Tides rise and fall. The moon waxes and wanes. Leaves fall from the trees, only to grow anew. Eddie McGuire plays a nominal role in making the AFL more inclusive, before spouting some seriously questionable shit.
These are the forces of nature we seem perpetually bound to observe. Except, while we have come to understand the former events, the nation is always left questioning why and how the Collingwood president can keep dropping disconcerting statements about Indigenous players, homosexuals, and female journalists.
And I’ll put in ten grand straight away- make it twenty.And if she stays under, fifty.”
What followed was some “banter” between McGuire and former Richmond coach Danny Frawley, who said he’d “hold her under”, and North Melbourne chief James Brayshaw, who said “if you ran that auction from down there, I reckon you’d start grabbing some bids out of the seats too.”
McGuire also reckoned they “could charge ten thousand for everyone to stand around the outside and bomb her.”
Now last weekend’s comments have come up for air – in much the same way McGuire said he wishes Wilson wouldn’t – the response from the broader community has been understandably livid. Fans and voices from the media alike are absolutely flummoxed that the parliament-certified ‘boofhead’ can get away with ‘jokingly’ promoting violence against women:
After his treatment of Jessica Rowe, Adam Goodes & Caroline Wilson (& subjecting us to decades of Sam Newman) why is Eddie McGuire a thing?
— MelShoe (@ItsMelShoe) June 19, 2016
#VAM Collingwood given a womens team, now Eddie McGuire wants to drown a female journalist, wife must be so proud.
— Michael Pine (@mikeypine) June 19, 2016
#thingseddiehates
Aboriginals, Muslims, Women, Sydney.
AFL should be ashamed to have this guy apart of their sport.#eddiemcguire— Kate&Trent (@Katentrent) June 19, 2016
Racist, sexist, D grade biased commentator, blowhard, odious turd, that’s #EddieMcguire summed up. Get rid of this dufus, long overdue
— Lotus (@lotus2955) June 19, 2016
can we just hurry up and get rid of that entire group of afl commentators starting with Eddie mcguire
— Schrute (@eihposcal) June 19, 2016
im guessing that eddie mcguire has missed the “violence against women starts with disresepect” adds on every channel
— Chef Ramsay Bolton (@RCBSharks) June 19, 2016
At what point do we stop saying “Eddie McGuire with more ZANY banter!” and say “Eddie, maybe enough is enough?” pic.twitter.com/hl1G8EX9po
— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) June 19, 2016
McGuire hasn’t yet issued a response to the rapidly-heating flames online, but good Lord, it’ll be interesting (read: morbidly fascinating) to see what explanation there is for this one.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald / erinriley.com.au.
Photo: Adam Trafford / AFL Media / Getty.
