Gillon stepping down 2022 - Press Conference at 11:30am EST

[hawkman]

Jeff will be looking for a new role at the end of the year

Hopefully

 

[freddy mercury]

I can only hope the next exec is someone other than an Essendon, Richmond or Geelong psycofant.

But Carlton is okay?

 

[#cats2021]

Brad Scott?

 

[Freoboy in Melbs]

I hope who ever comes in, they make a good crack of getting rid of gambling and crypto ads altogether. All it does is ruin lives, family and community. If the AFL has any moral or social conscience, they'll get rid of it. AFL makes enough money from everything else. Time to get rid of gambling altogether as a revenue stream.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Wonder who the Victorian Government will install as their Puppet?

Maybe they could dig Ted Whitten up and he could stick it right up you miserable lot.

 

[faible]

I hope who ever comes in, they make a good crack of getting rid of gambling and crypto ads altogether. All it does is ruin lives, family and community. If the AFL has any moral or social conscience, they'll get rid of it. AFL makes enough money from everything else. Time to get rid of gambling altogether as a revenue stream.

Gambling revenue makes up a not insubstantial portion of the TV revenue I believe, so the broadcasters would also have to forego gambling revenue, which impacts the value of the TV rights.

It's not a simple one.

 

[Sphynx]

Hoping for an ex player/someone who actually cares about the game rather than a businessperson who only cares about $$$.

Hiring an ex-AFL footballer purely because they played football, to run a multi billion dollar national sporting league....

What could possibly go wrong......


Vlad was an ex-player btw. Gill was a very very good amateur footballer also.

 

[boncer34]

ScoMo should have some free time soon.

 

[DamoESP]

Only fair to give his brother a go now.

Would hate for Hamish to feel left out

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Checking Hamish's wiki page now to see if he has jumped the gun early with the edit!

 

[DanWA]

 

[Sphynx]

Brad Scott?

Running AFL VIC and being the AFL Football Operations Manager I don't think prepares you for the commercial experience required as CEO of the AFL....


Are some of you serious?

Do you actually understand the role? Gill is an active face and he's easy to pot, but he had a decade of experience under Vlad negotiating the commercial contracts of the AFL as well as handling the TV rights deals....

It's realistically a job suitable for about 50 people in the entire country.

 

[Infamy]

Maybe a Tassie person to get the bid across the line. I hear Peter Gutwein is after a new job

Benny Gale is a Taswegian

 

[Mofra]

Benny Gale is a Taswegian

The most impressive of the administrators in clubland by all accounts.
He'd have to be a legitimate chance.

 

[Infamy]

The most impressive of the administrators in clubland by all accounts.
He'd have to be a legitimate chance.

I don't really want to lose him from the Tigs, but if the replacement process is genuine, then he'd have to be a frontrunner
Given the way the AFL is run though, I suspect they will be already have their candidate selected

 

[Anja_Nees]

 

[The Falcon Strike]

He probably wouldn't want it givenhe has just started a new role - but the best administrator for three decades has been Brian Cook.

 

[The_Wookie]

Running AFL VIC and being the AFL Football Operations Manager I don't think prepares you for the commercial experience required as CEO of the AFL....


Are some of you serious?

Do you actually understand the role? Gill is an active face and he's easy to pot, but he had a decade of experience under Vlad negotiating the commercial contracts of the AFL as well as handling the TV rights deals....

It's realistically a job suitable for about 50 people in the entire country.

Got to be Andrew Dillons turn at the top I reckon, but the league is just stupid enough to appoint someone like Auld. Unless they chase a club CEO - Brian Cook or Ben Gale for example.

 

[jim boy]

Saw the headline:


And thought - 11.30, that is pretty quick, but is it quick enough?

 

[LordLucifer]

What are the keys things that need to be addressed by the incoming chief ??

• equalising the fixture
• the farce that is the tribunal etc
• better quality umpiring
• remove the rules committee
• remove the medical sub
• fairer finals system (i.e. who plays where)
• NGA & academy rubbish
• player trading
• free agency system
• club jumpers (i.e. do all clubs really need a clash strip ??)
• further expansion (tas, nsw & qld)
• club mergers & relocations

 

[spudmaster]

Clarko please.
Just for the looks on the faces of the other 17 teams knowing they've missed out on his services.

 

[jim boy]

Got to be Andrew Dillons turn at the top I reckon, but the league is just stupid enough to appoint someone like Auld. Unless they chase a club CEO - Brian Cook or Ben Gale for example.

Of course it will be Dillon - I ask you, did Benny Gale or Brian Cook go to Xavier??

 

[GWT6]

Peter Jackson is the best man for the job, but I don't think he is currently working inside the AFL, which is basically a cartel that rewards their own. Expect everyone senior in the AFL to move up one seat, and keep all their bonuses safe.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Victoria hosting Commonwealth games on same day Gil announces resignation from AFL CEO role.

 

[Ati Tude]

What are the keys things that need to be addressed by the incoming chief ??

• equalising the fixture
• the farce that is the tribunal etc
• better quality umpiring
• remove the rules committee
• remove the medical sub
• fairer finals system (i.e. who plays where)
• NGA & academy rubbish
• player trading
• free agency system
• club jumpers (i.e. do all clubs really need a clash strip ??)
• further expansion (tas, nsw & qld)
• club mergers & relocations

 

[bellpark]

Their form says inside job - Auld or Dillon, but the moves to position Auld indicate him as their favourite. Brian Cook - too late I suspect, and he also committed a massive faux par when he arrived at Carlton which would definitely wipe out any chance. Benny Gale has been transparently running for this role for years but could it be the ultimate irony for him and he gets done by his Chair - and she becomes the first female CEO?