Hall of fame - Goodes

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That’s the point. Only Carlton supporters booed him. Yet in Goodes’ case, we’re told that supporters from across the AFL turned on him over incidents that you’d imagine would only aggravate supporters from the opposition team. And there are plenty of examples of players who were repeat offenders in various ways who didn’t attract universal hate, e.g. Luke Hodge.

Are you claiming Hodge isn't or wasn't booed? :o

In the dying years of his flagging career Goodes perpetrated many of those acts against all teams, one of the videos of him throwing himself to the ground in the absence of contact is against Carlton, I think he staged high contact from Justin Murphy who motioned to hit him, although this might not be a late career example! What did Goodes say to provoke that, we may never know, but the concept that Goodes is an angel is laughable, and the behaviour became much much worse in the final years of his career, partly I'd claim because he was rewarded by officials for behaving that way!

The idea we should tolerate unsavoury behaviour for the greater good is untenable, it will only serve to divide rather than unite. If you've done something questionable, unsavoury or distasteful, own it and move forward, do not publish a denial!