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Eddie said his info is that he is stepping down at the years end

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    Is it the end for AD?

    might be...before the shlt tank overflows

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    I suppose AD's resignation is the most obvious likelihood, but is there the possibility it could be something breaking in the Essendon affair?

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    I suppose AD's resignation is the most obvious likelihood, but is there the possibility it could be something breaking in the Essendon affair?

    Or something to do with where the steady stream of recent leaks of confidential information to the Murdoch press have come from?

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    Or something to do with where the steady stream of recent leaks of confidential information to the Murdoch press have come from?

    Dislike them with intensity!

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    Live streaming here at 10am: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-03-03/demetriou

    It mentions that "AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick and Demetriou will appear at the media conference to provide a briefing on developments in the ASADA investigation into Essendon's supplements program in 2012." but does go on to say that the speculation is that AD will announce his resignation.

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    My tip is Mike Fitzpatrick resigning.....

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    Or something to do with where the steady stream of recent leaks of confidential information to the Murdoch press have come from?

    Could also be something to do with the equalisation deals from last week.

    The AFL may have agreed to the purchase of Etihad for example!

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    Eddie said his info is that he is stepping down at the years end

    I just had an awful though...... Eddie McGuire as Vlad's replacement. Sent a shiver up my back.

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    No, word from clubland is that Demetriou is out at the end of the season.

    Not much of a surprise.

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    tennis anyone

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    waffle waffle waffle

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    My racket is broken bb!

    a few rackets in footy are also !! :rolleyes:

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    For all Demetriou's faults I thought he was pretty fair and was on the right path for most things. I'm more nervous about Gillon McLaughlan.

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    The changing of CEOs in AFL is pretty interesting when you look at history. Everyone gets caught up in minutia but overall the game is in a healthy shape when you look at revenue, attendances, grass roots etc. As it was when Ross Oakly left etc

    Where it fails though is the average AFL supporter is taken for granted, the welfare state of the clubs is staggering, the inequity of the draw and TV appearances etc, and the poor state of the stadium deals. It also fails to sell the equalisation message with some clubs thinking they shouldn't be supporting weaker clubs. They all agreed to have a draft and salary caps etc because they recognise the competition would be lesser of there were only 8 clubs. Yet they still whinge about clubs receiving AFL money. That irks me a lot....

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    I suppose AD's resignation is the most obvious likelihood, but is there the possibility it could be something breaking in the Essendon affair?

    I think Demitriou stayed on longer, so not to put Andrew McLaughlin in the poo from day 1.

    I applaud him for taking on the dirty work & getting ontop of it before stepping aside.

    the incumbent deserves fresh air to start with.

    I'm only dirty that the AFL commisssion left the Mfc with mud on it, from a more than decade long culture of rorting the draft be nearly all clubs. the commission left us carrying the shyte can.

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    Robbo's on the turps early

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    In true spirit of the term in office, practically every media outlet had already received a leak about the announcement before it was made.

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    have to admit I stopped watching 5 mins in.......... had to go find a bucket

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    have to admit I stopped watching 5 mins in.......... had to go find a bucket

    Perhaps monsieur would like a wafer?

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