Andrew Demetriou’s roller coaster ride comes to an end
Two days before the official launch of the 2014 AFL season and 11 days before the premiership season gets underway the AFL’s CEO has announced this season will be his last. At a media conference...
View ArticleLittle praises Demetriou for AFL help
Essendon chairman Paul Little has praised AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou – something that seemed unthinkable last August. Speaking at the club’s season launch, Little said Demetriou had turned...
View ArticleAs AFL boss opts to quit, others have say
Whatever emotions Andrew Demetriou provokes from people, they’re generally strong ones. So Monday’s landmark announcement that he will resign as AFL chief executive later this year predictably inspired...
View ArticleDemetriou to leave AFL proud of his legacy
Andrew Demetriou is proud of the AFL’s transformation under his watch and insistent his legacy should not be tarnished by the Essendon supplements scandal. He will step aside as AFL chief executive at...
View ArticleDemetriou’s legacy: GWS success or failure
With yesterday’s news Andrew Demetriou will be stepping down from his post as CEO of the AFL, thoughts immediately turned to what his legacy will be. While many have declared the Essendon drug saga as...
View ArticleHow will Andrew Demetriou be remembered?
The resignation of Andrew Demetriou isn’t surprising as it had been flagged for some time, but a six-month swansong was slightly unexpected. I suppose it’s all about the succession plan. Demetriou was...
View ArticleDemetriou pondering job offers
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou says he’s considering a number of job offers, the most recent of which came shortly after he announced his resignation. Demetriou also revealed he took his children’s iPads...
View ArticleDrugs scourge won’t beat AFL: Demetriou
The AFL won’t be beaten by the sinister scourge of drugs in sport, the league’s chief executive officer Andrew Demetriou says. Demetriou used his keynote speech at Wednesday night’s season launch in...
View ArticleDemetriou joins list of great men who changed football
Andrew Demetriou profoundly changed Australian Rules football and he joins a select list of individuals who actually had the power, vision and ability to change the game. Which individuals have changed...
View ArticleAFL chief denies he was pushed
Outgoing AFL chief Andrew Demetriou says he’s offended by a media report that he was pushed. Demetriou announced last week that 2014 would be his final year in the top job, a position he has held since...
View ArticleMy choice of replacement for Andrew Demetriou
The king is dead, long live the king. But who will be the new monarch of Australian football? It appears the incumbent’s deputy, Gillon McLachlan is the favourite to ascend to the top job. However, is...
View ArticleLions don’t need assistance: Demetriou
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou has balked at assisting the Brisbane Lions with a player retention allowance, saying more wins will avoid another off-field exodus at the battling AFL club. However, Demetriou...
View ArticleDank lets lawyers handle ASADA move
Sports scientist Stephen Dank is letting his lawyers deal with ASADA’s show-cause letter, a move AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says is long overdue. The day before the start of the AFL season,...
View ArticleTania Hird accuses Demetriou of tip-off
The wife of suspended Essendon coach James Hird has revived the explosive allegation that AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou tipped off the club about the supplements scandal. The outgoing AFL boss...
View ArticlePlaying the AFL blame game
Paul Little blames the Hird Camp. Tania Hird blames Andrew Demetriou. James Hird blames everyone but himself. Ian Hanke blames whoever isn’t paying him. Everyone blames Stephen Dank, who blames...
View ArticleGale says AFL top job not on radar
f Richmond boss Brendon Gale is thinking about applying for the role of AFL chief, he’s keeping that under his hat. Gale told Nine’s Sunday Footy Show his thoughts were on the job at hand with the...
View ArticleThe straw that broke the camel’s back?
Two rounds into the footy season and we have two teams from the West perched atop the ladder, Sydney is faltering, Mick Malthouse is more frustrated than a eunuch in a brothel, and the Essendon saga...
View ArticleAFL in danger of losing its lifeblood
Thank God for Jamie Elliot’s mark last Saturday night. The Collingwood forward launched himself skyward, drifting in from the side to hang over Geelong’s Jimmy Bartel in a classic pose that is unique...
View ArticleGillon McLachlan named AFL CEO
Gillon McLachlan has been announced as the AFL’s new chief executive with Andrew Demetriou to leave the post on June 5, earlier than initially expected after he announced his resignation earlier this...
View ArticleGillon McLachlan: the dealmaker has to deal for all footy fans
The new AFL CEO, Gillon McLachlan, has gained a reputation of being a terrific wheeler and dealer in his various roles so far with the AFL. He has admitted that he loves the cut and thrust of making a...
View ArticleAFL boss tells fans: bring your own food
Outgoing AFL chief Andrew Demetriou says the price of food at venues is exorbitant and fans should consider bringing their own as a protest. Demetriou’s replacement Gillon McLachlan, who was appointed...
View ArticleAFL says Viney appeal verdict was right
The bump is alive … at least until the next high-profile AFL tribunal case where a player is reported for head-high contact. Top AFL officials Andrew Demetriou and Mark Evans admitted to relief on...
View ArticleWhat can be done about the AFL’s compromised draw?
The AFL’s annual fixture is totally compromised. We know as much because the outgoing CEO Andrew Demetriou said so in the strongest possible terms in September 2011, when he stated that it was...
View ArticleDemetriou takes aim at Dank
Andrew Demetriou has used one of his last public appearances as AFL chief executive to deride controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank. Speaking at Tuesday night’s Integrity In Sport Forum,...
View ArticleAFL luxury tax aims to keep footy fair
Andrew Demetriou leaves the AFL a happy man after overseeing a raft of measures designed to keep footy fair. With a goal to ensure “any team can win on any given day”, the league will introduce a...
View ArticleThe mother of all conspiracies in AFL football has been revealed
Imagine this. On the eve of Andrew Demetriou’s retirement, the same AFL insider who leaked ASADA information to Caroline Wilson last year has leaked again. This time, Andrew Demetriou is the target. In...
View ArticleAFL missing its chance to send the game global
By not taking advantage of the international exposure available during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, the AFL’s new administration under Gillon McLachlan is showing a timidity that was never a part of...
View ArticleDemetriou paid $2million in last months at AFL
Andrew Demetriou’s last seven months as AFL chief executive earned him a package worth $2 million. But Demetriou’s successor Gillon McLachlan has started from a lower base, with his salary worth about...
View ArticleThe age of tyranny is over, the AFL is finally listening to fans
Round 1 of every AFL season provides fans and pundits alike with an opportunity to dissect every second of action and draw some rather quick and often deluded conclusions. After listening to the...
View ArticleVictorian lawyer suing AFL over supplements saga
A lawyer has launched legal action against the AFL, its chairman and its chief executive, alleging misconduct during the supplements saga. Jackson Taylor filed a writ with the Victorian Supreme Court...
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