seen<\/a> by the ABC.<\/p>\n\u201cHow is that manageable by the AFL? If you look at the principals [sic] in this \u2014 it\u2019s not about footy, it\u2019s about grooming and gender weirdness.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou follow local footy so you need to see AFL Vic and RDFNL aren\u2019t the bad ones here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The KWFC has reported the message to the AFL integrity unit, and is calling for a review into the matter.<\/p>\n
Comment undermines trust and confidence in systems \u201cdesigned to protect participants\u201d, team says<\/p>\n
\u201cWe unequivocally condemn the sentiments expressed in that message,\u201d the club wrote in a statement posted late last year. \u201cLanguage that misrepresents inclusion, gender diversity, or community participation as harmful or inappropriate has no place in football, particularly when expressed by those in leadership positions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe issue is not \u2018about footy\u2019 in the way it has been portrayed. It is about values, governance, and the standards expected of those entrusted with leadership in community sport. When senior officials rely on rhetoric that falsely links inclusion with risk, it undermines trust, safety and confidence in the systems designed to protect participants.\u201d<\/p>\n
A review conducted by AFL Victoria last year into the events that led to the dozens of women leaving the KFNC has been completed, with the KWFC calling for the findings to be made public.<\/p>\n
The club are also preparing to to take the matter to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, seeking a review and the overturning of AFL Victoria\u2019s decision to reject their admittance to CVFL\u2019s 2026 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cKWFC will always advocate for safe, inclusive, and well-governed community football spaces,\u201d they said. \u201cWe will not be silent when those values are undermined.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The President of a Victorian community football league has been reported to the AFL integrity unit after he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,60221,64,63,55,639,210134,210135,588,85,660,9737],"class_list":["post-392797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-afl-integrity-unit","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-kyneton-football-netball-club","tag-kyneton-womens-wedge-tailed-eagles","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-victoria","tag-womens-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392797","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=392797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}