Eddie Betts felt he was ‘BRAINWASHED’ at infamous Adelaide Crows training camp: Star claims traumatic childhood memories he told counsellors where shouted back at him in front of teammates
- Eddie Betts has opened up on the ‘weird’ Adelaide training camp of 2018
- A number of players and officials left the club after the controversial trip away
- Claimed stars subjected to verbal abuse during the pre-season Gold Coast visit
- Betts says he felt ‘brainwashed’ and was ‘snappy’ with his kids after the camp
AFL legend Eddie Betts has revealed how he felt ‘like a piece of me was brainwashed’ following Adelaide Crows’ controversial 2018 training camp as the AFL opened up on all the ‘weird s***’ that went on on the Gold Coast.
In Betts’ new book, which tells the story of his upbringing, life and AFL career, the 35-year-old dubbed the camp ‘weird’ and ‘completely disrespectful’.
The Crows undertook a pre-season leadership camp in 2018 in the wake of their Grand Final defeat by Richmond, and events on that trip led to the departure of a number of players and officials from the club.
Betts made his feelings about the camp known and was subsequently removed from the club’s leadership group, before returning to Carlton the following season.
Eddie Betts has released a new book about his life and AFL career
Eddie Betts (second from left) lines up with Crows teammates Patrick Dangerfield, Nathan van Berlo, Scott Thompson and David Mackay in 2015
He claimed private details shared during counselling sessions were used against him in front of his teammates.
‘The camp ended up appropriating a First Nations peoples’ ritual of a ‘talking stick’ and attempting to apply it to all of us, even the non-Indigenous players and coaches,’ he wrote.
‘In…
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