Phil Davis

I think we're destined for a mental health round.

It's been fantastic to see Bailey Smith talk about it.

He's a great ambassador.

For this, you know, he speaks quite freely and honestly about it.

So there's advocacy and then there's action for your own people in your workplace.

And I think there's an element as well that within this mental health, and if you think back to the three buckets I said before around what I think the challenges are, if you think about the demographic inside a football club as well, you've got a lot of past players there too, and a coaching capacity or an administration capacity as well.

But the broader football department could all help with mental health.

We should look after our people.

If we want to be a destination sport for eight-year-olds, we should take care of our people at the top end.

Oh, significantly.

I...

I think, you know, the common data point people would use, Jared, is pay.

And when I started, the average pay was $250,000 maybe.

And now we're getting into the $500,000s.

Yeah, that is obviously nice.

But AFL players will now experience more scrutiny.

There's more pressure.

There's more games.

Like I used to be able to hide behind a paywall and no one would talk about you on like a Saturday 2-10 game.

And the Herald, Mark Robinson and Mike Sheehan had already written their articles.