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The AFL is searching for a new leader with Gillon McLachlan leaving at season’s end. Michelangelo Rucci questions whether his successor will focus on rule tinkering and social agendas, or football itself.
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Gillon McLachlan will step aside as AFL chief executive at the end of the current season, confident the game is in “incredible shape”.
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Close to 20 per cent of roles across the AFL nationally will disappear as part of a significant restructure due to the financial effects of COVID-19.
The AFL still faces “significant financial challenges” in coming years despite finalising a revised TV broadcast rights deal and two-year extension with the Seven Network.
A crowd of 2000 spectators will be able to attend Saturday’s Showdown with another 240 attendees in private areas given the all-clear from South Australian authorities.
AFL boss Gillon McLachlan believes the prospect of players spending up to 20 weeks in isolation hubs has been overblown and it remains the “most extreme scenario”.
