Round 22- AFL CEO Andrew Dillon (8.08.26)
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What prompted the AFL CEO to appear on Crunch Time today?
And Andrew Dillon, the Chief Executive of the AFL, right off the top. Andrew, it's great to have you on Crunch Time. Welcome. Great to be here, Jared. Morning, guys. Have there been discussions at commission level today as to
Yeah, I mean this has been a um a big issue we've been talking about um over the week and as things have evolved over the last forty eight hours we had a commission meeting Tuesday and Wednesday and then we provided an update this morning. Is Craig Drummond part of any of those discussions? No Craig wasn't part of the discussions this morning. Given his um former role as the President of Geelong, it was um the update today was provided to the the Commission. Without him.
The the please explain that was issued to Geelong yesterday. What what is the scope of that?
Well under the AFL rules and regulations, uh agreements are required that that um affect contracts are required to be lodged with the AFL. So we've written to Geelong asking them why the um document wasn't lodged with the AFL. We've heard from the chairman of the current chairman of Geelong and also the CEO yesterday saying that that was a I think of a fail or a misstep and so a mistake in the process. So we're waiting to hear back from Geelong and we'll hear back from them early in the week. What's the scope of sanction on that front? Well in terms of the lodgement there's there's some that have got a um a maximum on them of twenty thousand, but there's other provisions that have got um sanction at large.
But I don't want to get into sort of speculating about where that might
side of it. What about the overall? Is there have you finished your investigation and is is it the case that there's no sanction on the overall?
Well what we're waiting to do is hear back from Geelong in relation to um the agreement and why it wasn't lodged and then we'll take it from there. But I'm expecting that we'll hear back from them early in the week on that one.
So the difficulty with the position of the chairman being the previous president of Geelong, has that inhibited either the investigation or the discussion around sanctions so far?
No, it hasn't inhibited because um In something like this at this stage it would be there are discussions between the executive and so Craig wouldn't ordinarily have been involved and obviously hasn't been on this one.
What's the process from the executive to the commission? Is is a sanction required to be endorsed by the Commission?
Well that will depend actually, Jared, depending on the re um the response from Geelong how that how the pro how the process plays out from there.
How did the AFL commission respond to the Geelong concussion‑waiver issue?
So depending on the level of the sanction and where it might go, um we'll play through that. But obviously given Craig's former role, he wouldn't be involved if it did go up to the Commission.
Your provisions around conduct unbecoming and s um the potential harm to the game are are they in play here?
Look what we're looking at is the breaches in relation to the lodgeman and that's important because that captures what's included in the agreement.
Given the conflict of interest with the chairman, has there been any thought into an independent eye, an independent body to run this investigation?
Well what we're looking at now is getting the information from Geelong and then we will see what we've got from there and then make a decision at that stage. So we don't want to get ahead of I know people want answers really quickly and we're working on that, but we want to hear back from Geelong, give them the chance to reply to that and then we see where that goes. Specific to the waiver, is it a breach of AFL rules? It is well, if you look at it specifically and I think there's technically and again, don't want to get ahead of where the um the sanction or the the rules might go, but anything that um looks to be inconsistent with the collective agreement, it would be have to be at least lodged with the AFL.
And Jolongov acknowledged that by saying not lodging it with the AFL and ultimately the AFL P P A being across it has been a you know a failure.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What prompted the AFL CEO to appear on Crunch Time today?
0:00–2:23
2
How did the AFL commission respond to the Geelong concussion‑waiver issue?
2:23–5:30
3
What is the scope of possible sanctions for the Geelong waiver breach?
5:30–8:20
4
Did Craig Drummond’s former role at Geelong affect the investigation?
8:20–11:19
5
Are player‑waivers legally enforceable under AFL and employment law?
11:19–13:32
6
How does the AFL concussion panel decide a player’s return‑to‑play status?
13:32–16:04
7
What lessons is the AFL taking to improve future concussion handling?
16:04–19:05
8
What is the AFL CEO’s outlook on accountability and future governance?
19:05–21:07
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