Goodes racially abused (merged thread)

[AnnieH]

I can only add that now, I love him just a little bit more.

Black or white or yellow or purple or green or blue ... Goodesy's a man all men can look up to.

[swantastic]

Good story...but if his own cousins racially abuse him how does he change the attitudes of other people?

[floppinab]

Reckon I might have a handle on who it is.

Particular players form dropped off signficantly over the ensueing rounds following the game in question.

[Go Swannies]

Very impressive.

He was the first AFL footballer I ever spoke to and I thought "this isn't the standard no-neck buffoon I associate with football". The next was Brett Kirk and a conversation about Buddhism.

Goodes is a very impressive man but he can be a flawed player. It'd be wonderful if working through these issues leaves him free to realise his genius on the field this year. Might be time to see what his Brownlow odds are like . . .

[swantastic]

Your one of the lucky ones st if it hasn't effected you. I've seen it happen on the field far too much in junior and senior football in Sydney and I know how much of an impact it can have on young players, black or of any race. In the long term, sure maybe they learn to live with it, but on game day it has a huge impact and they shouldn't have to live with it. It needs to be stamped out from the top down and among the million odd complaints I have about the powers that be at the top in our game, they way they have lead the pack in handling racism on the field has been very good.

I'm fine but i just gave as good as i got.Being a white Australian playing soccer i copped a fair whack from Greeks, Itialians, Croatians, Albanians, Macedonians,Turkish and Lebanese.They used to say go and play footy you so and so,but in a lot more colorful manner.

I used to get spat on by opposition supporters at away games,which i find the worst form of abuse.If you try and jump the fence for a bit of biffo with the offender you would have their supporters ganging up on you.

In 1 particular game we had to get the police to escort us off the ground and straight onto the bus even with out having a shower or getting changed.They then proceeded to pelt the bus with any thing they could find.


I am a supporter of the Dutch National Soccer team and over many years of watching them the white dutch players still dont seem to embrace the black players even when they do some thing good or score.

I was watching 1 game many years ago and when a white player scored they all jumped on each other,but the only ones who wernt allowed were the black players.

[Xie Shan]

While racial abuse of any kind cannot and should not be condoned, I find it interesting to compare Goodes' reaction to being abused and how he handled the situation (i.e. mediation, no naming names) with the self-righteous finger-pointing coming from Ponting, Symonds et al recently.

Goodes = class act. Fully agree with Go Swannies' comments in the other thread, he is one player that I'm very proud plays for the Swans.

(Goodes, not GS! )

[TheGrimReaper]

Goodes is a champion man as well as a champion Footballer.

Goodesy is a god.

[Go Swannies]

Goodes = class act. Fully agree with Go Swannies' comments in the other thread, he is one player that I'm very proud plays for the Swans.

(Goodes, not GS! )

That's a bit harsh. Roos told me not to kick the goal.

[floppinab]

how he handled the situation (i.e. mediation, no naming names)

Been thinking about that.

If this is true then why give so much detail??? The year and the ground was given leading to quite a bit of media speculation and effectively enough clues for anyone who wanted to look through the tapes or stats of those games to work out who it was.

I get the feeling it was his intention to have the offending player outed behind the doors of the front pages while still "not naming names". This also given he was quoted in papers in recent days that quite a few players have had to go through mediation behind closed doors in recent years.

A little disengenious I think.

[Lucky Knickers]

Been thinking about that.

If this is true then why give so much detail??? The year and the ground was given leading to quite a bit of media speculation and effectively enough clues for anyone who wanted to look through the tapes or stats of those games to work out who it was.

I get the feeling it was his intention to have the offending player outed behind the doors of the front pages while still "not naming names". This also given he was quoted in papers in recent days that quite a few players have had to go through mediation behind closed doors in recent years.

A little disengenious I think.

Having now read the book chapter in full, I believe that assigning that motivation to Goodes is unfair. It's selective editing and an eye-catching beat up headline by the newspapers that give it that appearance.

Think you are judging him unfairly floppinab.

[swantastic]

Been thinking about that.

If this is true then why give so much detail??? The year and the ground was given leading to quite a bit of media speculation and effectively enough clues for anyone who wanted to look through the tapes or stats of those games to work out who it was.

I get the feeling it was his intention to have the offending player outed behind the doors of the front pages while still "not naming names". This also given he was quoted in papers in recent days that quite a few players have had to go through mediation behind closed doors in recent years.

A little disingenuous I think.

Umm very good points there floppinab,some media person will comb through the tapes and find a winner.

[Chow-Chicker]

While racial abuse of any kind cannot and should not be condoned, I find it interesting to compare Goodes' reaction to being abused and how he handled the situation (i.e. mediation, no naming names) with the self-righteous finger-pointing coming from Ponting, Symonds et al recently.

Goodes = class act. Fully agree with Go Swannies' comments in the other thread, he is one player that I'm very proud plays for the Swans.

(Goodes, not GS! )

Sorry, but I fail to see what was wrong with the way Ponting / Symonds dealt with the issue or indeed Michael Long or indeed any other person who has been racially vilified. Good on Goodes for dealing with it the way he felt best. It's a credit to him as a person. But that does not denigrate any other victim of such rubbish because they chose to be more public about it.

[Xie Shan]

Sorry, but I fail to see what was wrong with the way Ponting / Symonds dealt with the issue or indeed Michael Long or indeed any other person who has been racially vilified. Good on Goodes for dealing with it the way he felt best. It's a credit to him as a person. But that does not denigrate any other victim of such rubbish because they chose to be more public about it.

OK, OK, fair enough! That's one debate I didn't want to re-visit...I kind of regret bringing it up again now...it just didn't sit well with me that the Aussies were so quick to claim the moral high ground over the incident, especially given they are arguably cricket's worst sledgers. But then I've never liked Ponting anyway. North supporter, you see.

[Xie Shan]

That's a bit harsh. Roos told me not to kick the goal.

No worries Jarrad!

[dread and might]

I know how Rule 30 works. Intimately. In 2002, I was on the SCG when an opponent called me a ?f?.. monkey-looking c??. I know it doesn?t matter who it is, but I was shocked because he was one of the highest-profile players in football, held up as a role model. I reported the incident; it took a while for it to sink in

Who was it???

Great link BTW.