Until Israel Folau repents, Rugby Australia has no choice but to let him go | Peter_Fitz
Quick. Clean. Gone. At least until such times asIsrael Folau has exercised his rights to freedom of speech, just as the rest of us have exerted our rights to call him out for it.His contract will be suspended or terminated on the grounds of having breached either rugby’s social media policy, or his contract.
All of the dynamics that applied last year – outrage in the rugby and wider community, people swearing not to go to games, volunteers threatening to leave the game, sponsors looking at tearing up their contracts – apply this year, but there is one difference.After that storm though, he can now be in no doubt ... and has done it anyway.
Rugby Australia will be saying, "You can continue to exert your right to speak, but NOT as our employee, as you disgrace what we stand for."After the events of last year, it will surely have been written into his contract that he is no longer allowed to post homophobic rants, and therefore rugby’s own right to stand him down should be fairly cut and dried.
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