Tom Morris

I'd much prefer to be really confident in the system and have players that have that same view.

We're talking to AFL Players Association CEO James Gallagher, who's only fairly new to the role, it must be said.

He's been in football for a long time, though.

Went to North Melbourne, went to the PA before that, and plenty of other issues to discuss as well.

We'll get to Lance Collard.

I want to ask you about salary cap, the mid-season trade period possibility, and gather around the future of that as well.

Are you concerned, though, on this Zach Butters incident in particular, that interviews post-game will become...

less available for broadcasters because Butters was honest in his view and then his story changed slightly and players in the future, even after losses, might be less willing to do so.

Yes.

And how much of a concern is that for the game?

Yeah.

So one of the things I did in my first few months was sitting down with the players, I started to talk to them about what role do we have in growing the game?

It's really important.

We're partners in the game through the CBA.

It's really important for the players to play a role in the continued growth of the game.

So I asked that question.

And one of the things that was really strongly put forward by the players, we want to give more of ourselves.

We're actually really happy to show a little bit more of our personality, to give a bit more perspective on the game.

Post-game interviews, particularly when you're in a losing team, are one of those opportunities.

The writer on that, the major concern with that is when we do that, there are examples where it's used against us.