First and foremost, I want to be very clear that Netball South Australia is fiercely determined to provide an inclusive environment that allows anyone to participate in the great game of netball regardless of gender, religious belief, age, race or sexual orientation.
We also believe in fairness and perspective.
Like millions of other people across Australia, Maria Folau uses her personal social media platform to share her life and beliefs with her family, friends and fans. This week, she shared her husband’s controversial Go-Fund-Me post.
While Netball SA in no way endorses the reposting, we do not believe Maria has contravened our social media policy.
Maria is a key member of the Thunderbirds. Not only has she provided great strength and leadership on court, she attends and works with netballing clinics, spends a lot of time with fans, engages with local communities and passionately encourages young kids with their netball dreams. We continue to support her as we support all our players.
To the thousands of people that play netball across South Australia every week:
- Netball SA is not endorsing Maria’s repost.
- Netball SA is committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Netball SA and the Adelaide Thunderbirds support and encourage everyone wanting to play this great game.
- And finally, we want to get out on that court today, play a great game of netball and win this game.
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Cathy McHugh
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