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The revelations about how the champion player was treated at Hawthorn are part of a familiar pattern of prodigious Blak talents leaving footy too soon ...

It should have been addressed decades ago, yet bewilderingly continues to be repeatedly dismissed by sections of the Australian public, including administrators within the game, and across codes. Now consider how many other Indigenous players have exhibited prodigious talent on the field only to inexplicably vanish from clubs’ team lists. Nor would most Indigenous former and current players in the league be surprised.