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My mate Eddie is going out a great of the game — but now he needs our help
What can be said about Eddie Betts that hasn’t already been articulated?
This is a man that has to be on the Mt Rushmore of “Most Universally Loved Players” as he pulls the curtain on his career.
Let’s start with what he has done on the field. He’ll finish with 350 games, becoming only the 19th player in AFL/VFL history to reach that mark and only the third Aboriginal player behind Adam Goodes and Shaun Burgoyne.
He’s kicked 638 goals so far, with four of them awarded goal of the year. Throw in three All Australian selections and you have a career that stacks up against any.
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Eddie said last week in the wake of the Taylor Walker incident, “I’m not the one that’s going to make change. It’s not on Aboriginal people here in Australia … we need everyone to chip in.”
Truer words have never been spoken. We know Eddie will keep standing up against racism because that is who he is.
I can’t wait to see what’s next for Eddie, his wife Anna and their beautiful kids. I hope that Eddie goes out this weekend and kicks six snags so that we can all be witness to his brilliance one more time.
But even more than that, I hope everyone else heeds his call to arms in the fight against racism — because too much continues to be left to too few.
