Yeti, I take your point on symbolism, but I really like the indigenous round and our (and every club’s) indigenous jumpers; and based on what the players have said about wearing them and playing in that round I think the benefits extend beyond window dressing and self-promotion. There’s no reason to think that wouldn’t apply to a Pride jumper.
We recently had two Freo AFLW players marry each other, which means at the time of the same sex marriage vote the outcome of the vote had genuine, tangible meaning for those players (and presumably others at the club). When the custodians of the club (and the players’ employers) were asked their view on whether those two players should be entitled to legally marry, they shrugged and said they did ‘not seek to influence others’.
Perhaps the club was more supportive behind closed doors, but the vote was very much a public spectacle that was tough of the lgbtqia+ community. I won’t speak for whether those players would have liked the club to publicly support their right to marry, but I would have had more respect for the club if they did. Based on the outcome of the vote (70% in favour of marriage equality in Freo), I’m probably not the only one.