Footy 広大な／多数の／重要な Brendan Fevola 明らかにする／漏らすs why the AFL has never had an 率直に gay player: 'It's so sad'

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Footy legend Brendan Fevola has 非難するd the AFL for not 存在 受託するing enough as he 宣言するd it's 'sad' no past or 現在の gay?players have felt comfortable enough to come out.

Speaking on Fox FM's Fifi, Fev and Nick for Breakfast?無線で通信する show, the host said he was 確信して he played with or against gay footballers at some 行う／開催する／段階 of his career.

'明白に, I played AFL. I would have played with someone who was gay, probably,' Fevola said.

'It doesn't bother me, each to their own. 明白に, there is gay footballers out there, but no footballer in our code has ever come 今後 to say they are gay.'

The Blues' seven-time 主要な goalkicker also questioned why 競技者s in different Aussie 冒険的な codes have seen players come out of the closet - but never in AFL.

Footy legend Brendan Fevola (pictured 権利 with r adio co-星／主役にするs Fifi Box and Nick Cody) has 宣言するd it is 'sad' no past or 現在の gay AFL players have comfortable enough to come out

Speaking on Fox FM's Fifi, Fev and Nick for Breakfast 無線で通信する show, Fevola said he was 確信して he played with or against gay footballers at some 行う／開催する／段階 in his career

'It's happened in other sports. In サッカー, in NRL… why do you think that a player can't come out and say they are gay?' Fevola asked.

'It's so sad.'

The Blues 広大な／多数の／重要な then 株d his 賞賛 for Aussie basketball 星／主役にする Isaac Humphries, who made history when he （機の）カム out in 2022.

'I remember about two years ago Humphries, who played for Melbourne 部隊d ? a basketballer ? he （機の）カム out to his チーム仲間s and they filmed it and it was one of the most powerful speeches,' Fevola said.

'You'd think if a footballer saw that, they'd take that and think, 'Maybe that could happen to me" ... but you don't think that the footy world would 受託する that.'? ?

Fevola's 見解（をとる） comes as?TikTok 身元?Scott O'Halloran opened up about his previous long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 関係 with an AFL 星／主役にする.

O'Halloran 明らかにする／漏らすd his former romance with the sports 星／主役にする on this week's episode of his podcast Luke and Sassy Scott.

Fevola (pictured at a Big Bash League cricket match) pointed to the warm 歓迎会 basketball 星／主役にする Isaac Humphries got when he made history by coming out in 2022

He explained the pair 時代遅れの for 'three to four years when they were both in the closet' but their 関係 ended because of '有毒性 and homophobia.'

'I had a 関係 that lasted about three to four years with an AFL football player, who no longer plays AFL,' he said.

'I think I loved him. I don't know if he loved me. We enjoyed one another's company and confided so much in one another, when we were both in the closet.'

O'Halloran 述べるd their 関係 as 'beautiful', but 認める they were terrified about their romance going public.

'But then there was this other 味方する where we could scratch the surface of him 存在 an AFL football player and a legend of the game and how 脅すd he was to ever be 設立する out for who he was, because of the homophobia in the game.'

He continued: 'The 有毒性 and homophobia is what ended our 関係.?

'It was too much 圧力 on him. It was too much 圧力 on me.'