Quite a few years ago, a friend of mine was sitting down with me watchin footy for the first time (I was in QLD).
He said to me "wow did you see that, who's he".
I said "who"
He said "that black guy" (and he truly wasn't being racist either).
He was talking about Nicky Winmar, and ya know what, I didn't even realise there we're any indigenous players on the field. For that matter I didn't even notice there being any white coloured skin people out there either.
When I watch footy, I WATCH footy, I don't look for different skin colour, race, creed, religion, or what ever else, I just don't care to take notice what colour skin flew to take an awesome grab or booted a great goal.
I love footy and for people to keep on about irish, aboriginal, italian, or samoan footy players is continuously frustrating.
We don't need to focus, as you said about this part of the business, the focus is and always about winning premierships.
I get your post and see where your coming from for sure, but can't we just get a premiership first.
I personally don't give a rats as to what footy players we can get hold of, as long as they are good at it.
I do have a question for you though.
Of the teams that you mentioned having indigenous players (I didn't know GWS had indigenous players lol) could you name each individual indigenous player?
Or would be easier just to ask you to name as many players on each of those lists.
I would be willing to bet that naming players on a team is far easier than picking out individual players that are supposedly different from everyone else.
Footy players are footy players and that's all that should matter.
I'm not saying any of this because of your post, it's all of footy.
Oh and that guy that I mentioned at the start of my post, he was part aboriginal, and I didn't even know it