So good to see our very own Dean Widders leading the way.
His footy feats for us on the field are being extended off the field for Indigenous people and combatting racism..
He has courage ! Plenty can learn from this bloke.
A proud Anaiwan man, his country is northern nsw. Speaks in a language that is virtually extinct.
And producing a cultural offering to rival the Haka
Gotta respect this bloke!
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Hope you all enjoy the Indigenous round.
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Thanks Marty for this. He was an extremely skilful player. The link did not work for me. What is he saying about racism?
Sorry about the link Mitchum, if you click on it then scroll to bottom of page you can read Dean and V'Landys thoughts on Indigenous and footy, pretty bloody good.
Really it's about education of histories
Things we were never taught in schools
ill try to get the vid link again, can also view on NRL app and web
jeez I can't catch a break - Mitchy not Mitchum
Ha thats ok Marty ( Back to the Future?). Mate i am all for the history and yes i was taught some over the years. We have some wonderful aboriginal players, past and present. Chicka Ferguson to name just one.
I am just not into the politics that comes into the nrl at times
Mitchy, I see your point about politics coming into the footy. But I would just add that the absence of an issue is seen by some as politics in the footy. This is a difficult point it make in brevity so all I can do is ask for charity in grasping that seeing a social issue as an intrusion (of politics) might only work when we have normalized something which to others is the intrusion.
Prof Daz, i appreciate the reply, but where does this all end?? For example I was watching or cringe watching the poms and Windies test the other day and all commentators were wearing BLM badges......for heavens sake. If some did not wear I assume they would have been labelled something....keep all of this out of sport. That is my take.
We read the SBW does not want to wear a jersey with UNiBet on it. Again he brings religion into sport, where these sponsors help pay for his clubs finances.
How is the beer going in Melbourne? Hope you have been enjoying the coloinial ale.
Mitchy, where does it all end? Well, not in the same exact place, as we both live in a diverse, plural social world. But just because we are unclear of the end point, that doesn't license slippery slope. Will we see a KKK round, a paedophile round, a Putin is for freedom round, a billionaires have it tough too round?
My point here is that the slippery slope won't happen, so it's not a reason to worry about some social issues intervening.
Note also causes can overlap. I don't like gambling sponsorship. I'm not a Muslim like SBW so that's a cause with roots in different ideas and values.
At the end of the day sport is part of culture and not separate from it. Do we want sport to go the way of religion where we obsess about it's purity and thus drive its audience down into just the most ideologically conformist? Maybe the outcome you fear, a sport mixed with culture, is far superior to an outcome where it's not, and purity reigns?
PS: the ales are fine but the bars are closed, so yeah, drinking alone as George T sang
Thanks Daz, agreed about the issues overlapping but the point being sport did not have these societal / political issues occurring several yrs ago or more. It appeared exempt but CEO's ahve done this.
I get the point about gambling but it is a sponsor whether we like it or not. Bit like beer etc.but i get it, my point being an individual is beling allowed (according to media) to not have it on his jersey.
Good to see the ales being consumed. We all need to have one for Doonah Dan.......
Mitchy, I agree that maybe years ago societal/political issues were more scarce in footy than today. But a few caveats. We know from the Berlin Olympics that athletes can use their platform to make political statements. That's a general point. With footy, I do wonder if what has happened is that as the game became dependent upon TV dollars, and in greater competition with more organized sporting options, the game just naturally had to engage with broader social issues. It had to assimilate, shall we say? Akin to the way the mining industry had a cultural shock in the 1970's when all of a sudden paying off central politicians stopped working as the "sites" bit back and the industry had to engage with communities (they still buy politicians of course). Thinking aloud
Go Daz
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