AFL boss open to wider review of historical treatment of Indigenous players

Indigenous AFL great Eddie Betts says every football club should come out and do an external review'

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The AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says the sport should explore every opportunity to make sure there is a safe environment" for players after Eddie Betts called for all clubs to review their historical treatment of First Nations athletes.

Betts said he was saddened but not surprised to learn of racism claims at Hawthorn, detailed in an independent report commissioned by the club and published by the ABC.