When was adam goodes called an ape

McGuire said he was disgusted by the incident. Were you in the front row at the footy when this happened? Do you know the spectator, or witnessed the incident? Email the Herald Sun: news heraldsun. He was gracious enough to know that it was a one-off person," McGuire told the Herald Sun.

He's been such a wonderful leader in this great week in our football code. Magpies must address workrate. McGuire said the fan was being dealt with by police, but could not say whether further penalties would be applied by Collingwood.

I think Adam Something clearly said to Adam Goodes, sitting on the couch speechless and really flat! We'll go and tell her parents or whatever the case may be, "We're not having this rubbish. He doesn't want to take it any further.

He's happy for the AFL to work through those issues and I'm sure they will. Following this incident, football fans began to boo Goodes incessantly whenever he took the field, despite the sport rallying around the star player and supporting his stance. Eventually, due to the extreme stress caused by the booing, Goodes took indefinite leave from the game in August and one month later, he officially retired. This week, Network Ten is airing a documentary film about the racism controversy, which is sure to reignite the debate about race relations in Australia.

But one thing that is not up for dispute is the AFL's continued support of such an iconic player. Goodes and his wife Natalie Croker. In April, just before the release of the doco, the AFL issued a massive apology to Goodes for the awful racism that eventually forced him to retire early.

The game did not do enough to stand with him, and call it out. Failure to call out racism and not standing up for one of our own let down all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players, past and present. We want all Australians to feel they belong and that they have a stake in the game.

We will not achieve this while racism and discrimination exists in our game I just couldn't fathom that would be the end of my career. The AFL formally apologised to Goodes in for not taking a more proactive approach to stamping out the booing when it was happening. To support the fight against racial injustice visit ladbible. Chosen for You Chosen for You. My apologies. This article is more than 6 years old. Adam Goodes, an ambassador for Indigenous Australians, has faced a spate of attacks from the media and the public, despite being booed during AFL games for weeks on end.

How did it come to this?