Eddie and Jimmy<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n“The AFL made the point at the time, they’ve never officially said this is the rule, but they’ve floated it into the aether that until this is stamped out, it’s going to get higher and higher.<\/p>\n
“We’re now in a situation where if Izak Rankine was to get seven weeks, according to the sliding scale of the AFL, or even five weeks, it means he’ll miss the entire finals series.<\/p>\n
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Eddie McGuire speaks on the Eddie and Jimmy podcast.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n
“If we want to stamp out homophobic slurs, then it’s buyer beware, you knew what would happen.<\/p>\n
“Or do we get to a stage, which is controversial, where somebody like Greg Swann, who has been brought in to recalibrate a lot of the decisions that have gone way off the track in the AFL, and he comes in and sensibly says going forward, and from this day forward, if you’re found guilty of a homophobic slur, you get two weeks. And if you’re guilty a second time, you get 12 weeks.<\/p>\n
“Or do you just come out and say, sorry Izak, seven weeks pal. You knew what was coming. And the next person gets eight weeks.<\/p>\n
“I know Greg Swann in his heart of hearts would be saying (seven weeks) is a bit harsh. We don’t know whether (the offence) was said as a throwaway line or whether it was vehement. Who heard it, how it was reported, was anyone upset – that’ll come out in due course.<\/p>\n
“We get to this stage, seven weeks, and go, OK, is this manifestly unfair? Or is it a stake in the ground?<\/p>\n
“I think they’ve got to pull it back. At the AFL tribunal, there are no precedents. Each case is taken on its merits. I think it’s going to cause a lot of friction at headquarters if Greg Swann goes down the common sense football approach to this, as opposed to the other side of things that are red hot on social impact.”<\/p>\n
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Izak Rankine of the Crows.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n
Crows forward Darcy Fogarty said the situation was “definitely not ideal”, but stated AFL players have “definitely had enough” education to know what they can and can’t say.<\/p>\n
“We’re massive role models for the community. We’ve got to be really careful in terms of how we use that power,” Fogarty told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n
The AFL and the Crows on Monday confirmed the integrity unit is investigating and it was reported that Rankine had phoned the Collingwood player who was subject to the slur to apologise.<\/p>\n
“We are aware of an alleged matter involving one of our players in Saturday night’s game and we are in discussions with the AFL,” a Crows statement said.<\/p>\n
The Crows beat the Magpies by three points and Rankine had 18 disposals and kicked one goal during the contest.<\/p>\n
Last year Jeremy Finlayson from Port Adelaide was banned for three games for using a homophobic slur, then Gold Coast’s Wil Powell was banned for five games for the same offence.<\/p>\n
The Crows sit top of the AFL ladder and face North Melbourne in the last round before finals begin.<\/p>\n
Crows captain Jordan Dawson on Monday said he “doesn’t think so” when asked if the AFL had a culture problem based on the number of homophobic slurs that have been reported.<\/p>\n
“It is obviously in the AFL’s hands, we will let them investigate it and see what happens,” Dawson told media.<\/p>\n
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