It’s been a long, long week, and caused me to write a long, long post. Now that the dust has settled and both Selwood and Headland have emerged from the tribunal, Andrew Demetriou says sex-based sledging has to stop.
Several former players have since argued that on-field sledging about women is harmless and just a normal part of the game.But Demetriou has told Southern Cross Radio that it was demeaning and offensive and no longer acceptable behaviour.
“People can genuinely be hurt by comments on the field and this nonsense that whatever happens on the field stays on the field, is purely that, it’s nonsense,” he said.
“The sooner people wake up to that the better.”
Demetriou said derogatory comments about women had no place in the league.
“I find those comments demeaning, unacceptable, they are disrespectful to women and to be quite frank, they are old hat,” he said.
Well, thank goodness someone in the AFL has said it.
