Collingwood Magpie Sharni Layton has asked the AFL to stand up and take action against trolls on social media.
Later on Tuesday night Seven came out and apologised for deleting the photo.
However, these types of comments aren't new to women's sport, in fact, it's, unfortunately, a regular occurrence.
It's not just AFLW either but trolls are across other women's sports including rugby union, rugby league and football (soccer), just to name a few, with comments ranging from the infamous "go make me a sandwich" to ones which are highly sexual, homophobic or even transphobic.
Sadly, Harris photo wasn't the only one to receive unnecessary comments over the weekend with a photo of retiring Magpie Cecilia McIntosh on the AFL Facebook also getting attention from trolls.
Can someone tell former Docker, and current nerd, Josh Mellington that Mcintosh is always going to have more games at the top level to her name than he will... She’s also represented Australia in a few sports. You keep doing you, Mello 🙄 😂 🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/7KD0ys60m0
— Paul Robinson (@paulrobinson422) March 19, 2019
The 39-year-old is also a Commonwealth Games silver medalist and a winter Olympian.
Thankfully, most of the comments which were identified as inappropriate have since been deleted from the post.
However, Layton has called on the AFL to do more to reprimand trolls including revoking club memberships.
"AFL I am asking you to stand up and not stand for this anymore," Layton said.
"If you find these people on Facebook, have a name and if they have a membership, revoke it.
"Standing up for something that is right is more important than the money coming into your business so I'm not standing for it anymore."
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