This was always going to happen based on everything he’s said since retiring, but Adam has told the AFL to go screw themselves and rejected an offer to enter the Hall of Fame.
I’m torn between a mix of pride in his continued insistence of being his own man, sad that the game cost itself a relationship with one of its greatest players and downright fury at the whole disgraceful episode (and throw in some expletives if we were allowed to).
See the Herald Sun article below.
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Sounds like he has moved on, or is fed up with the hypocrisy.
Doesn't need this acknowledgement to remain proud of his achievements.
Thank you for your football service to the Swans.
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Feel for Goodsey. He must have felt a lot of pain and probably is still hurting.
Time can be a great healer and that’s what is needed here. Unfortunately the AFL can’t undo what they screwed up and no words can make up for the pain he felt- how could some”supporters” boo a player like him? Surely as a society were better than that!
Sadly, maybe not.
Disappointing of course to see Goodesy make that call, but fully support him in doing so - it is for him to make, and him alone.
The usual nonsense in the footy media will no doubt stir old wounds again - people like Garry Lyon coming out and suggesting that the time should have already healed the hurt.
Obviously not, and its up to Goodesy as to whether it ever does.
I hope it does at some point, and he can get then receive the proper recognition he deserves as an ultimate champion of the game. But I suspect that may be some way off (or not at all).
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
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Anyone who thinks the psychological pain from such abuse can be healed and forgotten in just a few years is not someone who has experienced such abuse.
An apology isn't going to cut it because words are cheap. What's needed is action, and not enough has been done to remedy the problem.
I have been following Robbie Muir's story. He endured racist abuse as well, even worse than Goodes experienced, and he hasn't forgotten that.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
STILL a man of principle.
Good onya Goodesy.
Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.
Great call goodsey. The AFL have a f-ing nerve trying to pull this stunt.
I'm still angry at the AFL about it, and I wasn't even involved.
I am sick of AFL virtue signalling.
This Fitzpatrick statement was the apex of the AFL's miserable handling of it all. Months late, and all about himself.
And by the way, based on some leaks at the time, Fitzpatrick's private view was it was nothing to do with race and all about Adam as an 'upstart'.
An utter piece of .... (can't say it on here).
Mike Fitzpatrick statement on Adam Goodes
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I agree with every pixel of this. I can scarcely say the word Fitzpatrick without wanting to vomit with rage.
My opinion is objective truth in its purest form
Him and Gil.
I was at a Swans Chairman's Club event in 2016, when in walked Gil.
I was standing next to Richard Colless, who I knew and who knew my views on Gil's handling of the whole thing.
Colless must have sensed me instantly tense, as he straight away just grabbed my arm and said: "don't".
I wanted to smash a plate into Gil's stupid face.
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Adam Goodes will always remain a part of Swans legend, and most certainly part of the Swans’ family. Hopefully at some time in the future he is able to be celebrated as he should have been, and should be, but his decision now is entirely his to make. The AFL as an organisation doesn’t deserve the time of day from Adam.
Mike Fitzpatrick’s vindictiveness towards Sydney as a club, and pettiness towards Adam as a man, says everything you need to know about him. How ironic he used his position in Rio Tinto to justify his “indigenous credentials”.
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