“Signing our 6 YEAR OLD! Once again, 6 YEAR OLD! up for soccer,” he wrote. “Cmon.”
Many noted the option was probably there for the whole club, not for junior players.“Sheesh @FootballAUS should be ashamed,” reality TV personality Adam Kuhn wrote.
Many didn’t understand the outrage over such a minor detail, saying Bogut should have just ticked the box that applied to his son and move on.“That’s a standard form mate,” ABC journalist Matt Bevan wrote. “Are you suggesting they adjust it just so the parents of don’t freak out at having to check a box?”
Football Australia said it was proud of the diversity of its sport, and the registration form reflects that. Football Australia is among the founding members of the Pride in Sport program, the country’s first and only sporting inclusion program, specifically designed to support sporting organizations toward greater inclusion of LGBTQI+ players, volunteers, officials, and spectators. Pride in Sport declined news.com.au’s request to comment on Bogut’s tweet.
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