Suns player banned for five matches over homophobic slur

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Suns subordinate banned for homophobic slur

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Gold Coast’s Wil Powell has been fixed a five-match prohibition for utilizing “a highly violative homophobic slur against a Brisbane opponent”.

The AFL announced the prohibition connected Thursday, conscionable weeks aft Port Adelaide’s Jeremy Finlayson served a three-match suspension for utilizing a homophobic slur against an Essendon opponent.

Powell volition not beryllium eligible to play for Gold Coast during rounds 9 to 13, including playing successful the VFL.

“It is highly disappointing to beryllium dealing with a akin incidental successful lone a substance of weeks,” AFL wide counsel Stephen Meade said.

“The AFL acknowledges Powell’s remorse and cooperation, and portion it has considered the circumstances successful which the remark was made, determination are nary excuses for this behaviour successful our game.

“We foreshadowed some publically and privately that aft what transpired astatine Gather Round if a akin incidental was to hap determination would beryllium further consequence.

“There could beryllium nary clearer connection – homophobia has nary spot successful our game, nor successful society. We privation each radical successful the assemblage to consciousness welcomed successful our crippled and comments specified arsenic Powell’s lone takes distant from this. As a code, arsenic a community, we each indispensable beryllium better.”

The league said it would proceed to see the circumstantial circumstances successful each incidental erstwhile determining immoderate authorisation going forward.

It said an summation connected the three-match punishment fixed to Finlayson was due “to bespeak the AFL’s heavy interest astir this repetition successful adjacent proximity to the past occurrence and successful bid to further deter specified behaviour successful the future”.

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