Alberti: Gordon spat is history
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“To me it’s a bigger picture. It is quite sad, but that’s how it is. I’ll be there, and I’ll be cheering on the red, white and blue.”
Alberti, a long-time advocate of women’s football, meanwhile praised the AFL for the way the women’s competition had grown, but acknowledged there remained issues that needed to be addressed, especially at the grassroots level.
“The evolution has been incredible. It’s grown very quickly. And I think the AFL are doing a good job. They’re really doing a lot of research, a lot of homework, to make sure we get it right, because we’ve got this one opportunity to get it right from its infancy.
“We need to get the talent right, we need the facilities right. They’re not too good in some places, for men and the women.
“I’ve seen some appalling facilities. And we cannot expect our women, our little girls, [for] their mothers to let them go and play. I’ve seen urinals, and one toilet with no door. And that’s just not on for our young girls, and also for young men.”
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