Collingwood premiership skipper Darcy Moore to vote Yes on Voice

Collingwood’s 2023 AFL premiership skipper Darcy Moore has revealed he’ll beryllium voting Yes successful the Voice referendum.

But the inspirational skipper has besides deed retired astatine those who privation athletes to “shut up and play sport”, saying: “Athletes are quality beings and citizens of the state excessively truthful they tin workout their close and accidental what they privation to say.”

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Speaking connected ABC’s Radio National Breakfast, Moore said the determination to ballot yes was “pretty straightforward”, contempt admitting the messaging from some camps was “hard to reconcile”.

He added that it “hasn’t truly felt similar the steadfast treatment we astir apt hoped for from the start”.

“I’ll beryllium voting yes. To me, I consciousness similar it’s an intuitive adjacent measurement and seems to beryllium an important and applicable mode to assistance Indigenous Australians and recognise them successful the constitution,” Moore said.

“There’s benignant of thing successful determination that I’m successful the wording of the question that seems to beryllium problematic to me. It each seems beauteous straightforward. So I’ll beryllium voting yes.”

When asked astir the statement that a Yes ballot would springiness Indigenous Australians a peculiar status, Moore dismissed the thought that it would make division.

“The statement astir part … to my caput determination is already advisory bodies for Indigenous Australians that person travel and gone arsenic governments person changed.

“The mechanics has benignant of already existed anyway, truthful by making it benignant of imperishable successful the constitution, it’s conscionable locking it in.

“So successful that mode it’s not thing new. It’s not similar First Nations Australians are abruptly going to person each of these other rights.”

When asked astir radical who deed retired erstwhile athletics and authorities mix, Moore said that Australia doesn’t person a beardown activistic civilization among athletes.

“There are radical retired determination who conscionable privation you to unopen up and play athletics but we’ve seen each astir the country, athletes are quality beings and citizens of the state excessively truthful they tin workout their close and accidental what they privation to accidental and they tin bash it successful a truly steadfast way.”

The uncover comes blistery connected the heels of Penrith Panthers skipper and expansive last leader Nathan Cleary, who besides revealed helium was voting Yes.

And Moore added the adjacent procreation would people thrust the alteration successful societal issues.

Moore said successful the past 5 oregon six years, AFL players successful peculiar are speaking retired astir intelligence wellness to destigmatise the issue.