Eddie's plea to AFL over potential Hawks penalty

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Eddie McGuire doesn't judge Hawthorn should beryllium stripped of draught picks for its probe into racism astatine the club.

Hawthorn is apt to beryllium deed with sanctions of immoderate benignant for the Binmada study it commissioned which led to allegations of mistreatment of First Nations players being made against erstwhile manager Alastair Clarkson, adjunct Chris Fagan and ex-player payment manager Jason Burt.

The AFL made nary adverse findings against Clarkson, Fagan oregon Burt but AFL brag Gillon McLachlan suggested the league could inactive penalise the Hawks.

McGuire suggested that a monetary authorisation would beryllium much due alternatively than draught picks being stripped.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has suggested that Hawthorn could yet beryllium deed with sanctions (Nine)

"They had a problem, they investigated it. Now, OK, it might've gone disconnected the rails there, but I don't deliberation they did thing intentionally wrong," helium told Nine's Footy Classified.

"To me, draught picks doesn't look similar the close thing. Why are you punishing what's going forward? The president is gone, determination was a committee upheaval straight astir this, the main enforcement who was successful complaint of it is gone, they've had horrific reputational damage.

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"I conscionable deliberation sometimes successful shot these days, it doesn't substance however galore times you apologise, erstwhile is the extremity of these things? When tin you enactment a afloat halt on?

"I don't think it (the AFL penalty) should impact them going forward. The shot squad and the members, they had thing to bash with this.

AFL closes probe into claims of racism astatine Hawthorn

"I deliberation the volition was the close intention, the information that they mucked it up, OK you tin benignant that out, but that's an medication issue."

Essendon large Matthew Lloyd suggested that the AFL mightiness marque an illustration retired of Hawthorn owed to the fallout from the racism saga.

"Do you deliberation the AFL volition look to marque it the opposite, and they request to marque a connection here?" helium told Footy Classified.

"They're not going to get Clarkson, they're not going to get Fagan oregon Burt, but somebody's got to wage for this, and it volition beryllium Hawthorn."

There remains nary timeline connected erstwhile a imaginable authorisation would beryllium handed to Hawthorn.

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