Life-changing controversies that rocked the AFL

Western Bulldogs manager Luke Beveridge recovered himself successful the media's crosshairs successful the opening week of the 2022 season.

With the Bulldogs up against Melbourne successful a expansive last rematch to unfastened the season, reports emerged days retired from the lucifer that the Dogs were acceptable to driblet seasoned wingman Lachie Hunter.

When Beveridge was approached the pursuing time astir the communicative written by then-Fox Footy journalist, Tom Morris, helium rubbished it arsenic speculation.

Morris continued to basal by his story, adjacent with Hunter yet selected, and the brace locked horns pursuing the Bulldogs' nonaccomplishment to Melbourne erstwhile Morris questioned Beveridge astir the Hunter selection.

"You've got the nervus to inquire maine a question and adjacent beryllium here," Beveridge said.

"You've been preying connected america the past 2 times. You barrack for Melbourne, Tom Morris. You've been preying connected us. You've been opening america up, causing turmoil wrong our shot nine by declaring our squad good earlier it needs to beryllium declared. Is that the mode Fox privation you to operate? Is that what you're doing? Is that the gutter writer you privation to be? Is that who you privation to be?

"We request to get to the bottommost of this. Obviously, we request to enactment our manus up and accidental that there's immoderate leakage going on. But you're preying connected it and it's a squad you barrack for. Your struggle of involvement present is considerable. And yet your gutter journalism astatine the infinitesimal is sidesplitting america down the scenes.

"The wellness and wellbeing of radical successful the crippled is caught up successful each of this stuff. We've got things to ore connected performance-wise, we've got to look aft our own, and past you origin each of this muck-raking trash that happens down the scenes. Names get brought up into it. All we're doing is readying for a shot game."

Beveridge concluded his rant by calling Morris an "embarrassment", and was wide panned by the media for his attack.

However, it was Morris who recovered himself successful blistery h2o virtually 24 hours aboriginal erstwhile leaked recordings of him making violative racist and sexist remarks surfaced connected societal media.

Following an investigation, Morris was sacked by Fox Sports days aft his run-in with Beveridge.

"I would similar to unconditionally apologise to everyone for my disgusting and disgraceful comments, which became nationalist yesterday," Morris said successful a connection aft his sacking.

"I americium particularly atrocious to the idiosyncratic involved. No 1 should ever, successful immoderate place, oregon astatine immoderate time, beryllium spoken astir successful that way.

"I americium profoundly ashamed astatine my behaviour.

"My comments were hurtful to galore and I volition present instrumentality the clip to listen, larn and enactment to amended myself, ensuring that I go a amended person.

"I americium genuinely atrocious to everyone."