Port Adelaide have suspended the membership of one of their fans who was evicted from Adelaide Oval on Saturday night for racially abusing Adelaide's Eddie Betts during the game between the South Australian clubs.
The move comes as the AFL admits it can do more to stop racism and saddened Indigenous players say they're fed up with vilification in the sport.
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Just eight months after a Port fan threw a banana at him during a game in a racist act, Betts was again targeted by racial abuse. A Power fan has admitted to calling him an ape.
Port say their Indigenous ruckman Paddy Ryder was also racially vilified during the game by an Adelaide supporter, who ran away before security were alerted.
And yet another Port Adelaide supporter says she's received death threats after labelling Betts an ape on social media and writing he "should go back to the zoo where him and his family belong".
"As a club, we are sickened by these reports," Port's chief executive Keith Thomas said.
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan promised to review what the league could do to prevent racism.
"We know our game can do more," McLachlan said.
"I will continue to work ... to evolve our match day policy and explore opportunities to educate our communities."
McLachlan's comments came after leading Indigenous player Shaun Burgoyne, a four-time premiership star who chairs the AFL Players' Indigenous Advisory Board, said Indigenous players were saddened by ongoing racial vilification.
"This has been happening for far too long and we, as Indigenous footballers, have had enough," Burgoyne said.
"We deserve more respect than we are being shown.
"While it's heartening that these incidents are being called out, there's a lot of work to do before we can claim to be a truly inclusive game."
Adelaide forward Betts declined to comment on Tuesday as his teammates rallied around him.
"You just don't understand why this happens, especially to a bloke who is one of the nicest guys you will meet," Betts' teammate Luke Brown said..
"It's for him to deal with and if he feels like talking to the boys, we're here for him.
"We're here to support him throughout the whole thing and the club is doing the same thing .. we'll back him 100 per cent."
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