Tom Morris

That gives me a lot of confidence that, you know, when he's ready, he'll come back to that football club.

He'll have a lot of support around him and that'll give him the best chance to move through this incident out the other side.

And, you know, and hopefully...

return to footy.

Should the AFL adopt a framework that's consistent across various off-field misdemeanors?

I know you touched on it before and I know this was part of the negotiations and written and agreed to in 2023 and it hasn't come forth yet.

I think we've got a bit of work to do and we've talked about a lot this morning.

The listeners have heard lots about process this morning.

I think we've got a lot of work to do to set up really bespoke processes that should lead us to the outcome.

I think having some clarity about what those outcomes might look like is helpful for the game.

I think we saw that through COVID.

that when there was really clear parameters around player behaviour but also the consequence of behaviour, I think that was really helpful for the game.

It meant that we were able to get through issues and incidents quickly with clarity for everyone involved and people had signed up before the issue was upon us.

I think there's a benefit to that and that's something we're committed to continuing working through with the AFL and I'd like to think we can find a way through that.

But I don't think you can have necessarily...

something that's so prescriptive as, you know, this equals X. But I think having an understanding of the parameters you're working in, it would be really helpful for everyone.

The AFL made the argument in the case against Lance Collard that because he had delivered a homophobic slur before, he was more likely to have done it this time.

Do you think that was a fair argument?

That's a good question.

I think the evidence, as I understand it, was very much that he'd gone through an education process.