Why have no AFL players come out of the closet?

As the sport is promoted to piss drinking bogans
Watch the footy show and take note of the audience
There is your answer

will be BANNED. are u adriano? u sound like a pompous flog so 2 + 2.

goes to show just how brave ian roberts was coming out as gay in the NRL, years earlier and in an even more bogan sport popular in a far more bogan part of the country (roberts played for the cowboys ffs.) harder to be a gay in nth qld than in Melbourne - everyone is gay there. most victorian men seem to be a bit fruity if u ask me.
seriously though roberts probably saved lives. its a shame no AFL players have thr courage. bunch of anthem sitting latte dring jumping sooks

There's been a few from memory, 28 or so. Strangely they all played for Fremantle.

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myusernam said..
u sound like a pompous flog so 2 + 2.

Play the ball not the man.

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you obviously have history. 60 posts and u know all about bans, have a login similar to mine (adrianominator had a thing for me) and also act like u have a direct line to the mods and can make them do stuff like he did. im sure they thought adriano was/ is a pompous flog. maybe they'll leave me alone if they agree

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myscreenname said..

myusernam said..
u sound like a pompous flog so 2 + 2.

Play the ball not the man.

Your response is being processed, Thank you for yor contribution. A decision will be made within 28 days. However, your comments sound dead right. IR was well ahead of his time, and a true man.

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Whats "your response is being processed, A decision will be made within 28 days" mean? Is this an automated message or something?

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lotofwind said.. ..... bogan ....... redneck ...... WA. lol

Do you have that as a copy / paste remark?
Herr herr so original.

Yawn.

Maybe because nobody cares anymore if they do come out of the closet & if they do it just comes across as attention seeking.
The days of fighting against oppression are gone.

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Rails said..

myscreenname said..
Seems so bizarre. I get that it was a sensitive issue in the distant past, but in 2020 it's such a non issue or is it?

AFL is so strange on how they handle and respond to social issues.

Homosexuals, women, aboriginals, muslims, cross-dressers don't realy fit into the game yet. Still novelties!

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Bizarrely, although a strong lobby group only 2-3% or so of the general population actually identify as homosexual.

You got 18 top level teams with 30 odd players so just over 500 peeps so you would expect about 10-15 homosexuals

But given the Bloke culture you would expect 90% of these to get rubbed out before under 18's so in reality there are probably only a couple of current top level players that identify as homosexual.

So simple answer unless you are really asking why more people aren't gay or why the bloke culture is predominant in contact sports?

if 2 or 3 percent are gay and the 10-15 gay guys number is correct, (for a general population) then maybe halve that for the effeminate style gay blokes that wouldnt gravitate to or play football. That only leaves a small number and u would think it would be a long hard road to get to the top being a gay bloke in a football club maybe there is only a few.

Indigenous pop makes up approx' 3-3.5% of total population...

This population accounts for 10% of current ALF players.

They bat well above their average and their isn't many things more exciting then seeing these highly skilled individuals do their miraculous stuff on the field.

...let me tell you what's happening in the younger generation for all you X/baby boomer (mainly) biggots.

My daughter who is 13, has had three friends "come out" in the past week, one boy, one girl - who consider themselves gay and one who is Bisexual. That's in the past week. Been plenty in the last year or so. And good on em'.

The generation coming up is far more accepting, tolerant and those that are what they are, feel far more confident in saying so.

For the rest of us idiots who ask dumb questions about players sexuality... be a better world when we are finally gone and all the old ideas with us.

How come Korean players weren't included in the list.
Peter Bell played AFL at top level for some years and made "all Korean" every year he played according to Pete

The womens afl is pretty gay.

it occurred to me the other day (and I have no idea why)... that an accomplished women's bats-person, could one day/soon-enough hold their own in say the Australian Mens cricket team. I'm not sure if that has any merit, nor have a looked into it, but surely as a comparative touch player - like a 3rd drop or something - someone who places the ball and whose job is too keep their wicket and provide partnerships...why not? If you are not needing to crack the ball over the boundary line surely a female cricketer with exquisite skill and timing could play this role?

Bowling...nah, too many physical differences there (unless they were one in a million - out of this world skill wise), but batting...why not?

and I'd be totally cool with that. If ya good enough, ya good enough.

yeah i dont think so. theyre still shxt at batting. they're hitting balls bowled by women. the female australian soccer team played the newcastle boys under15 soccer in a friendly and got smashed 7 nil. theres a lot of talk about how good they are at mens sports, but its PR

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myusernam said..
yeah i dont think so. theyre still shxt at batting. they're hitting balls bowled by women. the female australian soccer team played the newcastle boys under15 soccer in a friendly and got smashed 7 nil. theres a lot of talk about how good they are at mens sports, but its PR

maybe you are right...be interesting to see how the very best cope with a first class male bowling attack. What's her name ...(Needed to look it up) - Elyse Perry. Soccer is a different thing surely, physical strength, agility, speed are all massive factors in that sport.

But batting... its all technical, skill based. As I said they may not be able to hit many boundaries but could be a decent touch player.

Funny story: My 14 yr old daughter umpired a lightning carnival of sorts recently - for Year 6 students. She did really well and was chosen to umpire the Boys final...but that's not the point of the story.

She says "the boys were hitting boundaries, taking catches, some great run outs...was fun. But the girl teams were totally hopeless."

THEN my wife goes "yeh the girls are useless"....

So I am standing there thinking " sh1te, should I say something here about equality and respect or whatever crap modern males have to bang on about now"...

So as usual (over most things) I just said nothing whilst they continued their conversation.

Now my daughter wasn't being sexist; as she's a go getter straight A dux type - plays good netball, plays backyard cricket and well when the lads are at it....and god help you if you say anything misogynist... she was purely talking about the cricket. What she observed purely on a physical level.

Anyhow confusing times.... I got no answers.