{"id":15461,"date":"2017-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/port-adelaide-take-action-after-fan-abused-eddie-betts\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T00:00:00","slug":"port-adelaide-take-action-after-fan-abused-eddie-betts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/port-adelaide-take-action-after-fan-abused-eddie-betts\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Adelaide TAKE ACTION after fan abused Eddie Betts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Port Adelaide has concluded that a member racially abused Adelaide Crow Eddie Betts during last weekend\u2019s Showdown and have confiscated his membership card.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAs a club we are sickened by these reports that are at complete odds with the values of our club, represented in our spectator code of conduct,\u201d Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe simply will not tolerate this behaviour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Port Adelaide have suspended the fan\u2019s membership \u201cindefinitely\u201d and are waiting on a full report from Adelaide Oval management and SA Police before taking any further action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will work closely with our member to educate him on what we expect from our community when it comes to racist behaviour,\u201d Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p>The club also reported it had found star ruckman Paddy Ryder was racially abused by a Crows fan during the same game.<\/p>\n<p>Spectators in the immediate vicinity challenged the Crows supporter on his remarks and upon being challenged the offender ran away before stadium security could be alerted, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portadelaidefc.com.au\/news\/2017-04-11\/statement-racial-vilification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the club said in its statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, an official report with Adelaide Oval Stadium Management could not be lodged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would call upon the Crows supporter to also come forward, and we would welcome him to also take part in our highly regarded cultural awareness sessions with our Aboriginal Program Director Paul Vandenbergh,\u201d Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducation and persistence is the key to better outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/michael-voss-praises-ollie-wines-despite-showdown-loss\"><strong>PORT ASSISTANT FULL OF PRAISE FOR THIS PLAYER &#8212; DESPITE LOSS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/david-and-will-speak-to-witness-in-the-middle-of-showdown-brawl\"><strong>DAVID &amp; WILL CHAT WITH EYEWITNESS AT CENTRE OF SHOWDOWN BRAWL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port Adelaide has concluded that a member racially abused Adelaide Crow Eddie Betts during last weekend\u2019s Showdown and have confiscated his membership card. \u201cAs a club we are sickened by these reports that are at complete odds with the values of our club, represented in our spectator code of conduct,\u201d Port Adelaide chief executive Keith [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-15461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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