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February 28 – A widely known Australian radio presenter has misplaced his job after disparaging feedback he made concerning the nation’s girls’s soccer crew which have been branded as misogynist and disrespectful.
Referred to as the Matildas, the crew misplaced their opening two video games within the SheBelievesCup in the USA, and their poor efficiency got here below scrutiny from Marty Sheargold.
“ what they remind me of? Yr 10 women,” Sheargold mentioned on Triple M, a nationwide broadcaster. “All of the infighting and all of the friendship points: ‘The coach hates me and I hate bloody coaching and Michelle’s being a b*tch. Now I’m sorry to undermine the entire sport, however that’s what I consider it, so you possibly can stick it up your arse.”
Sheargold went on to say that he would relatively self-harm than watch the crew play in subsequent 12 months’s Asian Cup, which Australia will host. “Received any males’s sport?” added Sheargold, who can be a slapstick comedian.
His feedback triggered widespread condemnation earlier than each Sheargold and Triple M later apologized for the feedback.
“Any comedy, together with mine, can miss the mark generally, and I can see why folks might have taken offence at my feedback concerning the Matildas,” Sheargold mentioned. “I sincerely apologise.”
Triple M added that Sheargold’s feedback “don’t align with Triple M’s views and values, and Triple M stays steadfast in its robust assist of all girls’s and males’s sports activities. We sincerely apologise for any offence or misery precipitated.”
Soccer Australia mentioned it was “deeply disenchanted by the unacceptable feedback made by Marty Sheargold.”
“Such remarks not solely diminish the extraordinary achievements and contributions of our girls’s nationwide soccer crew but additionally fail to recognise the profound influence they’ve had on Australian sport and society.”
“Whereas we acknowledge the apologies issued by each Triple M and Marty Sheargold, this incident is a stark reminder of the accountability media retailers and personalities have in fostering respectful and constructive discussions about girls’s sport and its individuals.”
Sheargold didn’t seem throughout his ordinary slot on Triple M radio on Wednesday night and Triple M mum or dad firm Southern Cross Austereo mentioned they’d “mutually agreed to half methods.”
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