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- Oct 21, 2014
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For those younger posters, Peter Jess has claims to be one of the first player managers. Back in 1980-83 he was the player manager who hired lawyer Jeff Browne to try and bring down the AFL player movement rules with the Foschini case, with Peter Moore moving to Melbourne and with Cloke and Raines moving to Collingwood. (Jeff Browne was so successful and dangerous that the AFL hired him to rewrite their rules). Jess has been waging a 1-man war against the AFL for 30 years.
Here he is in 1993 basically saying he will make Nicky Winmar sit out of football to force St Kilda to tear up a contract
Martin Hardie is unicorns and rainbows compared to Peter Jess' track record in football.
1980 - would have made it the VFL then?