{"id":32340,"date":"2016-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/jeff-kennett-launches-all-out-assault-on-afl-commission-2\/"},"modified":"2016-01-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T00:00:00","slug":"jeff-kennett-launches-all-out-assault-on-afl-commission-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/jeff-kennett-launches-all-out-assault-on-afl-commission-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Kennett launches all-out assault on AFL commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former Hawthorn President Jeff Kennett has come out swinging, calling for an extensive cleanout at the AFL after it has overseen governance failures including the Essendon saga and even the salary cap breach at the Adelaide Crows.<\/h3>\n<p>Mr Kennett said he hoped club presidents would have the courage to stand up to the AFL after some \u201cappalling examples of bad governance that they\u2019ve overseen, protected and covered up for the last five years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that includes what happened at Adelaide with the salary cap breach which has now led to the CEO (Steven Trigg) being appointed to another club,\u201d said Mr Kennett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN to Jeff Kennett here:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/241727388&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr Kennett said the AFL were up to their eyeballs in ASADA\u2019s Essendon investigation, trying to orchestrate outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were sitting in on the interviews with ASADA \u2013 just totally unacceptable by an organisation who in many ways has lost sight of its priorities and why it exists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have called for the resignation of the chairman of the commission (Mike Fitzpatrick) and any commissioner who\u2019s been there longer than two or three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to put a line in the sand and focus on rebuilding. We need new faces at the commission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kennett said he believed the 12-month ban handed to 34 past and present Essendon players was only the \u201cmidpoint\u201d of the saga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there is a risk that hopefully doesn\u2019t eventuate that some of these players may end up with health issues as a direct result of the substances they\u2019ve been taking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/essendon-guilty-verdict-a-stitch-up-says-graham-cornes\">CORNESY SAYS BOMBER BAN IS A \u201cSTITCH UP\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/man-who-died-alone-in-nursing-home-left-behind-message-for-us-all\">HE DIED ALONE IN A NURSING HOME, BUT LEFT BEHIND AN AMAZING MESSAGE FOR US ALL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Hawthorn President Jeff Kennett has come out swinging, calling for an extensive cleanout at the AFL after it has overseen governance failures including the Essendon saga and even the salary cap breach at the Adelaide Crows. 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