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Port Adelaide fans spring into action in bid to help AFL club pay Ken Hinkley’s $20,000 fine
Power fans have rallied together in an attempt to foot the $20,000 fine given to Hinkley for his Jack Ginnivan sledge.
Port Adelaide fans have banded together to help pay the $20,000 fine the AFL handed down to Power coach Ken Hinkley for taunting Hawks star Jack Ginnivan following Port Adelaide’s finals triumph on Friday night. After the AFL announced the sanction on Sunday, one Power fan promptly set up a GoFundMe page to crowdfund the fine given to the veteran coach. A GoFundMe spokeswoman told Yahoo Sport Australia that a singular Port Adelaide fan had set up the fundraiser but “the funds would not go to the fan organising the GoFundMe, but directly to the club”.
The loyal fan who set up the account under the pseudonym ‘KenHinkleyFanBoy’, is trying to rally support for the 57-year-old coach who he says shouldn’t be made to pay for the “unjustified fine”. “Ken Hinkley is a man who loves his job,” the GoFundMe page reads.
Hinkley’s decision to taunt Ginnivan after the Power’s tense three-point finals win over the Hawks saw the veteran coach cop widespread backlash. The Power coach made an aeroplane gesture towards the box office small forward and yelled out “You’re not flying, Jack”, in reference to Ginnivan’s social media post that caused uproar in the lead-up to the game.
His remark was in response to a cocky reply Ginnivan made to a post from Swans star Brodie Grundy that said: “See u in 14 days”, suggesting the Hawks would dispose of the Power and play Sydney in the preliminary final. Following Hinkley’s sledge for Ginnivan on Friday night, Hawthorn captain James Sicily stood up for his teammate and returned serve as angry words were exchanged between the Hawks skipper and the rival coach. Following the game Hinkley apologised for his actions but it didn’t stop him from being sanctioned by the league.
