Goodbye Gill

[barry]

Congitive decline, eh?

More serious than cognitive decline.

[Bloods05]

With the high incidence of concussion, in the past, the last person id want running the code is an ex player. God knows how much congitive decline he has.

Congitive decline, eh?

[barry]

It woukd seem that there is a lack of football playing and admin experience currently on the AFL Commission, and a lack of membership from the Northern states. Some pundits have suggested that the Swans last CEO should be on the Commission and rumour has it that Gil is not in favour of Brendon Gale as the next CEO (not that he has a vote)!

With the high incidence of concussion, in the past, the last person id want running the code is an ex player. God knows how much congitive decline he has.

[Aprilbr]

I can understand why Tony Cochrane doesn't want Benny Gale as the next CEO. Gale actively destablized the Suns by lobbying against assistance for the fledgling club and then actively poaching their best players to deliver Richmond success. Hardly 'statesman of the game' material. I am personally glad that the swans never went down that route.

Despite being a national competition for the past 30 years, it's still run like the VFL. You can witness that today by the 'marque' game of the round given to two Victorian clubs. Repeated next weekend again. In effect, the non Victorian clubs are subsidising the Vic clubs by giving them these free slots for promotion, crowds, members and corporates.

So, the next CEO has to come from outside the Victorian bubble.. Peter V'Ladys is perfect. He knows the expansion market like the back of his hand
First move to be made is for voting rights in the commission on to be based on state participation numbers, rather than clubs. NSW jumps from 11% to 16%, and most importantly Victoria drops below 30%. Now the say comes from the states that are actually driving grass roots growth.
From that, naturally AFL teams will naturally disperse to the areas that need them. To facilitate that, a private ownership model is required, and get rid of propping up teams with no strategic value (eg,Norf ).

The last two grand finals have proven that they don't need the MCG, and therefore grand finals should be auctioned off to a bidding system like in the US. If you think about it, the MCG has bid, and won, the next 30 grand finals in a closed process where no one else could bid. Corruption 101.

These simple changes will grow the game exponentially in the coming years.

It woukd seem that there is a lack of football playing and admin experience currently on the AFL Commission, and a lack of membership from the Northern states. Some pundits have suggested that the Swans last CEO should be on the Commission and rumour has it that Gil is not in favour of Brendon Gale as the next CEO (not that he has a vote)!

[barry]

I’m sure V’landys might he interested if you throw CEO of Racing Victoria as well. He only runs two sports at a time.

Racing Victoria is on its knees, so I think if we offer him a 4 day a week role as AFL CEO, so he has a day or two spare to follow his passion (killing racing Victoria), he would be ok.

To be far Gill was only 3 days a week equivalent if you count Polo, au pairs, long lunches, and general incompetence.

[Bloods05]

Some good points Barry and while I agree the GF should not be at the MCG every year, it should just be played at the higher teams home ground.....no 'bidding'.

Also, I agree the next CEO should be non Victorian but I would hate to see our game called 'footba'.....so no V'Landys for me.

Love it.

[barry]

Some good points Barry and while I agree the GF should not be at the MCG every year, it should just be played at the higher teams home ground.....no 'bidding'.

Also, I agree the next CEO should be non Victorian but I would hate to see our game called 'footba'.....so no V'Landys for me.

A bidding process for grand finals maximizes revenue, provides some degree of certainty, and allows clubs in those regions to contribute to the event. The Norf-Melbourne-breakfast, becomes the swans-breakfast.

I agree an earnt grand final is better and will probably come about eventually.

[stevoswan]

I can understand why Tony Cochrane doesn't want Benny Gale as the next CEO. Gale actively destablized the Suns by lobbying against assistance for the fledgling club and then actively poaching their best players to deliver Richmond success. Hardly 'statesman of the game' material. I am personally glad that the swans never went down that route.

Despite being a national competition for the past 30 years, it's still run like the VFL. You can witness that today by the 'marque' game of the round given to two Victorian clubs. Repeated next weekend again. In effect, the non Victorian clubs are subsidising the Vic clubs by giving them these free slots for promotion, crowds, members and corporates.

So, the next CEO has to come from outside the Victorian bubble.. Peter V'Ladys is perfect. He knows the expansion market like the back of his hand
First move to be made is for voting rights in the commission on to be based on state participation numbers, rather than clubs. NSW jumps from 11% to 16%, and most importantly Victoria drops below 30%. Now the say comes from the states that are actually driving grass roots growth.
From that, naturally AFL teams will naturally disperse to the areas that need them. To facilitate that, a private ownership model is required, and get rid of propping up teams with no strategic value (eg,Norf ).

The last two grand finals have proven that they don't need the MCG, and therefore grand finals should be auctioned off to a bidding system like in the US. If you think about it, the MCG has bid, and won, the next 30 grand finals in a closed process where no one else could bid. Corruption 101.

These simple changes will grow the game exponentially in the coming years.

Some good points Barry and while I agree the GF should not be at the MCG every year, it should just be played at the higher teams home ground.....no 'bidding'.

Also, I agree the next CEO should be non Victorian but I would hate to see our game called 'footba'.....so no V'Landys for me.

[Bloods05]

I met “Cocko” in the VIP tent of the V8s well over a decade ago. He’s a terrific bloke with a go get em attitude and is fighting hard for the GC.

I’m sure V’landys might he interested if you throw CEO of Racing Victoria as well. He only runs two sports at a time.

And you're Roy Slaven!

[Bangalore Swans]

I can understand why Tony Cochrane doesn't want Benny Gale as the next CEO. Gale actively destablized the Suns by lobbying against assistance for the fledgling club and then actively poaching their best players to deliver Richmond success. Hardly 'statesman of the game' material. I am personally glad that the swans never went down that route.

Despite being a national competition for the past 30 years, it's still run like the VFL. You can witness that today by the 'marque' game of the round given to two Victorian clubs. Repeated next weekend again. In effect, the non Victorian clubs are subsidising the Vic clubs by giving them these free slots for promotion, crowds, members and corporates.

So, the next CEO has to come from outside the Victorian bubble.. Peter V'Ladys is perfect. He knows the expansion market like the back of his hand
First move to be made is for voting rights in the commission on to be based on state participation numbers, rather than clubs. NSW jumps from 11% to 16%, and most importantly Victoria drops below 30%. Now the say comes from the states that are actually driving grass roots growth.
From that, naturally AFL teams will naturally disperse to the areas that need them. To facilitate that, a private ownership model is required, and get rid of propping up teams with no strategic value (eg,Norf ).

The last two grand finals have proven that they don't need the MCG, and therefore grand finals should be auctioned off to a bidding system like in the US. If you think about it, the MCG has bid, and won, the next 30 grand finals in a closed process where no one else could bid. Corruption 101.

These simple changes will grow the game exponentially in the coming years.

I met “Cocko” in the VIP tent of the V8s well over a decade ago. He’s a terrific bloke with a go get em attitude and is fighting hard for the GC.

I’m sure V’landys might he interested if you throw CEO of Racing Victoria as well. He only runs two sports at a time.

[Bloods05]

I can understand why Tony Cochrane doesn't want Benny Gale as the next CEO. Gale actively destablized the Suns by lobbying against assistance for the fledgling club and then actively poaching their best players to deliver Richmond success. Hardly 'statesman of the game' material. I am personally glad that the swans never went down that route.

Despite being a national competition for the past 30 years, it's still run like the VFL. You can witness that today by the 'marque' game of the round given to two Victorian clubs. Repeated next weekend again. In effect, the non Victorian clubs are subsidising the Vic clubs by giving them these free slots for promotion, crowds, members and corporates.

So, the next CEO has to come from outside the Victorian bubble.. Peter V'Ladys is perfect. He knows the expansion market like the back of his hand
First move to be made is for voting rights in the commission on to be based on state participation numbers, rather than clubs. NSW jumps from 11% to 16%, and most importantly Victoria drops below 30%. Now the say comes from the states that are actually driving grass roots growth.
From that, naturally AFL teams will naturally disperse to the areas that need them. To facilitate that, a private ownership model is required, and get rid of propping up teams with no strategic value (eg,Norf ).

The last two grand finals have proven that they don't need the MCG, and therefore grand finals should be auctioned off to a bidding system like in the US. If you think about it, the MCG has bid, and won, the next 30 grand finals in a closed process where no one else could bid. Corruption 101.

These simple changes will grow the game exponentially in the coming years.

Are you HG Nelson?

[barry]

I can understand why Tony Cochrane doesn't want Benny Gale as the next CEO. Gale actively destablized the Suns by lobbying against assistance for the fledgling club and then actively poaching their best players to deliver Richmond success. Hardly 'statesman of the game' material. I am personally glad that the swans never went down that route.

Despite being a national competition for the past 30 years, it's still run like the VFL. You can witness that today by the 'marque' game of the round given to two Victorian clubs. Repeated next weekend again. In effect, the non Victorian clubs are subsidising the Vic clubs by giving them these free slots for promotion, crowds, members and corporates.

So, the next CEO has to come from outside the Victorian bubble.. Peter V'Ladys is perfect. He knows the expansion market like the back of his hand
First move to be made is for voting rights in the commission on to be based on state participation numbers, rather than clubs. NSW jumps from 11% to 16%, and most importantly Victoria drops below 30%. Now the say comes from the states that are actually driving grass roots growth.
From that, naturally AFL teams will naturally disperse to the areas that need them. To facilitate that, a private ownership model is required, and get rid of propping up teams with no strategic value (eg,Norf ).

The last two grand finals have proven that they don't need the MCG, and therefore grand finals should be auctioned off to a bidding system like in the US. If you think about it, the MCG has bid, and won, the next 30 grand finals in a closed process where no one else could bid. Corruption 101.

These simple changes will grow the game exponentially in the coming years.

[KTigers]

Yep pretty sure he wouldn’t be interested in a position with a minority sport played on one far off country that would probably pay about 2% of his current salary.
Although I must admit I was blown away with his salary I thought maybe 8-10 million per year at a stretch.
This is from CBS sports via Forbes
Overall, Goodell earned $63,900,050 per year in each of the past two years, which means his pay was $127.8 million for fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21.

The AFL will need to take out another mortgage on Marvel or issue some junk bonds.

[Aprilbr]

If there was genuinely a search on for a great administrator that was from outside the existing Victorian centric AFL powerbase then James Johnson would be someone to talk to .
It’s no coincidence that the visibility of Soccer in Australia has increased since he was appointed CEO of Football Australia in 2020. Grew up in Queensland partly educated at Boston University and currently lives in Sydney so removed from the existing perceived boys club.
I doubt he would consider it as he has a bit to achieve yet locally and is tipped for a future role within the upper echelons of world soccer.
Some of his achievements include.
*Secured hosting rights for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023
*Negotiated record broadcast agreements with Foxtel, ViacomCBS, Paramount and Channel 10
*Negotiated record sponsorship agreements with Commonwealth Bank Australia, Rebel Sport, Priceline and Cadbury
*Negotiated the restructure and creation of the Australian Professional Leagues (separate professional league from Football Australia)
*Doubled revenues of Football Australia in first 2 years
*Oversaw implementation of high-performance review of national team programs
*Established and articulated 15-year Vision for Australian football and has led the internal transformation of the sport

Now he sounds worth investigating and a more realistic option! He has an impressive CV if you look him up on Wikipedia. He has worked at FIFA as well as the organisation that owns Manchester City. Also in player negotiations and TV rights negotiations. He is the sort of guy they should really look at despite not being from the AFL. Being already from here makes him gettable too. It would be good to go truly external for the first time.

[Faunac8]

I’m assuming that’s Australian dollars. I thought he was on around 30 million US a year.

He’s paid the big bucks because he’s brilliant. I happily give him $300 a year for NFL game pass. Such a brilliant product. I can get every game a week I want with some great NFL variety shows.

Maybe he’s accomplished all he can in US sports? I don’t know? Maybe something like the AFL which is essentially a start up on his scale may interest him.

Maybe he can have buy the best house in Toorak for cash and have a new challenge.

Highly improbable but still worth a phone call.

US dollars so about $85 million AUD a year so yeah nah probably not even close to holding any possible interest in the role. Don’t waste your money on the phone call unless you like listening to laughter on the other end of the call.