In late June, Port Adelaide confirmed<\/a> it was conducting a review into Tredrea\u2019s position amid concerns over podcast content he published. <\/p>\nTredrea\u2019s removal is linked to comments made by British army veteran AJ Roberts in May on The Ballsy Show. <\/p>\n
At the time, Jewish Council of Australia boss Max Kaiser condemned Roberts\u2019 comments regarding Israel and the 9\/11 terror attacks, claiming the podcast episode was an \u201camplification of far-right antisemitic conspiracy theories\u201d.<\/p>\n
Roberts had referred to Israel as a \u201cfake state\u201d created by \u201cthe same Zionists who were controlling World War II\u201d. <\/p>\n
A statement released on Friday regarding Tredrea\u2019s dismissal revealed that the former goalkicker \u201crefused\u201d the club\u2019s ultimatum \u2014 to apologise to the club and anyone who took offence to the podcast comments \u2014 on \u201cnumerous\u201d occasions. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Board conducted a governance review earlier this year. Following that review, the Board sought to engage with Mr Tredrea to agree certain actions to be taken by him in his capacity as a Director,\u201d it read. <\/p>\n
\u201cAmongst other things, the Board formally requested that Mr Tredrea agree to a Club Statement which included an apology to the Club and anyone who took offence to the comments made on his podcast by Mr AJ Roberts.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr Tredrea refused to agree with the public apology request to close out the matter. The Board has afforded Mr Tredrea numerous opportunities to reconsider his position, which he has not changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter exhausting all reasonable avenues for resolution, the Board determined that Mr Tredrea\u2019s continuation as a Director was not in the best interests of the Club.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWith the support of the AFL, the process was implemented in accordance with the Corporations Act and the Club\u2019s Constitution.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Board prides itself on operating in a collaborative and productive way to best deliver outcomes to the Club and its members. Where these values cannot be upheld, good governance requires appropriate action to be taken.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Board wishes to make clear: this is a governance matter relating to its expectations of Club Directors.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not, and should never be interpreted as, a reflection on Warren Tredrea\u2019s extraordinary contribution to Port Adelaide as a player. Warren Tredrea is a Premiership captain, Club Champion, and one of the greatest players to represent the Club. His legacy as a player is secure and will forever be celebrated by this Club and our members.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat legacy remains untarnished and separate from this governance decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Board remains focused on its responsibilities to lead Port Adelaide Football Club with integrity and in the best interests of all members.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Club will advise in due course on the next steps for the members to elect a new Director at the next Annual General Meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Club will make no further comment on this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Controversial Port Adelaide great Warren Tredrea has been removed from the club\u2019s board, the club confirmed on Friday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,149487,149499,149490,149488,64,63,689,55,639,33706,149486,149494,149485,17988,149496,149498,61783,1127,149491,149500,149493,9568,677,149489,149495,149492,6082,12104,1124,85,8018,45028,149497,117438],"class_list":["post-252363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-aliesha-newman","tag-antisemitic-comments","tag-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories","tag-antisemitic-podcast-content","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-british-army","tag-british-army-veteran","tag-club-directors","tag-controversial-podcast-content","tag-dion-prestia","tag-extraordinary-contribution","tag-far-right-antisemitic-conspiracy","tag-finals-footy","tag-fox-footy","tag-governance-decision","tag-governance-matter","tag-jewish-council-of-australia","tag-meeting","tag-oceania","tag-official-review","tag-podcast-comments","tag-podcast-content","tag-port-adelaide","tag-port-adelaide-power","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-steven-may","tag-terror-attacks","tag-unlawful-dismissal-lawsuit","tag-warren-tredrea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}