Depends who does the appointing. The executives would love him as he gives them full powers to do things.
Commissioners are nominated and elected by the 18 AFL clubs. To become the chair of the commission you first have to be elected to the commission. Goyder was on the commission for six years before he became chairman.
What Goyder?Forgot to post this last week. The chance of getting rid of Koch as he was keen to replace Goyder as chairman of the AFL, is over. There has been a lot of talk that Goyder would stand down from the role as he flagged that he would stand down as Chair of Qantas in February before the October/November AGM and that he would do the same as chair of the AFL Commission. Goyder officially left the Qantas board in September.
I thought he would do the same and give up his role at the AFL on or before the AGM in March 2025. He now wants to stay 3 more years.
Richard Goyder wants to remain as AFL chair until 2028
Goyder surprised senior AFL people when he revealed his intent to remain in the top job until 2028.www.theage.com.au
AFL Commission chair Richard Goyder has revealed he plans to remain as football’s head for three more years. Goyder surprised senior AFL people when he revealed his intent to remain in the job until 2028 at a meeting late in the season, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity.
It is unknown if Goyder received the feedback from the club heads before making the comment about staying on for three more years. Certainly, if there was a view from presidents that he should continue in the job, it was far from unanimous. AFL club bosses had expected that Goyder – who replaced Mike Fitzpatrick as commission chairman in 2017 – would remain until the next annual general meeting in March next year, but he was expected to announce a timeframe for his departure ahead of the end of his latest three-year term, which expires in March 2026.
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The AFL can change the rules anytime they like, and they usually do.
From the InDaily article on Neil Balme being courted for the Camry Crows' board;
Board members' terms was one of George's points when seeking re-election. Hopefully he can create change.
Such a tragedy I had to see this image.
The AFL can change the rules anytime they like, and they usually do.
Michael Warner in June this year suggested the following people had been approached to take over.
It’s a testament to Richard Goyder’s epic fail in identifying and nurturing his own successor as chairman of the AFL Commission that even former league boss Andrew Demetriou has been touted as a potential candidate by exasperated club presidents in recent days.
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And if that wasn’t enough to make you twitch, embattled Carlton president Luke Sayers – the man embroiled in the PwC Australia scandal — has also come across the radar of the AFL Commission’s nominations committee.
Other would-be contenders include veteran Port Adelaide president David Koch and former Geelong president Craig Drummond.
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The almost unanimous view in clubland is that none of Goyder’s current crop of commissioners is good enough to replace him – other than perhaps Andrew Ireland – in what has been the weakest AFL board of directors since its inception three decades ago.
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Should Sydney win this year’s AFL premiership, Swans president Andrew Pridham – a strong leader with a commercial background who understands first-hand the struggles of clubs – shapes as the ideal candidate. Pridham is being backed by some heavy hitters, but can he be convinced to do it?
McGuire of Footy Classified a few days before Werner's article, said Koch was lobbying for the job.
After over a decade as chairman of Port Adelaide, the television presenter has now entered a "two-horse race" for the league's top position, which is set to become vacant.
Richard Goyder revealed earlier this year that he would not be running for re-election , with Geelong president Craig Drummond believed to be the front-runner to replace him.
"I would suggest that David Koch has got his eye on being chairman of the AFL," he said. "There's a little battle going on behind the scenes. We've got a bit of a two-horse race here, so just keep your eye out on that one. "There's a little bit of lobbying going on behind the scenes."
The Dwayne Russell!
True. It will never end.We'd just replace him with Cardone
2028
Absolutely nothing wrong with calling out the corruption.
The stench of Eddie McGuire is strong with that one. This cannot happen.We'd just replace him with Cardone
