McGuire apologised for the remarks at the Collingwood Football Club’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday evening. Eddie McGuire has stood down as Collingwood president after inflaming a racism scandal at the football club. This is an enormous opportunity for the Adelaide Football Club, says Olsen of the reset at a club that 30 years ago became South Australia’s first AFL participant. Collingwood President Eddie Mcguire has apologised for describing the release of a report into racism at the Pies as a "Proud day for the club". Eddie McGuire has stepped down as president of the Collingwood Magpies following the disastrous fallout of the Do Better report. Speaking at Collingwood's annual general meeting on Tuesday night, Eddie McGuire responded to scathing criticisms of how referred to the report's findings as a 'proud day' for the AFL club. Collingwood president Eddie McGuire concedes he should have chosen his words better when speaking about the report into systemic racism at the AFL club. Collingwood president Eddie McGuire came under fire following a media conference on Monday when he said the report’s arrival was a “proud day” for the club because it had committed to change. Today, the Collingwood Football Club's CFC DO BETTER REPORT was released. THE AFL has on Monday received the independent report from the Collingwood Football Club conducted by Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt of the University of Technology, Sydney.. AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan said the AFL will now review the findings, a process to be led by AFL Executive General Manager Social Policy and Inclusion, Tanya Hosch and AFL General Counsel … Collingwood President Eddie McGuire has opened the football club’s Annual General Meeting by apologising for a controversial statement he made during Monday’s press conference. Membership is the life blood of all football clubs and we can’t do it without you joining as member and recruiting new members. At one of Eddie McGuire's early annual general meetings as Collingwood president the executive was being grilled about the club's performance by impatient fans and a well-known shareholder advocate. The report, published in The Age last Monday, revealed the club … Embattled Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has stood down from his role effective immediately. Life-long Collingwood Football Club supporter Jeremy Stanford says he felt upset and angry after learning of the results of an internal report into racism at the club. Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury has led the Magpies’ entire 150-member playing group in issuing a powerful apology following the club’s damning racism report. It was football, football, football on his mind as he was asked about a summer of intense scrutiny from within the Crows front office. It is crucial that we re-sign our 2019 members for 2020 and to do this we must call on our members to help us share and promote our 2020 membership categories as … The CFC DO BETTER REPORT is an independent review that challenges Collingwood to take a leadership position in Australian sport by confronting racism. It also urges Collingwood to use its past to inform its future and to drive change in our game and, more broadly, our nation.