argh what a cringeworthy statement

Cringeworthy how? I thought that was all it needed, they have blown this up because Cambridge has been getting vocal on Twitter.

opportunity for BA to appear to be doing something

and they think she is a Melbourne Boomers player ?

Way to get things done BA...

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Anthony Moore on the Opals:
"No, it's not (a harmonious group) and we actually have a pre-arranged meeting today with Liz’s management," he said.
Doubtful BA's (lack of) statement will soothe things over with Liz.

Quick google search as I haven't heard of the guy managing other players.

Is this the same guy? http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/30/pill-peddlers-swisse-deploy-delta-ahead-of-clinically-proven-court-ruling/

Hard not to dry reach while reading the manager's article...

Alice seems to have gone from a player I didn't think had a chance of making the team, to likely playing in Rio...

Your saying this entire saga was an intricate ploy to hype the Soul Man reboot movie starting Alice Kunek in the lead role?

Liz Cambage is the executive producer.

Mind blown.

Kunek bring black now will certainly help selection in the squad....

Good statement by BA...no harm no foul as they say.

This is typical liz looking for excuses and others to blame

'not a harmonious group' almost makes it sound there are additional issues beyond the Cambage music festival and Kunek blackface.

Blacklist Cambage from the Opals. She is a cancer.

That's definitely her angle now - why else would she be nagging so much over it. Writing is on the wall so let's pull out the trump card. Despicable.

If issue is only with one player there's an easy solution with steps they could have taken before this.

"That's definitely her angle now - why else would she be nagging so much over it. Writing is on the wall so let's pull out the trump card. Despicable."

She's hardly nagging. Nor did she make Kunek dress in blackface and post it to social media (her Instagram was public at the time the pic was posted).

But she did make it a hugely public play, exercabated unnecessarily further by her manager.

I personally think a lot of the attention would have died down more quickly if not for Kunek's non-apologies, followed by BA passing over any weighty statement, and then the Boomer's non-apology.
I'm a bit confused as to why LJ got involved in the mess in one of the earliest articles. If she was going to tell people to lay off the comments aimed at Kunek, she would have been well served to tell people to lay off the racist comments hurled at Liz too.

I loved every do-gooder criticising the wording of the apology and not the intent of it.

Words convey intent in written statements. If they meant to say something they didn't write, they should have written it. Intent was clear. It was a PR apology.

Big issues internally as there were in past 10 years!

Certain players/player control everything and expect everyone else to fall inlibe, liz isn't perfect but she was told/expected to do certain things and when she bucked the trend BA & others weren't happy....also a few opals feel a little threaten by how good she is and her thunbing her nose at the existing playing route hasn't helped.

Both sides to blame as liz always whinging and certain players always making it tough on her to fit in the group as she is a threat to them.

After Rio we she clear it out and hand team over to the 27 & unders as they be the next group to cone through.

Cambage and kunek are both still under 27 and are the future lol.

"Big issues internally as there were in past 10 years!

Certain players/player control everything and expect everyone else to fall inline"

Care to elaborate.... who and what do they expect of her? Past 10 years, so at this point that's probably.... Jackson and Taylor?

Kunek won't be making the teM, but she'll be suing due to her exclusion on grounds of racial vilification!

The next crop probably looks something like this...

Lavey/Cole
Jarry/allen/ebzery
Talbot/Blicavs
Francis/penaluna/burton
Cambage/tolo

Kunek is probably next in line at Sg and sf.

Is it possible Cambage becomes mad enough at BA over what she still perceives as an injustice for Oceania and now this that she doesn't suit up for Rio?