Peter Malinauskas

So, you know, getting access to, to players, particularly with the, um, what will be the gather round parade, which is going to be epic.

Um,

That was something we needed to work through in a bit of detail, and we held the line on a few points, and I'm grateful we did, and I thank the AFL for their support of the concept.

Well, I'm not going to say lost, am I, King?

Where did you get them?

Look, what I would say is this.

We had a few points that we were willing to hold the line on, and I'm glad we did.

But the AFL, I want to thank them.

They are tough negotiators.

They've got a commercial interest, clearly, and so do we.

And so good negotiations acknowledge that.

There isn't another world where we want to do anything with anybody else.

We both have a common interest here and focusing on that and then try and knit away at the points of difference.

And eventually we got there.

But clearly they would like more money.

Clearly I don't want to pay more money.

Clearly we want more value, more access to players and so forth.

And, you know, it's a tough job that Andrew Dillon's got because he's got to manage a lot of different interests, clubs' concerns, players' concerns.

And that just took a bit of time.

No, I'm happy with three, actually, because it keeps us on our toes.