The Border Mail understands an official complaint about alleged racial vilification is expected to be lodged to the Hume league this week.
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It was alleged star Murray Magpies footballer Ash Murray was the victim of a racial slur from an umpire at Urana Road Oval, Lavington, on Saturday.
Hume Football League president Merv Wegener said the organisation took these types of complaints very seriously.
"We have a vilification policy, we play under and a code of conduct that we all respect each other,” he said.
“Under that policy, all matters are to be treated with confidentiality at all times.”
Wegener said investigations into the allegation would begin once paperwork was received.
“Until then, we can't do anything,” he said.
The president has spoken to the Murray Magpies but would not comment on the conversation.
“We can't say anything really until we get all the information that's required and when we do we will make judgements on which way we act,” Wegener said.
In his 15 years in his role, Wegener said there had only been two other breaches of the vilification policy.
“It's not something that is out of hand,” he said.
“Sport is an emotional game and people say things in the spur of the moment but at this stage it is still only an allegation and we must treat it as such until we have all the information and discussions with people.
"But we act as quickly as we can to resolve any matter.”
AFL North East Border regional general manager John O'Donohue said the organisation would follow a process if the complaint was handed on to it.
“We can only follow the guidelines we have in place.”
O'Donohue, who has held his position for 12 years, said he could not recall any incidents of racial vilification.
“They are isolated,” he said.
Indigenous community leader Darren Wighton knew Murray personally and said he loved his footy and gave his all.
“I was disappointed because country footy is a lifeblood and has been put under the spotlight in a negative way for something that is so 1980s.
“It's 2015 and racial issues continue to play on our sporting fields and they just don't belong in footy or in the community.
"It was bad timing with everything that happened with Adam Goodes over the weekend but it brings it to the fore racial issues are still in our sports.”
The Murray family could not be reached for comment.
