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AFL set to lose millions cutting controversial Indigenous programs sponsor Rio Tinto – Wide World of Sports
League finally walks the walk after talking the talk
The AFL are set to make a huge financial decision to drop Rio Tinto as a sponsor of its Indigenous football programs after the mining company destroyed a 46,000-year-old sacred Aboriginal site earlier this year.
According to The Age, the deal is reportedly worth up to $1.5 million for the league and the search is underway for another sponsor to step in to fund the programs, including the Flying Boomerangs (boys), the Woomeras (girls) and the Footy Means Business program for 18-24-year-old Indig…
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