Damian Barrett

I know you're acidic on private ownership, I know.

It's one of the few leagues in the world in AFL, excuse me, one of the two where there's not private ownership.

You really need that.

entrepreneurial energy in sports to make them grow.

And you need that investment from the outside.

Yep.

So I think it's a smart move.

And yes, and the press release went out welcoming you to seven, I saw, in the late last week.

That was after your show, wasn't it?

So your new name, for those who didn't hear question time, is 16, Agent 16, seven plus nine.

So you are officially Agent 16 from here on.

How did it feel to be two-network demo on the weekend?

You had seven on Saturday, you had nine on Sunday.

I had a look at it.

Yeah, it's very watchable.

I mean, the voyeuristic content, we're quite into that, as you know, by the content we provide to Fox Footy, Fox League.

I'm a fan of it, and there'll be a marketplace for it, I'm sure.

Yeah, I thought that was a little bit of a stretch from the PR team.

Tell me, more importantly, you're a conservative guy and some of your leaders at Nine are equally conservative.

particularly those that sort of peer in from a distance, how did they take you being a two-network operative?