Collingwood captain Darcy Moore has put his support behind the Voice to Parliament in a largely rare move for an individual current sports people in the lead up to Saturday's referendum.
The premiership skipper put his point forward declaring see he's nothing "problematic" with the proposal.
"I'll be voting yes," he told ABC RN on Tuesday.
The move followed a similar showing by NRL premiership hero and Penrith half Nathan Cleary.
Moore has been a driving force in shifting perspective around his club for many footy fans since taking on the Magpies captaincy ahead of 2023.
Across the club's premiership season, the 27-year-old was heralded for his humility and messaging in the media and speaking engagements following games.
In April, Moore represented Collingwood at the 30th anniversary of Nicky Winmar's iconic stance against racism after an afternoon of enduring abuse from Magpies supporters at their then-home Victoria Park.
The club has been continued to grapple with racial controversies - notably their 2020 'Do Better' report addressing systematic and cultural issues faced by multicultural players at the club, in recent times.
Collingwood officially endorsed the Voice in concert with a number of clubs earlier this year.
"It took a whole of club approach and a lot of people to say we need to do some work…It's in the name right? We need to do better and find a way to make our club a place that not only everyone can support, but people can come in and everyone can thrive and everyone can succeed.
"And that's what the report showed...that there are certain barriers and processes in the way that we're operating that are making it harder and making it actively more difficult for diverse people.
"It's been a long process internally at the club in terms of employment strategies, in terms of taking a stance against racism when it happens, as well as encouraging conversations around things like cultural awareness and cultural understanding across the whole club.
"One of the things about this space is you never arrive...It's sort of a constant process of working towards having the best organisation possible which means somewhere that everyone can thrive."
Moore said he hoped seeing First Nations Pie Bobby Hill take home the Norm Smith medal on grand final day as a sign the club is "doing something right".
On the Voice, he said some of messaging from both the yes and no camps have been "hard to reconcile" despite making up his own mind.
"I'll be voting yes. To me, I feel like it's an intuitive next step and seems to be an important and practical way to help Indigenous Australians and recognise them in the constitution.
"There's sort of nothing in there that I'm in the wording of the question that seems to be problematic to me. It all seems pretty straightforward.
Moore added he believes the implementation of Indigenous bodies is nothing "radically new".
He said Australia might lack a cultural of activism amongst sportspeople, but "athletes are human beings and citizens of the country too" with a right to express their views "in a healthy way".
