'Treated like s***': Hannah Mouncey withdraws from AFLW draft
Transgender football Hannah Mouncey has slammed the AFL as she appears to have given up on her AFLW dream.
Mouncey took to social media to launch a scathing assessment of the AFL’s handling of her situation, saying she has pulled out of next month’s AFLW draft.
“The AFL has treated me like s***,” Mouncey tweeted.
“Essentially, the toll of doing this (blood testing) on my own has ended up being far too great.
“With every effort made to wear me down to a point where I couldn’t continue.”
Mouncey labelled the AFL as an organisation lacking leadership, with too much of an onus on their reputation.
“What has gone on behind the scenes will come out, and it paints a sad picture of an organisation with no leadership, who cares only for its corporate image,” Mouncey continued
“There are a number of things I can’t risk by continuing this fight, which are far more important than football.”
The 28-year-old revealed her decision to drop out of the October 23 draft was due to a self-reporting blood test regime taking a great personal toll.
Mouncey also uploaded photos of her blood test results to back up her argument, dating back to 2015.
“I have uploaded all blood tests I have dating back to the end of 2015 until last month, as well as the data I provided the AFL re: athletic data,” Mouncey tweeted.
“The reason, is to the reality of where I sit, to show that this is not because I don’t meet the requirements.
“The testosterone data, to show how far below requirements I am.
“To do otherwise, I would have risked constant speculation about that, and possible being labelled a cheat for being above, which is not something I can live with.”
with AAP.
