Essendon launches (LGBTI) support group – The Purple Bombers and issues a code of conduct to crowd

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Why is this in Bay 13? It's only going to prompt 48% jokes.

I'm not aware of a Geelong code of conduct being released, but there are rules members must abide by, or they risk voiding their membership; racism, violence, etc.
 

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threads like this are bait for me to get banned
It's shit bait, so if you bite you deserve it.

What I don't understand is why clubs need LGBT supporter groups? Is there something about being LGBTI that means you support the club differently? Racism and homophobia are not tolerated at all in any club sanctioned supporters group, so I see the whole exercise as a waste of time.
 
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It's shit bait, so if you bite you deserve it.

What I don't understand is why clubs need LGBT supporter groups? Is there something about being LGBTI that means you support the club differently? Racism and homophobia are not tolerated at all in any club sanctioned supporters group, so I see the whole exercise as a waste of time.
Sydney has one and actually has had members expressly abused cause of it. This thing smack s of a PR exercise by Essendon considering that they have bought so much negativity and poor publicity to the league/game in the last 18 months. It is actually going to overshadow the work or purpose of the group.
 

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Why is this in Bay 13? It's only going to prompt 48% jokes.

I'm not aware of a Geelong code of conduct being released, but there are rules members must abide by, or they risk voiding their membership; racism, violence, etc.
It is a bit sad in this day and age that we need code of conducts to advised fans of how to conduct themselves whilst watching the footy.

That being said crowd behaviour has got uglier in recent times and the apply common sense/ filter before they yell out at games seems to have been lost by many
 

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Essendon trying to take the moral high ground now?

Give me a spell, where's your clubs code of conduct on illegal supplements programs?

Hird never read it if you have one.
 
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