Yeah I saw that Joel Wilkinson dude mentioned “racial abuse” on Twitter which is absolutely pathetic.
He is trying to create a race issue where there clearly is none.
Totally agree with you on this Willy.
Joel Wilkinson appears to make every issue about race.
Not sure if many folks on here remember him, he played for the Suns in their 1st couple of seasons.
Some of his "rants" make little sense (sadly) which I don't think is anyway helpful to cause that he is supposedly trying to support and raise awareness of.
This behaviour is not about race. To suggest otherwise is as you say Willy pathetic
I think what people need to realise whether they agree or not is what may have been seen as acceptable a decade or even 5 years ago is not seen as acceptable now.
10+ years ago there was outrage (even on this Forum IIRC) over the Hoapate (sp?) Incident in the NRL. During a game he stuck his finger up an opposition player's backside. He got suspended and his career was effectively over. People were disgusted and said he should never play the game again
I know people will argue circumstances are different but the actions are the same.
Again and people will scoff or disagree but this is a workplace and these actions would not be tolerated in another workplace in the country. I get the argument they are playing a sport, it's being going on for years in sport.
But this is and I know people hate it when it gets raised but this a multi million dollar business and this type of behaviour is not acceptable in any business/work setting
It is the world in which we live, for better or for worse
