Exclusive: In a radical shift from tradition, Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield has been approached to join the AFL commission while still playing.
, the prevailing view is that he could not play an active commission role until after the current players pay deal has been completed.
The popular Cats leader and star player has spoken with Goyder but not yet held meaningful talks with the AFL chairman regarding potential complications associated with the role. It is not known whether Dangerfield, a Brownlow Medallist and Leigh Matthews Trophy winner who has won four best-and-fairest trophies at Adelaide and Geelong, would take up one of the two casual vacancies or wait until the competition’s next annual general meeting early next year to be proposed and approved by the clubs.
Talks between head office and the players’ association over a new CBA have dragged into their second yearFor the first time since its formation no former player sits on the commission and has not done so since West Coast and Sydney premiership player Jason Ball departed at the start of 2021. Former News Corporation boss Kim Williams also departed and neither has been replaced.but stated in May that he planned to act soon to fill at least one of the casual vacancies.
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