If new allegations of harassment against former Kangaroo Tarryn Thomas are verified, his case to return to play AFL football must be ruled off for good.
Thomas has clarified what lies at the nub of this whole saga, and it is not about when and where Thomas plays AFL football again. If these latest allegations prove true, that conversation is over.
If this was ever about football at all, it’s not now. The fact that Thomas is a footballer is incidental to his issues as a recidivist. There may be explanations – not to be confused with justifications – in his upbringing about how and why he treats women as he does. There may be complications in his life.
– Thomas was put through four rehab programs without success. Beyond that, North struggled to find further resources within footy.
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