Aunty Joy, as she is affectionately called by her followers, which include people in the Australian government, is an Indigenous Australian and Senior Wurundjeri elder of the Kulin Alliance, Victoria.And what that title means is that she is often tasked with giving the traditional Welcome to Country greeting at many Melbourne, Australia events.Members of the Los Angeles Rams run onto the field before an NFL game against the San Francisco 49ers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept.11, 2026.
(Getty Images)SOLD OUT MELBOURNE CROWD STANDS FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF 9/11 AT NFL'S FIRST AUSTRALIA GAMEExcept a welcome to country greeting from Aunty Joy isn't actually a welcome.It's a stolen land acknowledgement lecture during which she makes it clear that the land the visitors are on doesn't belong to White Australians.It belongs to whatever Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander that first inhabited the land thousands of years ago.
It was 60,000 years ago, if you believe Aunty Joy's speech at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before Thursday's game.Jarrett Patterson, No.58 of the San Francisco 49ers, runs onto the field prior to an NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sept.
11, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia.(Getty Images)THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.
DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!And the obvious question one might ask is why the NFL would accept this narrative being part of what was otherwise a solemn and respectful 9/11 pregame memorial featuring both Americans and Australians?Why make the Netflix audience at home, not to mention the teams standing on the sidelines waiting for kickoff, listen to this stolen land gibberish?And, let there be no doubt, it was gibberish meant to finger-wag and lecture Whitey.During her history lesson disguised as a welcome, Aunty Joy thanked the NFL and both participating teams.She thanked the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles C...