Victoria's largest amateur football league denies gender bias as women say they're an 'afterthought'
- Multiple Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) clubs have expressed disappointment with how women's competitions are being handled this season, as players across the league say the women's competition is being treated as secondary.
- The VAFA is the state's largest amateur Australian Rules football league with about 300 teams and 12,000 participants.
- Last week, Fitzroy Football Club and St Mary's Salesian released public statements expressing disappointment over two separate incidents that affected their finals campaigns.
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- Multiple Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) clubs have expressed disappointment with how women's competitions are being handled this season, as players across the league say the women's competition is being treated as secondary.
- The VAFA is the state's largest amateur Australian Rules football league with about 300 teams and 12,000 participants.
- Last week, Fitzroy Football Club and St Mary's Salesian released public statements expressing disappointment over two separate incidents that affected their finals campaigns.
Sources: ABC Australia