Penalty for Latrell abuser that Billy won't accept

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Billy Slater agrees immoderate idiosyncratic recovered blameworthy of radical maltreatment successful the NRL indispensable acquisition education, but is steadfast against 1 thought that has been floated.

The governing assemblage continues to analyse allegations a 15-year-old yelled a radical slur astatine South Sydney superstar Latrell Mitchell during Thursday's crippled successful Penrith.

The spectator was identified and ejected from BlueBet Stadium by information during fractional time, portion constabulary spoke to different members of the assemblage to stitchery accusation connected the night.

Rabbitohs manager Jason Demetriou delivered a beardown connection during his post-game property conference, calling for beingness bans for anyone utilizing racist language, arsenic good arsenic their parents if the perpetrator is simply a child.

Over the weekend, Sharks prima and arrogant indigenous antheral Nicho Hynes took a softer approach, suggesting the alleged abuser should beryllium counselled and offered education, arsenic good arsenic the accidental to participate the Indigenous All Stars campy adjacent year.

Cricket fable Mark Taylor connected Sunday called connected the teen to "look (Mitchell) successful the eye" and apologise.

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Slater, though, doesn't deliberation immoderate specified idiosyncratic should beryllium fixed the accidental to participate All Stars campy oregon talk to Mitchell.

"I deliberation you person to person immoderate benignant of prohibition to marque a stance, but besides determination has to beryllium immoderate benignant of acquisition for this person," helium told Wide World of Sports' The Billy Slater Podcast.

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"The lone happening is I don't similar idiosyncratic getting an accidental to spell into an All Stars camp, oregon spell and conscionable Latrell Mitchell, conscionable due to the fact that they've done the incorrect thing.

"Go retired and larn it successful different way. Don't springiness them thing everyone other wants to do, conscionable due to the fact that they've done the incorrect thing."

Slater wants parents and families to commencement the acquisition process astatine home, alternatively than permission it to the NRL oregon clubs to woody with aft the fact.

"I heard Johnathan Thurston and Nicho Hynes talk implicit the weekend... they some spoke astir this is simply a learnt behaviour. You're not calved a racist," helium said.

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"This is an situation you've been in, whether it beryllium done your family, your parents, oregon the circles that you bent around, that's wherever you prime this worldly up.

"I deliberation it starts astatine home.

"This is the generational alteration that we request to occur.

"I deliberation the NRL does a fantastic occupation of acquisition astir our First Nations people, and the civilization of our country. I deliberation the NRL is simply a existent person successful that and we observe it."

Slater wants the NRL to ace down connected each spectator maltreatment of players, revealing "I perceive maltreatment each the time" erstwhile helium attends games.

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