Homophobic Slur Overshadows Crows' Weekend Win

Homophobic Slur Overshadows Crows' Weekend Win

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
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How about those crowries? Top two locked in for Saturday night,
fifty four thousand, two hundred and eighty three people, the
second largest attendance in the AFO run. It's right, you
go whenever you are ready. I was going to say,

(00:32):
this is what happened at the final siren was very
loud noise because there was a lot of people, so loud. Yeah,
they're huge, this is huge. Top two locked in, which
beens the Crows no matter what, having two home finals.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
This is our year. It's back everything.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Everything is going well for the Crows until this morning.
There is a story getting around today and I will
stress right now this is alleged.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
This is just a report.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
At this stage, the AFL is yet to officially open
an investigation, but the AFL is set to investigate Adelaide
superstar Isaac Rankin over an alleged homophobic slur towards a
Collingwood player that he gave on Saturday nights.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Right, And we don't know what was said yet, do we?

Speaker 1 (01:13):
We don't know what was said. What we do know
about these allegations. Is that in the past with homophobic
slurs in the AFL, the penalties have been ranging from
like three games. Jeremy Finlayson got a three game band
for using a homophobic slur last year for Port Adelaide
and we've had one this year six games, so three

(01:36):
to six games usually. So if this is true, yes.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
What an idiot? Why would you do something like that?

Speaker 3 (01:43):
A because your role model anyway, and you know that
in the past this has happened and people get games
taken away from them and b you're in finals time
as well.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
If this is true and he does get four or
five games, there is a very real chance that Isaac
Rankin does not play in what many Crows fans hope
is the Grand Final.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Do you know that is such such a sad thing
that he would I think that's okay to say something
like that, but b what what would has he?

Speaker 3 (02:10):
I don't know this guy has he Has he done
something like this before?

Speaker 1 (02:15):
I've said Isaac Raaigan a few times. Is this to
be quite a nice guy? It seems pretty softly spoken.
He's absolutely superstar footballer.

Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, but think about all the Crows quite people and
fans that are gonna be so angry at him.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
Yeah, and again you do that. These are just allegations.
But if you've if you've done that, having seen what
do I go in my list of five players in
the last year that have been suspended from three to
six games, If you've still gone out there and done it.
If these allegations are true, you are such an idiot. Yeah,
you're putting your team at jeopardy for like an insult

(02:48):
that is outdated and so dumb, and you are arguably
the most important player on your football team and you
are like beloved by that fifty four and eighty three potentially.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Ruining this for the Crows. It's been what is nineteen
ninety seven ninety eight since they won.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, I really really really hope it it's not true,
and I hope that we just move on from it.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
Okay, I don't play footy. You play footy every weekend,
and I know that you trash.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
Talk each other.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
I love trash talk.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
But where's the line, Like, do people say things like
that on the footy field.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
I've not come across in amateur footy someone dropping like
homophobic slurs.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
People will, So there's a line. What would you say
to each other.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
It's usually people will go at like wait and things
like that, and then I feel like a lot of
the local footy sledges are just based in stereotypes. I
went to and played for a private school football team,
so like a couple lot of silver spoon stuff, And
if I wanted to give it back then I don't know,

(03:50):
I'd say, you work in a factory or something, which
is there's nothing wrong with that, but that's that's where
it's at in amateur footy, and everyone shakes hands at
the end and we will have a beer together, but
drop on homophobic slurs. I've not come across it, and
I hope to not come across it.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
And the homophobic stuff is so triggering, triggering.

Speaker 3 (04:06):
If that was my son and I found out he
says something like that, I would be ripping away all
of his grand final opportunities.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
I would not let him play. I would take away
everything that he loves to learn that lesson will you.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
If someone said it to your son and you overheard it,
like at a basketball game.

Speaker 3 (04:22):
I don't think you could stop me. I'd probably jump
out on to the field and say something. I'd be
so hurt and so angry. That's word is triggering.

Speaker 2 (04:28):
I've got history with that word with my brother for back,
you know, when I was a kid, and hearing it
now is just so wrong.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
And you do deserve to not play the Grand Final
for saying that sucked in. That will teach kids to go, Okay,
well I can't say that to my mate because I'll
get things taken away from me as well.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
Well you would have thought so. But we've had all
of the five suspensions from the AFL in the last
year that have gone for over a month, and we're
still allegedly having people doing it. I hope your lesson.

Speaker 3 (04:54):
Boy, Yeah, and I hope that Crow's fans back that
too and go that's not on take away our star
player because he's done the wrong thing.

Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah. My number one hope is that they do investigator
and it's all proven to be fine and he's fine
and he hasn't said it. Yeah, of course,