Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[Lore]

Tom Morris, 9 News via Fox Sports:

“A major board challenge is imminent at Essendon. In the wake of an off-season of turmoil, key powerbrokers - including at least one former player - are preparing a movement which would oust David Barham as president, and other directors too,” he said on Nine News.

“I’ve spoken to one of the key powerbrokers tonight, who says this is not coterie-driven, and it’s just a manner of when and not if the challenge takes place.

“There’s a view the club has been left rudderless and the Barham era has left a legacy of division, instability, player drainage and lost opportunity from this group of people.”

‘Rudderless’ Bombers facing more off-field chaos as club boss set to be challenged

‘Rudderless’ Bombers facing more off-field chaos as club boss set to be challenged

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Lore]

Brilliantly in depth article about the powerbrokers at Essendon (apparently part of a series of investigative articles Jake Niall is writing about each club’s powerbrokers).

Names names.

The Essendon white knight who paid more than $1m for ‘no-naming rights’ at the Hangar

In the latest part of our series on AFL club powerbrokers we take a peek at Essendon’s secret loans, influential coteries, factions and connections.

www.theage.com.au

 

[yodellinhank]

Called the AFL out, Corporate Bullies. Seems wise. Not sure why we haven't tried to stir up city hall ever before.

 

[Yoda_]

Called the AFL out, Corporate Bullies. Seems wise. Not sure why we haven't tried to stir up city hall ever before.

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[Yoda_]

Not at my computer but the Mick Malthouse article about when he arrived at Carlton has some stark similarities to Essendon

Power brokers running the club
Coteries with too much influence

Sound familiar??

 

[yodellinhank]

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!

 

[yodellinhank]

Not at my computer but the Mick Malthouse article about when he arrived at Carlton has some stark similarities to Essendon

Power brokers running the club
Coteries with too much influence

Sound familiar??

?

 

[Squeaky]

Not at my computer but the Mick Malthouse article about when he arrived at Carlton has some stark similarities to Essendon

Power brokers running the club
Coteries with too much influence

Sound familiar??

Thought exactly the same thing

 

[thebigboy]

Called the AFL out, Corporate Bullies. Seems wise. Not sure why we haven't tried to stir up city hall ever before.

Is he wrong though? The handling of Tasmania stinks of arrogance and bullying. Rather him call it out than sit on his hands and be meek like some of our past presidents TBH

 

[Yoda_]

Post was deleted (apologies Nuggs Bunny)

pretty much Malthouse says that people who shouldn't have power do at Carlton. Living off past glories when in reality the club (Carlton in this instance) have done 95% of stuff all yet the 'club' wants to pretend they have 16 flags etc etc etc.

When it came to coteries and others, apparently his first team selection and a coterie gets up and says his (Malthouse) team selection sucks. He had never dealt with this in the 5 other clubs he had been involved in.

 

[Phone]

Called the AFL out, Corporate Bullies. Seems wise. Not sure why we haven't tried to stir up city hall ever before.

could whatever he said please be posted

Is he wrong though? The handling of Tasmania stinks of arrogance and bullying. Rather him call it out than sit on his hands and be meek like some of our past presidents TBH

how tasmania is being handled is almost certainly because the presidents across the AFL have laid down the law

 

[Lore]

could whatever he said please be posted

Just that he was at a function with the other presidents of AFL clubs and said that the AFL should be flexible about requiring a roof on the Macquarie Point Stadium for the Tasmanian club to get an AFL license. If they now denied Tassie a competition license with the amount of public support and goodwill there is across the mainland, they'd be viewed as corporate bullies. Also something about the people of Tasmania having a dim view of AFL HQ. Article also mentioned that only one of the AFL venues currently has a roof, which is Marvel (retractable).

The article goes on to say that 3 other unnamed presidents confirmed that those comments were made but that none (including Barham) have spoken publicly.

Had nothing to do with us

 

[Phone]

Just that he was at a function with the other presidents of AFL clubs and said that the AFL should be flexible about requiring a roof on the Macquarie Point Stadium for the Tasmanian club to get an AFL license. If they now denied Tassie a competition license with the amount of public support and goodwill there is across the mainland, they'd be viewed as corporate bullies. Also something about the people of Tasmania having a dim view of AFL HQ. Article also mentioned that only one of the AFL venues currently has a roof, which is Marvel (retractable).

The article goes on to say that 3 other unnamed presidents confirmed that those comments were made but that none (including Barham) have spoken publicly.

Had nothing to do with us

and that's the key. if the roof is gonna be removed from the stadium, it'll be because the presidents allow for it. so barham isn't taking on AFL HQ here, he's trying to convince the other presidents.

 

[Lore]

and that's the key. if the roof is gonna be removed from the stadium, it'll be because the presidents allow for it. so barham isn't taking on AFL HQ here, he's trying to convince the other presidents.

I think AFL was represented there too (idk who, Goyder, CEO?) I was paraphrasing from memory not making a direct quote

That said, competition licenses are supposed to be ticked off by all the other clubs so it makes sense?

 

[maskmcgee]

Just reading some old articles - This Dave Barham is the same idiot who decided not to have 10 keep broadcasting AFL after 2011, killing the broadcast experience and the game itself? Why are we listening the guy who destroyed channel 10?

 

[Phone]

yeah Dave Barham had nothing to do with C10 bowing out of the footy

 

[maskmcgee]

Ten's head of sport David Barham said it was sad news for those who had been involved in the network's AFL team.

"It's just a pure business decision," he said.

Yes a smart buisness decison to send the network bankrupt.

 

[Old Campaigner]

The club is finally seeing itself for what it is and making the necessary moves, and some pinhead is still sooking about the leadership

 

[dank420_]

Ten's head of sport David Barham said it was sad news for those who had been involved in the network's AFL team.

"It's just a pure business decision," he said.

Yes a smart buisness decison to send the network bankrupt.

I edited Neighbours.

Maybe I’m to blame.

 

[Lore]

I edited Neighbours.

Maybe I’m to blame.

Pity you didn’t edit his press conference that one time

 

[Phone]

Ten's head of sport David Barham said it was sad news for those who had been involved in the network's AFL team.

"It's just a pure business decision," he said.

Yes a smart buisness decison to send the network bankrupt.

this can't be over-looked: you spelt both business & decision wrong despite having the words correctly spelled in the line directly above

 

[Lore]

this can't be over-looked: you spelt both business & decision wrong despite having the words correctly spelled in the line directly above

Difference between copy paste and furious mashing

 

[Phone]

when C10 lost the AFL rights, they were going through some massive changes, most notably the billionaires (Packer, Lachlan Murdoch & Rinehart) purchasing large stakes in the company & Murdoch being installed as interim CEO and then chairman of the board. at the time many thought Murdoch's interest in C10 was motivated by a desire to lower C10's interest in sport broadcasting deals, which only increased when C10 dipped out of the AFL rights. Barham had about as much to do with C10 losing the AFL rights as you or I did. He wasn't the boss.

 

[yodellinhank]

Difference between copy paste and furious mashing

I've never been a big fan of copy paste

 

[Sleepwalker]

Ten's head of sport David Barham said it was sad news for those who had been involved in the network's AFL team.

"It's just a pure business decision," he said.

Yes a smart buisness decison to send the network bankrupt.

Did you accidentally post here instead of Blitz?

 

[Sleepwalker]

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