30 May 2013
Just pick one and lock it in already
In the past week, Eddie McGuire, president of Collingwood Football Club and host of the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, has made his stance on racism unclear. Last Friday, a 13-year-old Collingwood fan referred to Adam Goodes, a footballer of Aboriginal descent, as an 'ape' during a game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, following which McGuire apologised to Goodes "on behalf of the Collingwood Football Club and on behalf of football". McGuire criticised the girl and said that Collingwood had a "zero tolerance" policy towards racism. That's the good news. Bad news is yesterday, McGuire himself made an on-air racist reference to Adam Goodes and King Kong, also using the word 'ape'. Even worse, the board members of the Collingwood Football Club have offered Eddie McGuire their full support to continue as president. So which one is it? It's bad enough he bowled underarm with his King Kong comments, but we don't know where he truly stands on this thorny issue.
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