Australian Football Club President Resigns After Racism Report Backlash

Australian Football Club President Resigns After Racism Report Backlash
Collingwood President Eddie McGuire speaks to the media at Collingwood Magpies AFL press conference at the Glasshouse Event Space in Melbourne, Australia on Feb. 1, 2021. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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President of the Collingwood Football Club (CFC) Eddie McGuire resigned on Tuesday a little over a week after the release of the “CFC Do Better Report” aimed at confronting racism within the organisation.
The club had commissioned a review of systemic racism within the club in June 2020, after former Collingwood player Héritier Lumumba alleged that there was a culture of systemic racism during the 10 years he played for the club.