Robbo was just as bad, if not worse. Had already convicted al the accused based on allegations.

I am so glad Leigh called her out. Putting words in Clarkson's mouth was exactly what she was doing.

Well said and I agree 100%

A bit like the word ‘woke’

The whole west is like this.

Agreed 👍

This is the thanks hawthorn gets for drafting them. Have to wonder if the effort put in to this demographic of player is worth the trouble.

They were performance enhancer pushers. No comparison. They were cheats.

WELL THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE DRUGGING THEIR OWN PLAYERS

And the whole leadership group at Hawthorn were allegedly aborting babies and segregating indigenous players ​@steve8510

@@steve8510 Spot on.

Hahaha this is the worst comparison.

agreed. i think theres no place for racism in sport, or in society, and its disgusting if anything racist has taken place. however, if theres no proof, how do we actually know what happened? im no fan of clarko, and have no vested interest here (essendon supporter, hating hawthorn is part of our dna lol) but the hawthorn club may have done the wrong thing, or may not. if theres no recording of something racist being said or done, like a racist comment from someone that is then laughed about and made out to be hilarious by non indigenous participants laughing or carrying on at expense of a first nations person, this crosses a serious line, and should be called out. its not ok. its not acceptable. its not funny. it wont be tolerated. but if theres no such evidence, how does hawthorn defend itself? cant provide evidence that nothing happened whether nothing actually did happen. if something did happen, i really hope the hawks can become a leader here in anti racism, by putting their hand up and saying yes, this happened. it shouldnt have. we apologise. we will do better, and this is how we are going to do it, because we dont stand for this as a club (hawks always referred to themselves as a family club for memory? hope they stick to that value system). the mental wellbeing of all involved needs to be taken into account, and handled respectfully, innocent or guilty, no one wants to see anyone attempt to take their life over this (remember hirdy??) if the scrutiny becomes unbearable. as a side note, i have no love for sam mitchell, but despite all the off field distraction around the club, he has made the team fire, they seem more galvanised and will certainly cause some headaches for finals contenders in the back end of the season. i hope for their sake, much as i love seeing the hawks at the bum end of the ladder, i hope they can block out the external noise and focus on their footy, and keep the competition interesting. they will cause some damage, and have a say in who plays in september, i have no doubt about it.

They should have offered them nothing. Clarkson and Fagan should be telling Rioli to fk off. What a low money grabbing act, shameful.

@@victoryline5689 Yeah 7 they should tell the one's playing now to fk off as well.

@@victoryline5689 Why don't they just say it now???

That would be the sensible thing to do.

They have to prove it on the balance of probabilities on the evidence. In the interim I would suggest you button up champ. By the way the media wont be allowed to report any issue relating to litigation? You are kidding. This would constitute the most authoritarian censorship regime in the world. Maybe that is how Kennett wants it.

@@paulmatters2641 Sorry mate, lets just take the claims as fact and dont bother testing the validity of the claim/s at all. Jog on ya muppet.

@@TAW856 Champ you made the absurd claim that defendants (they are not the accused as it is not a criminal jurisdiction) should not be named in a civil matter. This would change the normal practise in litigation. So, you want employers, discriminators and racists to have their names and information supressed before civil trials. Sounds like a coward's defence champ. And believe me I am not your mate. And I never jog. Perhaps you should slip on the joggers and head off to a library and read a book or two before making dumb comments.

That’s crap.

ABC hates our institutions and always takes the side of anyone attacking them.

Nah he's right. It's all been a cash grab

We'll see If it's about money if the sum keeps increasing

@@brujonpatrick4779 How so?.

Agree. They were tribal nomadic people, they never made anything not even a temple for worship. Im not criticizing them for that but its just wrong to call them first nations. Its all an agenda

What's that got to do with Hawthorn?

@@ZARA-us6du So we cant comment on what’s happening like welcome to country? Go away stupid

@@Kaiju-Goji Well why did you criticize them? And what exactly is the Agenda???

​@@ZARA-us6duwhy not

Thank you for being a voice of reason.

Tell us you know nothing about people without telling us you know nothing about people. First trip around the block?

@@supernoveau what’s ya problem then

@ktsmate123 They are alleged victims. Yes Clarko has been out of line this year but doesn't prove past guilt. Indigenous didn't invent Aussie Rules. Indigenous are revered in AFL. However people are sick of this carrying on without evidence.

@@bradenhue6066 What carrying on?

My best two mates were wogs in the 70's. They got ragged on something shocking, both have grown up wealthy from a very poor neighborhood. Done a lot better than me.

You don't have to care if you don't want to. Anyone is free to report racism or discrimination. Your allowed to report anything you want. There is no law against it. In actual fact you should report it. And let the governing bodies Investigate.

@@iankearns774 What does that have to do with this investigation?

@@zerowolf2537 Nothing mate, my reply was to Tonys comment about him being called wogboy. If you actually read his comment you would understand that.

They wont be allowed to, they have victim cards.

@davidbradshaw3303 Jeff's path through life has seen him give himself the right to make honking pronouncements about all manner of subjects. While barely ever considering whether those pronouncements are necessary, appropriate or within his wheelhouse.

You already got your freebies white boy

Sounds about white

i don't think anyone said that to the Hawthorn Club. There's no reports of that Demand.

That turtle makes ya fat.

Says who

@@patkelly6349 it's how it works, they give a guilty verdict and then you have to prove your innocence in all these things. I can't see how this could be different

It's common in business, it's called go way money

The three accused haven't offered a cent to the accused because they say they are innocent. This is Hawthorn muddying the waters with their offer. If I was one of the accused I'd be furious.

@gustaaf1892 they spent a million on lawyers, if you know Australian history you know what splitting family up unnecessarily does to first nations people, if you don't know that you aren't equipped with the knowledge to make an informed opinion

@@Sam-ci6sl The accused haven't been given the opportunity to give their side of the story yet, but are eager to do so. Why do you think that is? They want a court hearing as Clarko said earlier this week. So far the only thing we've heard are supposed allegations by their accusers, but we have no idea how much of that is the truth. It could all be pack of lies concocted between them for a pay day. A panel of Indigenous people with legal qualifications has fully exonerated the accused, so who are you to question that? You only think you know something based on what you've read of social media. You are clearly the one not equipped to make an informed opinion because you're effectively saying that Indigenous panel got it wrong without knowing anything.

@gustaaf1892 it's going to court, mediation is over, it's ongoing

What did they do?

​@PeterM1-qx1tz they tried to separate a family, haven't done it to anyone else

​@@Sam-ci6sl who cares. Not happy with your employer? Go somewhere else to work.

@@user-oi9to7ux7k and admit the bias is real

@@Sam-ci6sl Ok, and what evidence is there to support this? Presumably you have seen it right?

righto ya mewling quim

Grow up please for your family [if you still have one] fool

@@camos79 Had to look that up, what are you a Marvel comics fanboy or something?

That's true. But if this determined to be false accusations, then they should all be named and shamed.

Give it a rest, every time I hear that stupid word I immediatly know Im dealing with a🔧 The word Woke originates in the slave colony's in the south of the US, it was a term meaning something akin to "keep your head on a swivel" cause there was a bloke with a whip running around. It doesnt mean whatever you think it means, sigh. "Gotta stay woke" is the correct usage of the term. There ya go, you learnt something today.

Maybe pay some attention to what people are starting to publicly say about the credibility and substance of the complaints.

what racism??

White English British Europeans racism against Aboriginals that's what

Allegedly suffered

yeah, who cares if it is all made up.

Maybe pay some attention to what people are starting to publicly say about the credibility and substance of the complaints.

racist my arse,playing the victim again,it's disgusting!

The enquiry fully exonerated all the accused, so take your unfounded and uneducated BS somewhere else.

​@@gustaaf1892LOL just making things up for fun?

@@gustaaf1892 who conducted that inquiry? Who gave evidence at the inquiry? How many indigenous people were part of the inquiry that handed down their findings?

Seriously. He's probably got more integrity than than you chump.

You just assume Matthews has no expertise or knowledge of discrimination law. What do you base that on? Accusing Matthews of cowardice is laughable. Perhaps you should shut your gob. There was a formal enquiry conducted by a three person all Indigenous panel with legal qualifications and they exonerated all the accused. Are they racist and unqualified as well?

​@@gustaaf1892 I base my knowledge that Mathews has no legal understanding on his ignorant, absurd and inane comment. Just as I base my knowledge that you have one working brain cell on your mug comment champ.