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If/when Fitz leaves the chair of the AFL Commission
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-02-15/mike-fitzpatrick-a-timeline
1970 – Makes his senior debut as a ruckman for Subiaco, at age 17.
1973 – Wins Subiaco's best and fairest in a premiership year.
1974 – Again wins the Subiaco best and fairest and plays the last of his 93 games for the club.
1975 – Joins Carlton and plays all 24 games in his debut VFL season. Is awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and is accepted to study at Oxford University.
1976 – Returns to the Blues mid-year and plays the last 12 games of the season.
1979 – Finally returns to full-time football after no games in 1977 and a two-game cameo in 1978. Caps off a great home and away season with a brilliant finals series, a premiership and the club best and fairest.
1980 – Is named Carlton captain after the bitter internal board split that resulted in club legend Alex Jesaulenko quitting the club. Is seen as a popular and conciliatory figure.
1981 – Is famously penalised for time wasting late in the final quarter of a tight game at Princes Park against Essendon. The Bombers would win the game with a kick after the siren. Later that year he captains the Blues to the premiership under new coach David Parkin.
1982 – Captains the Blues to the flag once more and is named to the All Australian team.
1983 – Surprises the Blues by retiring at the end of the season. All up, he played 150 games and kicked 150 goals for Carlton.
1984 – Starts working as an adviser to the Victorian government and premier John Cain in the state treasury department. Calls football for the ABC, during which time a Coodabeen Champions' song, Where Do You Go To Fitzpatrick? to the tune of Peter Sarstedt's Where Do You Go To My Lovely, lampoons his cerebral style.
Late 1980s – Moves to New York and works for investment banks including Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston.
1989 – Joins the board of the Carlton Football Club.
1994 – Establishes Hastings Fund Management.
1995 – Steps down from the Carlton board.
2002 – Sells a 51 per cent stake in Hastings to Westpac Bank.
2003 – Joins the AFL Commission after earlier rejecting overtures to become president of Carlton.
2007 – Replaces Ron Evans as chairman of the AFL Commission.
2008 – Approves the creation of a 17th AFL team on the Gold Coast. One year later, Greater Western Sydney is granted the AFL's 18th license.
2009 – Oversees the commencement of a major capital works program, including investments in the construction or renovation of stadiums and training and administration centres across the country, including Adelaide Oval, Perth Stadium, Metricon Stadium, Spotless Stadium, MCG, SCG, the Gabba and Skilled Stadium.
2012 – AFL Media opens for business.
2013 – Essendon is a stood down from the finals following the supplements scandal. Fitzpatrick engages in a "robust" conversation with Swans chairman Richard Colless after the surprise signing of Hawthorn superstar Lance Franklin. The AFL immediately moves to dismantle the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) enjoyed by the Swans.
2014 – Installs Gillon McLachlan as the new chief executive of the AFL, replacing Andrew Demetriou.
2015 – Helps oversee a monster six-year $2.5 billion media rights deal with Seven, News Limited (Fox Sports) and Telstra, starting from 2017.
2016 – At the urging of McLachlan, AFLW is fast-tracked by three years for a February 2017 opening season. Oversees the purchase by the AFL of Etihad Stadium several years ahead of schedule.
2017 – Retires as commission chairman effective April 4. Cites the media rights deal and the creation of the Suns and Giants as his greatest achievements as chairman and says the Western Bulldogs premiership helped vindicate decisions made around equalisation . Expresses satisfaction with how the AFL handled the four-year long Essendon saga and lists interchange numbers and Tasmanian football as areas that didn't get resolved to his satisfaction.
1970 – Makes his senior debut as a ruckman for Subiaco, at age 17.
1973 – Wins Subiaco's best and fairest in a premiership year.
1974 – Again wins the Subiaco best and fairest and plays the last of his 93 games for the club.
1975 – Joins Carlton and plays all 24 games in his debut VFL season. Is awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and is accepted to study at Oxford University.
1976 – Returns to the Blues mid-year and plays the last 12 games of the season.
1979 – Finally returns to full-time football after no games in 1977 and a two-game cameo in 1978. Caps off a great home and away season with a brilliant finals series, a premiership and the club best and fairest.
1980 – Is named Carlton captain after the bitter internal board split that resulted in club legend Alex Jesaulenko quitting the club. Is seen as a popular and conciliatory figure.
1981 – Is famously penalised for time wasting late in the final quarter of a tight game at Princes Park against Essendon. The Bombers would win the game with a kick after the siren. Later that year he captains the Blues to the premiership under new coach David Parkin.
1982 – Captains the Blues to the flag once more and is named to the All Australian team.
1983 – Surprises the Blues by retiring at the end of the season. All up, he played 150 games and kicked 150 goals for Carlton.
1984 – Starts working as an adviser to the Victorian government and premier John Cain in the state treasury department. Calls football for the ABC, during which time a Coodabeen Champions' song, Where Do You Go To Fitzpatrick? to the tune of Peter Sarstedt's Where Do You Go To My Lovely, lampoons his cerebral style.
Late 1980s – Moves to New York and works for investment banks including Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston.
1989 – Joins the board of the Carlton Football Club.
1994 – Establishes Hastings Fund Management.
1995 – Steps down from the Carlton board.
2002 – Sells a 51 per cent stake in Hastings to Westpac Bank.
2003 – Joins the AFL Commission after earlier rejecting overtures to become president of Carlton.
2007 – Replaces Ron Evans as chairman of the AFL Commission.
2008 – Approves the creation of a 17th AFL team on the Gold Coast. One year later, Greater Western Sydney is granted the AFL's 18th license.
2009 – Oversees the commencement of a major capital works program, including investments in the construction or renovation of stadiums and training and administration centres across the country, including Adelaide Oval, Perth Stadium, Metricon Stadium, Spotless Stadium, MCG, SCG, the Gabba and Skilled Stadium.
2012 – AFL Media opens for business.
2013 – Essendon is a stood down from the finals following the supplements scandal. Fitzpatrick engages in a "robust" conversation with Swans chairman Richard Colless after the surprise signing of Hawthorn superstar Lance Franklin. The AFL immediately moves to dismantle the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) enjoyed by the Swans.
2014 – Installs Gillon McLachlan as the new chief executive of the AFL, replacing Andrew Demetriou.
2015 – Helps oversee a monster six-year $2.5 billion media rights deal with Seven, News Limited (Fox Sports) and Telstra, starting from 2017.
2016 – At the urging of McLachlan, AFLW is fast-tracked by three years for a February 2017 opening season. Oversees the purchase by the AFL of Etihad Stadium several years ahead of schedule.
2017 – Retires as commission chairman effective April 4. Cites the media rights deal and the creation of the Suns and Giants as his greatest achievements as chairman and says the Western Bulldogs premiership helped vindicate decisions made around equalisation . Expresses satisfaction with how the AFL handled the four-year long Essendon saga and lists interchange numbers and Tasmanian football as areas that didn't get resolved to his satisfaction.
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Been a very good Chairman IMO, game at the top level has come along leaps and bounds, game at grass roots and community level ahs also grown in general.
Personally i think the AFL stuffed up the Essendon ASADA WADA schmozzle, no matter what he says.
GC and GWS will end up being a major plus for the game.
Personally i think the AFL stuffed up the Essendon ASADA WADA schmozzle, no matter what he says.
GC and GWS will end up being a major plus for the game.
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Goyder, the county boy from Tambellup in SW WA, which is if i am not mistaken is where the WIZ Jeff Farmer is from.
Wondering what his MO is regarding driving footy to have a bigger presence O/S ?, either by community growth or by media presence.
A small sided game on rugby soccer fields is a recipe for success IMO, if you are not aware of the history of the game in any way shape or form, a small sided game game played on a smaller ground should IMO be a good vehicle for growth.
Wondering what his MO is regarding driving footy to have a bigger presence O/S ?, either by community growth or by media presence.
A small sided game on rugby soccer fields is a recipe for success IMO, if you are not aware of the history of the game in any way shape or form, a small sided game game played on a smaller ground should IMO be a good vehicle for growth.
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Wookie you missed Fitz opening the bowling for Scarborough with Mick Malone.
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was an AFL.com.au thing, not mine
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