What Brererton did? Are you fricken serious? That was never "part of the game."
As a North Melbourne supporter who was around during the era of the Krakouers the unrelenting vile disgusting shit dished up by Brereton was never part of the way North Melbourne played or Essendon or Geelong or most other clubs.....
Brerreton made a conscious decision to introduce it into the game in 1991. Notwithstanding he probably wasn't the only one, but very few players resorted to that level of vilification. Had he resorted to that stuff today he would have ended up in court.
The only reason he apologised was after Michael Long and Nicky Winmar took their stand and even then they copped abuse for what they did. Just as Adam Goodes is copping today.
Scoopar, you don't know what you're talking about.
I've read and listened to interviews with Maurice Rioii, Nicky Winmar, Mick McLean, Syd Jackson, Phil Egan, Robbie Muir, Jim and Phil Krakouer. They've all spoken about the relentless racist abuse they received on a weekly basis from all clubs. They said one of the most hurtful aspects was hearing the racist abuse from their own teammates directed at their opponents. Guys they were great mates with abusing rival players, calling them "black c___" and then joking around afterwards in the change rooms like nothing had happened.
It
WAS a part of the game. That's the whole point. VFL footballers
from all clubs knew they could put most of the aboriginal footballers off their game by racially abusing them. Why do you think the aboriginal footballers were always getting reported? Why do you think so many of them had such brief careers in the VFL? Tony Shaw, Dermott Brereton, Damian Monkhorst and thousands of others from 60's, 70s' and 80's weren't racist people. They used racial abuse as an on-field weapon - it was pure gamesmanship. It was a nasty, dark side of the game that nobody wanted to acknowledge for a long, long time.
Thankfully things changed after the public protests by Nicky Winmar and Michael Long. People became more aware. The AFL changed the rules and introduced a racial vilification code. The governments followed suit and introduced stricter laws not long after. The SA government introduced their Racial Vilification Act in 1996.
You're also wrong about Brereton's apologies. He privately apologised to Nicky Winmar and Chris Lewis well before he came clean, admitted what he'd done and made a public apology. He is actually one of the few footballers to have done so. I don't think he deserves to be castigated for that.
Saying that he would "end up in court in today if he did that" is just ridiculous. You miss the whole point of the debate and fail to understand how we've changed as a society.
It doesn't surprise me that an avowed anti-Hawthorn fool such as Tedeski would like your post.