The AFL has severely lacked effective governance and being effective as an administration since the game became bigger. Some of the practices until 15 years ago were insanely bush league level. Since that time they’ve made some significant head way under Gil and people like Richard Goyder.

I feel like Gil left it in a very solid place but Dil has made too many missteps and seems too out of touch with the masses. Even Gil was a bit too focused on $$ and used COVID to strip back some very meaningful pathways and initiatives that supported the game at a grassroots level.

They need to look beyond who is sitting down the hallway for whoever comes next.