and%20Responsibility/AFL_Vilification_Policy.pdf On April 13, 2017, The Brisbane Times published a report by Caroline Wilson titled 'Lifetime bans for racially abusive AFL supporters on the cards' The report outlines penalties to be considered by the AFL Commission for racially abusive fans. The full text can be accessed at http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/afl/afl-news/lifetime-bans-for-racially-abusive- afl-supporters-on-the-cards-20170413-gvkpeh On April 13, 2017, The Age published an editorial titled 'Fining AFL fans for racist abuse would help drive message home' 2 of 10 26/4/17, 1:39 am 2017/06: Racism in the AFL: should harsher, across-League penalties b... file:///C:/dpfinal/schools/doca2017/2017footyracism/2017footyracism... The editorial advocates imposing heavy fines on AFL fans who racially abuse players. The full text of the editorial can b accessed at http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/fining-afl-fans- for-racist-abuse-would-help-drive-message-home-20170413-gvkij6.html On April 12, 2017, The Adelaide Advertiser published a comment by Andrew Bolt titled 'Arrest over alleged racial abuse inflames a bad situation' Bolt argues that some of the penalties being proposed for a woman who made racist comments on Facebook against Indigenous Crows footballer Eddie Betts are an over-reaction.
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