Port Adelaide ahead Jeremy Finlayson has been suspended for 3 video games after making a homophobic slur throughout final Friday’s match in opposition to Essendon.
Finlayson was discovered responsible of conduct unbecoming over the incident within the third quarter of the Collect Spherical match.
It’s understood a microphone picked up the insult and not less than one Essendon participant additionally known as it out.
Finlayson may also be required to attend Pleasure in Sport coaching, which he pays for.
The AFL stated the suspension would have been longer if not for Finlayson’s admission, apology and contrition.
Final month North Melbourne coach Alistair Clarkson was fined $20,000 and given a suspended two-match ban for allegedly utilizing a homophobic slur in a apply match in opposition to Saint Kilda.
Finlayson’s case has additionally been in comparison with that of Adelaide Crows ahead Taylor Walker, who was suspended for six video games in 2021, for making a racist remark at an SANFL sport.
Walker was additionally ordered to make a $20,000 donation to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander program.
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