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Written by Alexander Thatcher | FUSE Editor
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Saturday, 14 May 2011 02:14 |
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AFL CHIEF Andrew Demetriou has dismissed assertions that football has neglected how it addresses homophobia since the concerted steps it took 12 months ago to tackle the issue.
The CEO's comments follow observations made this week by two experts who were approached by the AFL last year to explore how the sport could tackle the problem.
Dr Helen Szoke, head of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, and Rob Mitchell, a member of the state government's sport governance and inclusion project who continues to consult the AFL Players Association about strategies to combat homophobia, told The Age that the AFL appeared to have stalled on the matter after taking promising early steps.
Mitchell was a member of a steering committee that was handpicked by the AFL last year to explore how football could support International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). He expressed frustration this week that the committee had not met for a year after themed games and other awareness-raising ideas had been explored.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au
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