{"id":28978,"date":"2017-09-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/adelaide-crows-chairman-hints-he-s-getting-closer-to-the-finish-line\/"},"modified":"2017-09-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T00:00:00","slug":"adelaide-crows-chairman-hints-he-s-getting-closer-to-the-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/adelaide-crows-chairman-hints-he-s-getting-closer-to-the-finish-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide Crows Chairman Hints He\u2019s Getting Closer To The Finish Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Asked on FIVEAA whether he was sticking around for a while yet, Crows chairman Rob Chapman was philosophical.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA very privileged position &#8212; that\u2019s how I view it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/podcast-26-Sep-2017\">Rob told FIVEAA on Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cAnd gee wiz a lot of hard work has gone into it the last several years to get to this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my ninth year as chairman, so 10 years on the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m closer to the end than the beginning. 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