Phil Davis

Having spent a lot of my life with the Players Association, you hope that the Players Association were involved through this process, and I know they were, but, like, really shaping this because, you know, I say it all the time, if we remove what people are watching and how much time they're going to spend watching AFL going forward,

We then hit sort of like mental health as a significant hurdle and we need to get it right.

And then very closely tied to that is like sort of past plays and career transition.

And I think this will really help the latter as well.

I think we need to continue to push there because

This mental health challenges that we're discussing here is very much while you're in the game.

But some of these habits I think will help players long-term.

And I think that can be the legacy of the game as well from making such significant changes.

A, let's improve what's happening during the game.

Hopefully these Elijah Hollands never happens again.

But then B, we can create habits and support that will help flow players after and, you know, all these stories that we're hearing about challenges that athletes and AFL players face after their career can hopefully be, you know, lessened and they can be more greatly supported throughout.

Phil Davis on the timeless Scott Pendlebury.

I actually went, Gerard, my first ever Anzac Day game and did two things.

A, the opportunity to reflect on what an advantage it is to being drafted by Collingwood or Eston that you just get to play in such an amazing game for free.

That's a nice win.

You don't have to even earn it.

And then the second one was just to look at Scott and try to do the maths on how he can still be so good.

Yeah, he was remarkable.

He was so dominant.

Obviously, I think all the tailwind was for Dacos always to win stuff.