Booing Adam Goodes | Your say

Both men have stepped up in recent days to lend their public support to Goodes in an unfortunate saga, with Jimblah taking to social media to compare the dual Brownlow medallist and Australian Of The Year to US civil rights identity Rosa Parks and discuss the tragedy of indigenous erasure as far as our social institutions are concerned, while Briggs offered up a lengthy and thoughtful missive for The Sydney Morning Herald.

As an old friend of mine said yesterday, fans are now in a position where they have to weigh up whether they care more about booing an opposition player for on-field issues, or the impacts of joining the chorus of boos, some of which are racially-driven, and thereby enabling racial behaviour.

Goodes has been subjected to taunts game in, game out, for a very long time.

He was roundly booed at Subiaco last week, a reception he never received in all his years playing there, including several seasons when the Swans-Eagles rivalry was at its height. “It’s their way of saying that Adam should get back in his box and behave the way they want him to behave”.

Goodes copped another torrent of abuse from a hostile away crowd on Sunday during the Swans’ match against West Coast at Domain Stadium. “It is completely inappropriate and it has to stop”, the club’s CEO Trevor Nisbett wrote. We also know how demoralising and offensive booing and jeering is. FFA has “condemned” McMaster’s series of offensive tweets, but applauded the club’s move for dealing with the 32-year-old Australian.

From Swans chairman Andrew Pridham in his pre-match address, describing the events of the past week in which Goodes chose to take a break from the game following persistent vilification by opposing fans, to moments before and during the game.

After the game, Tippett hailed the crowd response and sent a message to Goodes.

While the booing of Australian Rules Football star Adam Goodes continues unabated, media commentators not condemning the behaviour are effectively condoning bullying, argues Adam Ferrier.

“Ask the little 13-year-old girl how she handled that”.

The Swans dominated from early on after Lewis Jetta kicked a goal on the run from over 50 metres and celebrated with an indigenous dance.

“I played against him and I have coached against him, and he has given our game extraordinary service”, Hardwick said. Fans have banded together to support the star, with the hashtag #walkoff4Goodes beginning to gain traction.

“It has everything to do with Goodes standing up against racism and speaking out about indigenous issues”. A whole lot of people, under the veil of anonymity are attempting to take someone down by continually expressing how much they all collectively “don’t like the fellow”.

“There’s definitely a racist element to it, I wouldn’t say that it necessarily started that way, but I definitely see that”, Buckley told Fox Footy on Monday night.

Few athletes have the credentials to challenge Adam Goodes for the mantle of being THE Australian sportsman, which is why a racism debate is raging Down Under. He’s been copping it more than those footballers that fans have annually voted the most disliked – think Fremantle pair Hayden Ballantyne and Ryan Crowley or St Kilda’s Stephen Milne.