I'd like to see a conflict of interest clause put in ASAP.
Minimum 2 years away from clubland to head up snr AFL management positions.
Works both ways. Can't come straight from clubland & can't return straight to clubland.
I agree, although I don't think I should have to.
In a league like the AFL you would normally see movement between clubs and the game's administrators. The problem is that the AFL is such an insular boys' club that this sort of measure is necessary. There should be no need for this but there is because of the way the AFL acts. Even if there is no impropriety there is the widespread perception of unequal treatment, moreso than in other comparable sporting competitions.
Something needs to change, any organisation which presides over a competition which is massively popular and where the supporter base has such loyalty to the code, and yet that organisation is universally loathed, needs to take a good hard look at itself. Or, better, it needs some fresh talent to shake up the insularity.
DS