it's not about whether they called him aboriginal, it's offensive cause it means that he's not in the same category as allan langer.
he's not being called 'the next alfie', he's being called 'the aboriginal alfie'.
as in if u refer to someone as allan langer the AUTOMATIC assumption is they're white ... if they're aboriginal u have to point it out cause it's some kind of shock or something.
they play the same game, in the same comp, the fact that he's aboriginal has nothing to do with it unless your first assumption is that all great halves are whities.
it's like they're saying he's almost as good as alfie, but he's playing in the koori league.