Fox football color man announces he is gay

Carlton legend Brendan Fevola has declared he is "sad" at the fact that no gay AFL players have felt safe enough to come out and express their sexual identity after podcaster Scott O'Halloran revealed he previously had a years-long relationship with an AFL player.

Speaking on Fevola's Melbourne radio show, The Fox's Fifi, Fev and Nick for BreakfastO'Halloran said he had a relationship with a now retired player for "about years", adding that he would "never ever share their identity". He said he decided to go public with that information after Port Adelaide player Jeremy Finlayson recently used a homophobic slur against an opponent and was suspended by the AFL.

Jeremy Finlayson apologises for using a homophobic slur. But when I saw and heard some homophobia, which happens a lot in the AFL, I just got very disappointed and very vocal about the AFL not supporting its code, its players, and its employees. So, I've decided to share the story about the relationship on today's podcast," O'Halloran said.

The former Blue wonders why the AFL has always been such an unsafe space for men to express themselves, fearing that the game could never see any improvement to the way it is now, compared to the changes seen across other codes. Fevola, who played games for Carlton and Brisbane betweenis confident that he played with a gay footballer at some stage in his career.

I would have played with someone who was gay, probably," Fevola said. Obviously, there is gay footballers out there, but no footballer in our code has ever come forward to say they are gay.

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Carlton's seven-time leading goalkicker believes that the AFL club environment plays a role in the fact that gay players hide in the shadows. He wondered aloud why other sports, which are often perceived to be played in hyper masculine environments have had players going public with their sexuality, while the AFL hasn't yet broken the taboo.

In soccer, in NRL… why do you think that a player can't come out and say they are gay? Back in November ofMelbourne United basketball player Isaac Humphries came out to his teammates. He became the NBL 's first openly gay player. Isaac Humphries shares an embrace with Melbourne United coach Dean Vickerman after coming out in But Fevola declared that the AFL isn't a safe enough space in this day and age, for a player to feel the same support as Humphries did when he came out.

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