DEVILS AMBASSADOR RIEWOLDT ADDRESSES GALE'S LINKS TO TASMANIA CEO ROLEBy Seb Motram
SEN
19 March 2024Three-time premiership Tiger Jack Riewoldt has suggested Brendon Gale is no moral to be the Tasmanian Football Club’s first CEO, despite a report earlier this month.
Nine’s Caroline Wilson reported on Footy Classified last week that Gale is set to take up the chief executive position with the newly unveiled Devils, making 2024 his last year in charge of Richmond.
Gale is a Tasmanian and is believed to have only narrowly missed out on becoming the AFL CEO. Riewoldt and Gale spent over a decade together at Punt Road, with the former now an ambassador for the league’s newest licence.
Riewoldt was coy when speaking about Gale’s future on SEN.
“Ahhhh, no,” Riewoldt responded with a laugh when asked if Gale would be the club’s first CEO.
“Clearly, Brendon being a Tasmania and being involved in the AFL in a whole host of facets over his period of time makes him a viable option if you went out and wanted to select one (CEO).
“But I think for us, it’s making sure we’ve got the right person.
“Looking at people like Brendon Gale, his resume speaks for itself. But it’s looking at plenty of people who have worked in football and worked outside of football as well, I don’t think we’ll have much trouble finding people wanting to be the CEO of this organisation and it’s an exciting prospect.
“But it’s certainly a job title and a job people will be clamouring to get at.”
Gale played for Richmond, has been the club’s boss since 2009 and is renowned as one of the league’s sharpest operators.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/03/19/devils-ambassador-riewoldt-addresses-gales-links-to-tasmania-ceo-role/
