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    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx View Post
    ^See the last paragraph of my post above, I think that will largely depend on what players from all the clubs think about it. FWIW, if I was a player I'd be ok with it but I would also totally respect the opinions and actions of those who weren't.
    Agreed. I just think it's interesting the take ABC have on this whole saga. Does not match what I see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    I think old white dinosaur awareness is probably needed
    Humm ... "old white dinosaur"

    From the game on Thursday night.

    Manly facing player revolt over pride jersey for NRL match against Sydney Roosters-screenshot-2022-07-30-07-13-a

    Most of the Manly players who stood aside from wearing the jersey were from Pasifika backgrounds, as are many of their fans

    "The problem here is no one explained what the purpose of these games are to the players," Dr Denison said.
    "We have not found that [backlash] with Pacific Islander players ourselves. The idea that this is a specific cultural group that is against ending discrimination, we haven't found that evidence.

    "People are giving it a false wrong choice. No one has explained the purpose of the event. No one's explained the benefits. No one has explained how important they are [in] driving change to sport culture.

    "I think there's an example of racism going on here, too. No one's explained to these individuals what this is all about and then, when they don't understand what the purpose is, they're being criticised for it, even though no one has helped them understand that this actually doesn't conflict with their culture.

    "No one helped these players at Manly, and then there's this pile-on that's totally unhealthy and totally unhelpful. A lot of that hasn't come from people in the LGBTQI community, either. If you want to actually make the world better, you need to engage people and help them along the journey. It takes time."

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    Huh? Pile on? I didn’t see a single comment against the players who refused to play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    Do we really need a gay pride round?
    Where do you get this 'gay pride round' from? Why does it worry you so much?

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Where do you get this 'gay pride round' from? Why does it worry you so much?
    Bit late to the party you Kraut loon. In answer to your Red, i used to play it, did so for 13 years before injury put an end to it all.

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    I can't believe anyone in this day and age would be bothered about something so trivial.

    Unless the media want it that way.

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