Remember when we used to watch our favourite teams play because we loved the game? It was a great way to relax, unwind, and enjoy a couple of hours away from stress. Doesn’t anyone understand that this is the basic premise of watching a game of football, soccer, or whatever huge numbers of fans brave the weather and their finances to watch?

Would Australians, if asked, say: ‘Hey! Let’s mix sports and politics!’ Does this sound like a good idea? So, how do the idiots put in leadership positions within our favourite sports come to the conclusion to do exactly that? Have they run out of ideas?

They are supporting The Voice to Parliament… Great, let them support it. But what right do they have to hijack sporting teams and project that political support onto the whole team and, by extension, the base of supporters? How dare they impose their personal political will on teams and fans… I’m pretty sure their mandate is to promote the sport and the club, and if it doesn’t already say ‘stay away from politics’ it needs to be written in.

Supporting The Voice is not about supporting Indigenous Australians.

During a referendum, everyone will get to have their say, including sports fans. Using clubs to manipulate the voting public could be seen as an abuse of their position. In short, these clubs are being used.

Why is it necessary for sporting clubs, who have not taken a poll of their fan base and supporters, to declare their support for The Voice? This is far from a settled subject with a unanimous appeal. There are Indigenous elders saying ‘No’ to The Voice. Are sporting clubs being disrespectful to those Indigenous elders and communities who disagree but still want to follow the club?

There are so many good reasons put forward to say ‘No’ to this proposal, but what we have seen is politics in its worst form. Rather than listing each of the known problems with The Voice in its current form, answer this very simple question: ‘How are Aboriginals going to be actually, and by that, I mean practically, helped by the proposed Voice? The Albanese government has not properly defined the structure and limitations of this Voice, and yet large sporting clubs are out there advocating for an unknown.

Most Australians, from all walks of life and geographical origins, have a deep respect for Aboriginal people who were living on this land long before England sent ships with convicts to live here.

The Australia of today is what it is, with all its accomplishments and faults, because of Australians who came from all over the world; Greeks, Italians, Africans… We are now all Australians and share the pride of Australia being what it is today.

Australia has huge annual compensation budgets, benefits over and above what other communities receive, that go to those with Indigenous roots. Australia has been successful. The proof of that is in the fact the Aboriginals are leaders in every professional and political sphere in Australian life, achieving high office and corporate success on merit.

Are there huge social and criminal problems in some Aboriginal communities? Absolutely, but those same social and criminal problems exist in our society today in non-Aboriginal communities as well. How’s that for equality and equity in Australia…

The real agenda of racism is one that discards the notion that ‘We Are All Australian’. Most Aussies are better than that.

Let’s pull together, appreciate the great country we live in and give a definitive ‘No’ to The Voice, that Labor should be ashamed of instigating.

Lily Steiner is an active member of the community, radio host on www.J-Air.com.au and lifelong advocate for Israel. She is an entrepreneur and Founder of American Business Gateway. LilyHighOnLife.com Podcasts – Change Your Attitude Change Your Life.