NBL Star Corey Webster Banned For Two Games Over Homophobic Tweet
Basketball Australia handed down a two-game ban to NBL star and Perth Wildcats player Corey Webster .听
Webster will however not miss out on any regular season games. Wildcats stood down Webster for the pre-season game against Adelaide 36ers on Tuesday, September 19. Isaac Humphries, who plays for the Adelaide 36ers, last year became the only out gay male playing in a top-tier basketball league.
Tuesday’s match counted towards the ban and the second match ban will only be triggered if Webster reoffends and posts any more offensive social media posts.听
Homophobic Comments Spark Outrage
Webster posted his now-deleted comments on X on Sunday night. Webster replied to a post that featured an 17c起草社区I Rainbow Pride flag, with a question: 鈥淲hat鈥檚 the first thing that comes to mind when you see this flag?鈥�
He then responded to his own comment with: 鈥淢ental Illness鈥�. He deleted the post after social media users called out his homophobic comments.听
After screenshots of his offensive comments were shared, Webster posted 鈥� 鈥楶ROTECT THE CHILDREN鈥� and locked his social media account.听
Wildcats said it was “disappointed” with Webster’s comments and NBL said the social media posts were “insensitive and harmful”.
BA Cites Remorse Shown By Player
Webster’s apology was released by the Wildcats. 鈥淲hile it certainly wasn鈥檛 my intent, I understand the hurt my comments have caused and I am sincerely sorry for this,鈥� Webster said.听
Basketball Australia said its integrity unit had investigated the comments. “Basketball Australia鈥檚 integrity unit found Webster breached the Basketball Australia Code of Conduct for Elite-Level Participants pertaining to discrimination and vilification following a comment he made on social media,” .听
BA said it had聽 “noted the remorse shown by Webster, and his commitment to undertake diversity and inclusion training, as well as a donation to charitable organisations.”
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