AFL club North Melbourne says it will not punish the player responsible for posting on the internet a degrading video that depicts a toy rubber chicken performing sex acts.
Chief executive Eugene Arocca this morning confirmed that an internal investigation is underway and once identified, the player at the centre of the tasteless video would be "re-educated" rather than disciplined.
The four-minute video, posted on video sharing website YouTube, features the rubber chicken, always wearing a condom on its head and manoeuvred by an unidentifiable hand, seeming to sexually penetrate a real chicken carcass, The Age newspaper reported today.
The real chicken, depicted as a woman, is hurled into a wall and run over by a van before the rubber chicken returns to again penetrate it, The Age said.
Mr Arocca today said the video was "stupid and thoughtless".
"We pride ourselves on being an inclusive club. Most of our employees are female, in fact many of the volunteers who come to this club are female," he said.
"We really take umbradge to the suggestion that this club treats women poorly or is disrespectful to women."
Parts of the film, titled The Adventures of Little Boris, were recorded in the club's locker room, including the locker of senior player Brady Rawlings, on the desk of a staff member, at a supermarket and in a hotel toilet.
The film's soundtrack is Move Bitch, a song by US rapper Ludacris. No players, coaches or staff are seen in the video.
Mr Arocca said he was "embarrassed" about the video and ordered it to be removed from YouTube when alerted to it by The Age.
"Foolishly, one of the younger members of our group placed it on his Facebook (page). It then found its way onto YouTube. It's now been removed," he said.
"I'm furious to say the least that it's gotten out, though I haven't had the advantage of seeing it."
AFL corporate affairs manager Brian Walsh said the video was "infantile and inappropriate".
Do NOT expect any ROCKET SCIENCE Brain work from a bunch of Infantile Neanderthals handling a ball.
Just more Quality News to keep the plebs amused.
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