AFL hall of famer Robert DiPierdomenico claims racism is not a problem in the AFL, and says everyone will learn from Eddie McGuire's shocking gaffe concerning Adam Goodes.
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DiPierdomenico was embarrassed three years ago when he said at a function in 2010 that Essendon and Port Adelaide champion Gavin Wanganeen was ''not too bad for an Abo''.
''There's no racism in AFL,'' said DiPierdomenico.
''At the end of the day, Eddie said what he said, the young girl said what she said … Goodesy has been absolutely fantastic,'' DiPierdomenico said.
''It's been tough on everybody … When you work in the media and corporate, you say a lot of words and sometimes they just slip out.
''That's the way it is, you put your hand up and you learn from it. I've learnt so much from it for myself, but we move on. Eddie is wonderful, he's wonderful for the game, he's wonderful for Collingwood and the amount of work he does in the indigenous community and with charities is fantastic.''
The 2007 Hall of Fame inductee completed a six-week program in 2010 visiting indigenous communities after his comment about Wanganeen.
