Craig Foster is, admittedly, not everyone's cup of tea. But, over the last 12 months, his stocks have risen significantly.
Craig Foster is spent. After nearly three months of spearheading the campaign to save the life of Hakeem al-Araibi, flying between Sydney, Bangkok and Zurich to lobby for his freedom, the former Socceroo has finally hit the wall. Turns out there"I can't recall ever being this tired," Foster tells. "Right at this point in time, as we sit here, I'm absolutely no use to anyone. When you say 'I'm dead', which is a very Australian saying, I know what it means now.
Welcome home: Craig Foster and Hakeem al-Araibi at the refugee footballer's return to Melbourne last month.Foster was remarkably juggling study for his university exams at the same time. He is in the final year of a bachelor's degree in law which he started when he was still playing professional football.
The culture of the game at the moment is horrible. It's been anti-football for a long time - by that I mean everything but football first.In bringing together a coalition of like-minded human rights activists to work within a tangled web of international stakeholders - among them FIFA, the IOC, foreign governments and royal families - Foster provided the perfect riposte to the forces which prevented his election to the Football Federation Australia board last year.
, who attracted vicious criticism on social media for her pronunciation habits during the SBS coverage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Foster's advocacy for his co-presenter went viral, and a new audience began to learn of his ways. "I'm not the type of person who is wanted by the stakeholders at this point in time, and that should concern everyone, because that's exactly what we should have. The culture of the game at the moment is horrible. It's been anti-football for a long time - by that I mean everything but football first."
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