Two-time Swans premiership hero and former Australian of the Year Adam Goodes has turned his back on being inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame.
In a statement, the AFL confirmed that Mr Goodes informed them earlier this year he would decline the honour.
"The treatment of Adam in his final years at AFL level drove him from football. The AFL and our game did not do enough to stand with him at the time, and call it out," Commission chair Richard Goyder said. ‘We hope that there will be a time in the future when Adam will want to be connected to the game again. This is a decision for Adam and Adam only and we understand and respect his choice."
Mr Goyder also repeated the AFL's unreserved apology to Mr Goodes for their failures during the back end of his career where he was subjected to persistent racial abuse and booing from fans and the public, which included a disgusting remark by former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire. The Adnyamathanha and Narungga man became a target after he had a young spectator thrown out of a match in 2013 match for yelling a racial slur at him.Goodes is already well-installed in the Blak Hall of Fame, peopled by the blackfullas that inspire our daily lives, our hearts/minds, that our kids aspire to be- far more meaningful and legitimate than the thing he wants no part of
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