Demetriou set to resign?

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Speculation is mounting that Vlad has had enough and will call it quits (either now or at the end of the year).

Presser at 10am.

[WilliamPowell]

Yep both the Age & HUN are reporting it
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Andrew Demetriou to resign? Press conference announcement fuels speculation
Date: March 3, 2014 - 9:21AM

A press conference called for 10am has increased speculation that AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou may be about to resign. The presence of AFL Commissioner Mike Fitzpatrick indicates the importance of the press conference.

"He is only at the very big announcements," said SEN commentator Anthony Hudson Monday morning.

The AFL media release describes the meeting as an "important briefing". If Demetriou is departing, it is expected he would leave at the end of the 2014 season. His deputy, Gillon McLachlan, would be frontrunner to take over as CEO.

Hudson says that if Demetriou is leaving, the timing of the announcement, less than two weeks before the start of the season, is "extraordinary".

Demetriou has been AFL CEO since 2003, presiding over a period of prosperity for the league, as its revenue from TV deals went to unsurpassed heights. He has overseen the expansion of the competition to 18 teams, with the introduction of the Gold Coast Suns and the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

However, his handling of the Essendon supplements scandal over the past year has been heavily criticised. At the weekend, News Limited published the names of Essendon players who may be facing ASADA sanctions. Hudson said that Demetriou "would have liked this whole thing (Essendon) sorted out before he left".

Issues facing the league currently include the implementation of "equalisation" measures designed to assist financially challenged clubs, and negotiations for the league to buy Etihad Stadium.

Demetriou, 52, played 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn between 1981 and 1988. He was CEO of the AFL Player's Association between 1998 and 2000 and is also an AFL Commissioner.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/andrew-demetriou-to-resign-press-conference-announcement-fuels-speculation-20140303-33uiw.html#ixzz2uqaCf6GX

[gerkin greg]

fat ratdog fleeing the sinking ship

weak

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Confirmed.  Stepping down at the end of the year.

[WilliamPowell]

Confirmed - going at the end of 2014
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Demetriou to stand down at end of 2014
Nathan Schmook 
March 3, 2014 10:00 AM

ANDREW Demetriou has announced he will stand down as AFL chief executive at the end of the season.

He will leave the game after 11 years as the game's most powerful figure, with his decision to resign coming after his most challenging 12 months.

Demetriou, who took over from Wayne Jackson as League CEO in 2003, served as chief executive of the AFL Players Association between 1998 and 2000 and was then AFL football operations manager.

He announced his impending departure at a media conference with League chairman Mike Fitzpatrick.

The AFL will engage an executive search company to identify a successor, with an expected time frame of two to three months.

Under Demetriou's leadership the competition has grown to 18 teams, with the introduction of Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney, and crowd and membership numbers have increased.

However, the 52-year-old endured a difficult 2013, which was dominated by Essendon's supplements saga.

Demetriou also oversaw investigations into alleged tanking at Melbourne and, late in 2012, breaches of the salary cap and draft tampering by Adelaide.   

His financial legacy is unrivalled, having negotiated consecutive record-breaking TV rights deals fetching $780 million in 2005 and $1.25 billion in 2011.

Demetriou also orchestrated the historic 2000 collective bargaining agreement when leading the AFLPA.

He played 103 games for North Melbourne between 1981-87, retiring after one season with Hawthorn in 1988.

More to come

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-03-03/demetriou

[dwaino]

 

[Rampstar]

you blokes have no idea. Demetriou was a great CEO for the game

[gerkin greg]

you blokes have no idea. Demetriou was a greek CEO for the game

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[Rampstar]

you blokes have no idea. Demetriou was a greek CEO for the game

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game is a thousand times better than it was before he took over. thats the fact cucumber.

[Francois Jackson]

Best sports administrator the country has ever seen

He made very few mistakes

Crowds profits wages have all increased

He leaves the game on a high

[YellowandBlackBlood]

you blokes have no idea. Demetriou was a greek CEO for the game

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game is a thousand times better than it was before he took over. thats the fact cucumber.

Yeh. The tanking fiasco and Essendon Drug Cartel really did improve the image of our game........

[Rampstar]

you blokes have no idea. Demetriou was a greek CEO for the game

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game is a thousand times better than it was before he took over. thats the fact cucumber.

Yeh. The tanking fiasco and Essendon Drug Cartel really did improve the image of our game........

Bingo! Finally someone who puts up arguments why Demetriou was supposedly a bad CEO - but

1) How could any AFL CEO stop a club doing what Essendon were supposedly doing behind the scenes
2) How could any AFL CEO stop a club from tanking when they were deliberately trying to scoop up draft picks.

The only thing any AFL CEO could do is respond to the actions that had occurred. Demetriou has basically screwed Essendon for what they did and 2) heavily punished Melbourne with large fines. There was nothing more that he could do.

You blokes are blaming Demetriou for things other people did. Demetriou was a great CEO for the AFL and you blokes know it.

[WilliamPowell]

you blokes have no idea. Demetriou was a greek CEO for the game

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game is a thousand times better than it was before he took over. thats the fact cucumber.

Yeh. The tanking fiasco and Essendon Drug Cartel really did improve the image of our game........

Agree they wont go down as highlights of his tenure.

But if that's all folks can come up with over a 11 years period then perhaps there is a case for saying he's done a decent job.

I would think the last 2 record TV rights deals would go down as the biggest achievements in his time. The money that they've been able to pour into lower levels woudlnt' have been possible without those deals. Also the fact that price wise the game remains affordable for people to attend

Personally, I am not a huge fan of how he handled the Essendon fiasco and it will no doubt be the blight on his tenure. But having said that there have been some major positives during his time in charge and they cannot be disputed

[Rampstar]

Can someone please explain what Demetriou was supposed to have done with the Essendon crisis?

[The Big Richo]

Brendan Gale spotted having a little dance this morning.