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'Horrified' Kennett opens up on Hawks allegations - CtrlF.XYZ

'Horrified' Kennett opens up on Hawks allegations

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Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has spoken publically for the archetypal clip connected the club's racism review, revealing helium was "horrified" by the historical allegations of mistreatment of First Nations players.

Kennett's comments travel aft the Hawks commissioned a reappraisal into the acquisition of the club's First Nations players, a reappraisal which turned up explosive results.

The fallout from the reappraisal has been significant, with erstwhile Hawks manager Alastair Clarkson and his ex-right-hand man, existent Brisbane manager Chris Fagan, some stood down from their existent roles arsenic the AFL gets acceptable to analyse claims made by a fig of First Nations players.

Clarkson and Fagan person some categorically denied the allegations and person besides lamented the information that they weren't contacted by those conducting Hawthorn's review.

Kennett explained that Hawthorn had been successful the process of handing implicit the findings of the reappraisal to the AFL erstwhile the nine learnt that First Nations players who'd partaken successful the reappraisal had besides spoken to the ABC.

He described the stories elaborate successful the ABC study arsenic "heartbreaking to read".

"The committee met to see the last reappraisal and, due to the fact that of the severity of the contents, decided to pass elder officials astatine the AFL astir the stories that were contained wrong the review," Kennett said successful a missive to Hawthorn's members connected Thursday evening.

"The committee further decided that the reappraisal had to beryllium fixed to the AFL's Integrity Unit, arsenic is required nether the club's AFL license, and due to the fact that it was a cardinal proposal of the review.

"We besides believed that we arsenic a nine did not person the unit oregon the skillset to instrumentality the substance further."

Despite the qualms from Clarkson and Fagan connected the club's review, Kennett refused to marque immoderate apologies.

"As a club, we bash not apologise for asking our past and contiguous First Nations players and unit astir their past and contiguous experiences," helium wrote.

"It is bully signifier to bash truthful and volition assistance successful our endeavours to supply a harmless and nourishing situation for each subordinate of our community."

Fagan hits backmost astatine Hawks allegations

However, Kennett did sympathise with the proposition that the staffers named successful the ABC study had been somewhat denied earthy justness arsenic a effect of the media coverage.

"Of course, our archetypal interest is the payment of the families who person made the claims and we are doing each we tin to enactment with them. We are besides acrophobic astir the individuals and families who person been publically named," helium wrote.

"A solution indispensable beryllium recovered quickly, and each parties should beryllium prepared to enactment towards a solution, due to the fact that not to bash truthful volition interaction heavy connected each involved.

"Those wounded by alleged past actions should person their close to earthy justness served, and the nine tin proceed to larn and turn successful this important space."

The AFL is yet to find the four-person sheet that volition behaviour the probe into what took spot astatine Hawthorn.

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