AFL Once Again Miss Huge Opportunity To Recruit Polynesian Community By Not Going With Bone Thugs N Harmony

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AFL have dropped the ball and fumbled a massive opportunity to attract one of their most naturally resistant audiences in the country, Islanders.

“Going for Snoop was a huge mistake, If they got Bone Thugs N Harmony I guarantee you there’d be about 15,000 Islanders packed into the MCG Grand Final just for the performance” said Junior Leota (44), chairman of Pasifika4AFL, a community organisation proudly representing an impressive roster of seven Polynesian weekend AFL players.

For generations Polynesian men around the world have elegantly sung the angelic yet gangsta tunes of Bone Thugs N Harmony.

“AFL have long struggled to engage with the Rugby orientated Islander community of Australia, clearly we dropped the ball here” said one spokesperson for the AFL, looking back at the decision to go with Snoop Dogg, a decision that has become a chaotic mess within the Australian media landscape.

Many in the community believe this was the AFL’s one real chance to make inroads before the next wave of Islander kids are lost forever to a hiphop inspired viral tiktok montage of Stephen Crichton.

“Imagine the whole of Mount Druitt belting out Crossroads at quarter time, you can’t buy that kind of cultural capital” added Junior.

Instead, the AFL’s attempts at diversity have been reduced to an Australian media zooming in on Snoop Doggs recent comments on LGBT inclusion in movies.