Former Melbourne champion David Schwarz has suggested all AFL players should wear an indigenous armband in the upcoming round, to show their solidarity with players who have received racist abuse.

He said the entire competition has had enough of the abuse.

“I hope all the players wear an indigenous armband this round in a show of solidarity,” Schwarz said on SEN’s The Run Home.

“I think every player on every list has had enough, has had enough because every team has indigenous players, every one of us who go to the game want to see their flair and want to see diverse cultures.

“We want to see everybody play, have the chance and not be ridiculed, or mocked, or belittled, or criticised in a way that’s going to be defamatory.”

Out of a difficult situation, Schwarz said one of the positives is that crowds are not willing to put up with such behaviour, by calling it out and self-policing on the spot.

“Where it is good now is that the crowd itself are self-policing and your peers as great a force to be reckoned with when you do overstep the line,” he said.

“We’ve got the numbers you can call, and the quicker we can get these bigots out of the stadiums and away from the good people the better we are.”

Earlier today, Betts said while the racist abuse was hurtful, it affected his family a lot more, while admitting that the events of the weekend meant the football was not a great place to be.

“It affects me, but it affects people around me more,” he said.

“My wife Anna was very upset with it this week, the hatred of it, but we just want to make footy an enjoyable place.

“You want to go to the footy and enjoy it, and support your team win or lose.

“They’ve got fighting on the hill, it’s not kid friendly…you’ve got people yelling racist abuse and it’s not a great place to be. Its racism and we want to stomp it out of the game.”