Editing Jason Akermanis (section)

==Controversy==
Akermanis threatened to switch codes to [[rugby union]] in 2002 if Brisbane signed former [[Kangaroos Football Club]] star [[Wayne Carey]],<ref>{{cite news |date=24 June 2002 |title=Akermanis welcome at Queensland rugby |publisher=Australian Rugby Union Ltd |url=http://rugby.com.au/news/2002_june/akermanis_welcome_at_queensland_rugby_14122,7125.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060920045316/https://rugby.com.au/news/2002_june/akermanis_welcome_at_queensland_rugby_14122%2C7125.html |archive-date=20 September 2006}}</ref> and leaked to the media that teammate [[Nigel Lappin]] had broken his ribs during the 2003 preliminary final against Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monteverde |first=Marco |date=7 June 2007 |title=Banished Lion will talk |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,21861623-23211,00.html?from=public_rss |access-date=29 June 2010 |work=Fox Sports}}</ref>

In 2007, Akermanis wrote a column about performance-enhancing drugs and his views on their presence in sport, which included comments that he believed a specific opposing player, whom he did not name, had been using the drugs based on how strong a runner the player was for his size. The [[Seven Network]] and [[Fairfax Media]] inferred and named the player as the [[West Coast Eagles]]' [[Michael Braun (footballer)|Michael Braun]], damaging Braun's reputation and subjecting him to an investigation by the [[Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority]], which cleared him of wrongdoing.<ref>{{Cite web
  | title = Braun cleared by ASADA
  | work = Fox Sports
  | date = 20 August 2007
  | url = http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,22277406-23211,00.html
  | access-date = 29 June 2010}}</ref> Braun was ultimately awarded defamation damages against Seven and Fairfax, and received an apology from Akermanis, who conceded that he had been referring to Braun, and admitted that he had been wrong.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Australian|date=25 April 2008|access-date=3 August 2014|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/akermanis-posts-apology-to-braun/story-e6frg6n6-1111116167370|title=Akermanis posts apology to Braun}}</ref>

In a May 2010 column, he wrote about [[homosexuality in sports]], and expressed an opinion that he believed homosexual players should stay in the closet, as he did not believe football culture was at that time ready to fully accept them.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stay-in-the-closet-jason-akermanis-tells-homosexuals/story-e6frf9ix-1225868871934|title=Stay in the closet, Jason Akermanis tells homosexuals|publisher=Herald Sun News|date=20 May 2010}}</ref> Numerous people spoke out against his column,<ref name="The Age">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-distances-itself-from-gay-claim-20100520-votv.html|title=AFL distances itself from gay claim|publisher=The Age|date=21 May 2010 | location=Melbourne | first=Amy | last=Redford-Hunt}}</ref> and the Western Bulldogs, who were worried about the negative publicity, suspended him for two matches for not having the column approved by the club before having it published.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/doggies-battling-to-get-aka-back-on-the-leash-20100525-wb2v.html|title=Doggies battling to get Aka back on the leash|publisher=The Age|date=26 May 2010 | location=Melbourne | first=Caroline | last=Wilson}}</ref> Akermanis would later be dismissed by the Western Bulldogs two months later, partly related to leaking confidential team information to the media as part of a media career which the Bulldogs believed was taking an undue amount of his focus.<ref name="sacked" />

In a radio interview shortly after the death of former [[Melbourne Football Club]] player and president [[Jim Stynes]] in 2012, Akermanis commented that Stynes was "a nasty man in his day", was treated as a "demi-god", and questioned his deservedness to receive a state funeral just two days after Stynes' death.<ref>{{Cite web
  | last = Jason
  | first = Good
  | title = Akermanis: Stynes was a 'nasty man'
  | publisher = 3AW
  | date = 21 March 2012
  | url = http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/buy-swap-and-sell-blog/akermanis-stynes-was-a-nasty-man/20120322-1vltj.html
  | access-date = 21 March 2012
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120325044044/http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/buy-swap-and-sell-blog/akermanis-stynes-was-a-nasty-man/20120322-1vltj.html
  | archive-date = 25 March 2012
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

In October 2014, Akermanis was suspended for four matches as head coach of the [[North Albury Football Club]] after being found guilty of breaching the AFL Victoria cyber-bullying policy in regards to several umpires' decisions during the 2014 Ovens & Murray Football League season.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-02/coach-akermanis-banned-from-round-one-2015-for-cyber-bullying/5785900?section=sport Former AFL star Jason Akermanis banned as coach of North Albury for four matches, three suspended, for cyber bullying], ''ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)'', 2 October 2014</ref>

By 2019, Akermanis had reportedly been banned by three golf clubs for alleged cheating incidents. Akermanis denied the clubs’ claims.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-07|title=AFL 2019: Jason Akermanis banned from third golf club|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2019-jason-akermanis-banned-from-third-golf-club/news-story/d52c8194ef94a813177fa18aa692611f|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Fox Sports|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In October 2023, Akermanis was featured in the reality TV show ''[[SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins|SAS Australia]]''. He left in the first episode due to what he claimed was a toe injury; however, medical personnel for the show disputed this claim.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=‘Soft’ Akermanis stuns SAS with highly questionable move |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/jason-akermanis-makes-stunning-sas-move-after-questionable-injury--c-12147845 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=7NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In November 2023, while working as a real estate agent, it was reported that Akermanis disclosed sensitive personal information about a survivor of [[Domestic violence|domestic abuse]] to a potential property buyer, among other ethical impropriety. Akermanis's ethical violation was reported by ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV program)|A Current Affair]]'' and print media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title='It made my blood boil': Aker whacked over lack of tact |url=https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/8414782/it-made-my-blood-boil-aker-whacked-over-lack-of-tact/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=The Border Mail |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=AFL great Jason Akermanis' poor form as a real estate agent {{!}} A Current Affair |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTUKiyjVkfg |access-date=2023-11-09 |language=en}}</ref>