Nicky Winmar accepts apology and six-figure settlement over racist comments in podcast

AFL figures including Sam Newman say many people would regard their words as racially discriminatory and ‘we sincerely apologise’

Three AFL figures including media commentator Sam Newman have issued a formal apology and signed a six-figure settlement with St Kilda great Nicky Winmar over comments they made on a podcast about Winmar’s famous stand against racism.

In a 1993 game against Collingwood, Winmar, a Noongar man, lifted his St Kilda jersey and pointed to his skin after being racially abused.

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