Peter Malinauskas

And from my perspective, it keeps the AFL on its toes.

Like, there are key KPIs that the AFL have to meet in the agreements.

And I think just three years gives enough longevity to be able to invest and do a few things that are different to make it bigger and better.

But at the same time, it's not so long that people sort of put the rest on their laurels.

So I think three years is the sweet spot.

Okay, so...

Look, obviously we've been talking about this with the AFL, including as part of these negotiations.

Here's what I can say.

I've been, and the South Australian government has been very plain.

The AFL cannot pursue state of origin as a concept, which I'm a massive supporter of as a fan more than anything else, without having South Australia playing in it.

So, you know, clearly SAWA and Victoria are

And then if that happens, we want a game at Allied Oval.

Now, the AFL is working through a range of things on state of origin.

I'm not at liberty to go into the details of that, but I keenly anticipate any announcements they might make in the not-too-distant future.

It's hard for Victorians to...

to picture this, I know Kane, Ken, we've got a, we've got a parade that we do every year around Christmas in South Australia.

It's a bit of a South Australian iconic thing.

And we normally get around about a quarter of a million people turn out for it, like turn on the streets, but just picture the AFL grand final parade, which I think is awesome.

Picture that, except it's, it's all clubs.

It's not just two, it's all clubs and players interact with fans on the streets in a,