Warwick Capper banned from MCG and all AFL matches for alleged inappropriate behaviour
The AFL confirmed on Wednesday morning that Capper had been issued a "banning notice". The MCG has also been banned him from all events at the ground. Both bans are understood to be for five years.
Capper's manager, Tony Marks, said the ex-football star had made a "light-hearted joke" to a female while attending the grand final.
"No doubt there's a few inappropriate things said in the caricature that is Warwick Capper and playing the class clown, but five years from every AFL venue, including no cricket, concerts … that stinks," Marks told News Corp.
"He did make a light-hearted joke to somebody in the room, but not with any ill will. He definitely didn't walk up and say it directly to her.
"There's a generation of people who didn't grow up with Warwick but for 95 per cent of people in that room he was being the joking Warwick Capper, an entertainer.
"He knows he needs to pull his socks up with some of his jokes, but under no circumstances would he want anyone to be offended. He was making a joke and it was overheard and offence was taken."
Capper played 124 games for the Swans and Bears between 1983 and 1991, kicking a total of 388 goals. He was Sydney's leading goal kicker on four separate occasions and took the mark of the year in 1987.
Since retiring, Capper has appeared on a number of television shows as a guest such as The AFL Footy Show, Celebrity Big Brother and The Celebrity Apprentice Australia. He has also been known to do celebrity guest appearances at various functions.
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