Goodes ponders retirement

Aboriginal footballer and anti-racism campaigner Adam Goodes is contemplating retirement because of the jeering he has been subjected to over the last few months.

July 29, 2015

 


 


SYDNEY — Aboriginal footballer and anti-racism campaigner Adam Goodes is contemplating retirement because of the jeering he has been subjected to over the last few months, Australian media reported Wednesday. The booing of the 35-year-old at Australian Football League (AFL) matches — the elite level of Australian Rules ‚— has become a touchstone for a debate about racist abuse aimed at indigenous people in the country. The former Australian of the Year was jeered relentlessly by rival supporters during a match in Perth last weekend, prompting indigenous Sydney Swans teammate Lewis Jetta to perform a war dance in front of the fans as an act of solidarity. — Reuters


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