Collington AFL president Eddie McGuire makes Gorilla gaffe

[Rabbit]

Eddie Maguire has apologised for suggesting Adam Goodes be used to promote the musical King Kong, just days after the Collingwood president apologised for a racist taunt directed at the Sydney star by a Magpies fan.
Goodes was called an "ape" by a teenage girl during the Swans’ clash against the Magpies last Friday night, and McGuire earned praise by the way he responded to the situation, immediately approaching the Swans star in the rooms after the game on behalf of his club.
Greg Baum on Adam Goodes
You can see them doing that, can't you? Goodesy. You know, the big, not the ape thing, the whole thing...

But on Wednesday Maguire was discussing with Luke Darcy on their breakfast radio show on Triple M a promotion of the King Kong musical in which an ape’s hand was hung from the Eureka Skydeck, 300 metres above the ground.


Darcy said: "One of the great promos ever was the hand coming out of the Eureka tower. What a great promo that is for King Kong."
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McGuire interjected: "Get Adam Goodes down for it, you reckon?"
"No, I wouldn't have thought so," was the response from Darcy.

McGuire went on, stumbling over his words: "You can see them doing that, can't you? Goodesy. You know, the big, not the ape thing, the whole thing... I'm just saying pumping him up and mucking around and that sort of stuff."
Soon after, the usually polished media performer tried to explain his comment.
"Just to clear up, when we were talking about King Kong there and I was mumbling my way through about Goodesy...’’ McGuire said.
"I was trying to say 'Imagine the old days of trying to get people in for publicity' and I've mumbled my way through that, so anyone who thought that I was having a go or being a smart alec, I take that back."
Darcy however expressed the confusion of most listeners.
"Yeah. Not sure where you were going there," he said.
McGuire agreed.
"Nah, neither did I... I was that exhausted this morning, so apologies for that," McGuire said.
"But I was thinking you know in the old days in these situations the publicity and that type of thing. I was off on a tangent somewhere.
"Just in case people are thinking 'What the hell's he on about?', I have no idea either!"


http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/mcgu ... 2na8h.html

[Rabbit]

Funny when you compare this to what happened to David Morrow. What Morrow said with his very crappy impersonation of an aboriginal maybe in jest, maybe also non-PC, but it was absolutely nothing compared to what has been happening here with the AFL - first with what those two Collingwood fans said on Friday night, and now with what Eddie said. Yet, Morrow had to attend some race relations course for community service as well as being barred from calling both State of Origin AND the NRL finals. The punishment doesn't meet the crime and he has every single right to feel aggrieved when he looks at how the AFL have dealt with the aforementioned offenders.

[Rabbit]

"He's punishing himself this morning, I've got no doubt,'' Demetriou said at the opening of an Australian Football oval at Burpengary Regional Sports Park, north of Brisbane.
"It's very uncharacteristic for Eddie. He knows he's said the wrong thing because he's apologised.
"It's very un-Eddie. I know Eddie. The one thing you do know about Eddie, and you saw it on Friday night with his actions straight after the Adam Goodes incident, he's the last person who has got a racial bone in his body.
"He just got it wrong this morning. He's apologised. I don't know what was going on?' Early start? I don’t know.
"But I'm sure he's feeling remorseful about it.

"Let's just put that one behind him because it's very un-Eddie like.''

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6652958064

Sweep Sweep

[piesman2011]

Funny when you compare this to what happened to David Morrow. What Morrow said with his very crappy impersonation of an aboriginal maybe in jest, maybe also non-PC, but it was absolutely nothing compared to what has been happening here with the AFL - first with what those two Collingwood fans said on Friday night, and now with what Eddie said. Yet, Morrow had to attend some race relations course for community service as well as being barred from calling both State of Origin AND the NRL finals. The punishment doesn't meet the crime and he has every single right to feel aggrieved when he looks at how the AFL have dealt with the aforementioned offenders.

I would have thought that the racist impersonations from the NRL guy were way worse. They were racist jokes made to put down indigenous people. Agree Eddie stuffed with racist comments, up but it was unintentional. I wouldn't normally try to justify this stuff, however because you have, I will say this the comments from all of the AFL supporters/eddie could all be applied to anyone with the words ape "hairy man" or big strong man and the other supporter talking about umpire bias (poorly) and eddies comments promoting king kong were bad but not intentional. Im going to leave it at that because I feel it is almost impossible to say to much and not be judged.

[Raiderdave]

Funny when you compare this to what happened to David Morrow. What Morrow said with his very crappy impersonation of an aboriginal maybe in jest, maybe also non-PC, but it was absolutely nothing compared to what has been happening here with the AFL - first with what those two Collingwood fans said on Friday night, and now with what Eddie said. Yet, Morrow had to attend some race relations course for community service as well as being barred from calling both State of Origin AND the NRL finals. The punishment doesn't meet the crime and he has every single right to feel aggrieved when he looks at how the AFL have dealt with the aforementioned offenders.

I would have thought that the racist impersonations from the NRL guy were way worse. They were racist jokes made to put down indigenous people. Agree Eddie stuffed with racist comments, up but it was unintentional. I wouldn't normally try to justify this stuff, however because you have, I will say this the comments from all of the AFL supporters/eddie could all be applied to anyone with the words ape "hairy man" or big strong man and the other supporter talking about umpire bias (poorly) and eddies comments promoting king kong were bad but not intentional. Im going to leave it at that because I feel it is almost impossible to say to much and not be judged.

yes but you're a fuckstick

unintentional
FMD

hes a racist shit for brains like the majority in that sport
hes been caught before generalising with racist remarks about the people of western Sydney
how fucking dumb to even go near Goodes after what happened just a few days ago
blithering wombats abound in this embarrassment of a sport

[piesman2011]

Funny when you compare this to what happened to David Morrow. What Morrow said with his very crappy impersonation of an aboriginal maybe in jest, maybe also non-PC, but it was absolutely nothing compared to what has been happening here with the AFL - first with what those two Collingwood fans said on Friday night, and now with what Eddie said. Yet, Morrow had to attend some race relations course for community service as well as being barred from calling both State of Origin AND the NRL finals. The punishment doesn't meet the crime and he has every single right to feel aggrieved when he looks at how the AFL have dealt with the aforementioned offenders.

I would have thought that the racist impersonations from the NRL guy were way worse. They were racist jokes made to put down indigenous people. Agree Eddie stuffed with racist comments, up but it was unintentional. I wouldn't normally try to justify this stuff, however because you have, I will say this the comments from all of the AFL supporters/eddie could all be applied to anyone with the words ape "hairy man" or big strong man and the other supporter talking about umpire bias (poorly) and eddies comments promoting king kong were bad but not intentional. Im going to leave it at that because I feel it is almost impossible to say to much and not be judged.

yes but you're a fuckstick

unintentional
FMD

hes a racist shit for brains like the majority in that sport
hes been caught before generalising with racist remarks about the people of western Sydney
how fucking dumb to even go near Goodes after what happened just a few days ago
blithering wombats abound in this embarrassment of a sport

You have no idea Eddie was the first to see goodes after the incident. To apologise on behalf of the cfc. Talk all you want but until you actually know all the facts and perhaps In your case get an education your just talking bs like you always do.

[eelofwest]

I imagine this is what AFL fans and AFL HQ look like once there racist culture has been shown to the world.




Who concurs with me????????????

[Stewie]

[Xman]

Eddie is a loose canon. Classic foot in mouth comment

[pookus]

Time for this dickhead to go.He embarresses us all.Fuck off Eddie

[Pete_09]

What he meant was Adam Goodes should come & help promote the play cause he has been such big news the last week & he could get more people to come to the play.

The only problem is the play was "King Kong" oooops!! If the play was say "Jersey Boys" I think he would have said the same thing, its just that it wasnt & now he has to pay the price

[piesman2011]

What he meant was Adam Goodes should come & help promote the play cause he has been such big news the last week & he could get more people to come to the play.

The only problem is the play was "King Kong" oooops!! If the play was say "Jersey Boys" I think he would have said the same thing, its just that it wasnt & now he has to pay the price

I cant really understand what he was thinking. May cost him the Collingwood presidency and his media career. There may be no recovery from this for him.

[Raiderdave]

What he meant was Adam Goodes should come & help promote the play cause he has been such big news the last week & he could get more people to come to the play.

The only problem is the play was "King Kong" oooops!! If the play was say "Jersey Boys" I think he would have said the same thing, its just that it wasnt & now he has to pay the price

but but but

F me

heres a picture of the Collingdon board dealing with tis matter





racist filth
wall to wall
tis the VFL

[Stewie]

Looks more like Johns imo, Raiderdave.

[Raiderdave]

Looks more like Johns imo, Raiderdave.

im not

you are .... ..


that's the best these racist ********* have got is it ...