- Geelong Star has played 338 games at AFL
- He is about to make a big career change outside the field
Geelong's captain, Patrick Dangerfield, will resign as president of the AFL players association in a surprise movement that occurs only months after he asked the League to reduce the duration of the games in a campaign that enraged fans.
The 34 -year -old was chosen for paper in 2018 and is expected to be officially staying Tuesday night.
His time in Helm of the players' body saw him campaign strongly for the salary increases for the stars of the league and help obtain the sport through the Covid pandemic.
In January of this year, the veteran of 338 games for cats and crows raised many eyebrows when he told AFL to reduce the duration of the quarter in a movement that predicted that the demand would increase, increase the income and see the players win more.
Dangerfield said the movement is necessary because the fans' states are decreasing.
'As the audience attention capacity (sic) reduces the debate will continue with the lengths of AFL rooms. It's time to reduce them. – The outrage of the signal ', wrote on social networks in response to the NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, suggesting that the American Basketball League could reduce the duration of the quarter 12 minutes to 10.
Patrick Dangerfield (in the photo with his wife Mardi) must be renounced as president of the AFL players association after maintaining the main job since 2018
Geelong Great made some controversial calls during his time with the players' body, nothing more than their campaign to reduce the duration of the games
'Now I have heard the' argument to attend record grades. Less game less play blah blah ', he wrote on a tracking tweet.
'It is a simple supply and demand. Reduce supply and demand increases. Sponsors and salary continue.
NBA has an excess offer. The NFL has nailed the supply and demand and I am not sure we have (the AFL).
He retreated with a third tweet that said: 'It is clear that everyone agrees that the game is too long and should be reduced. Finally, something that we can all agree on.
When Covid returned the Australian sport in 2020, Dangerfield revealed that it was open to drastic measures to keep the league afloat.
They included playing 16 home rounds for 10 weeks to complete the season, with rooms reduced to 16 minutes longer.
“We will do what we have to do to move the season away,” he said.
'I think (the reduced proposal of rooms) is much less demanding than a normal AFL game, so we keep our eyes open with what could be possible.
“We really don't know what we can and we can't do until we try.”
Dangerfield (in the photo during the last week against Fremantle) will now concentrate on trying to deliver the 11th Premier League of the Cats
Dangerfield was also all for the introduction of a commercial period of mid -season when AFL reached a salary agreement of $ 2.2 billion with players in September 2023.
“There are still details to solve it, but I think it's something that the game could benefit,” he said.
'There are players who could certainly benefit from him and depending on the situation in which each team is found, I think there are benefits for both teams that lose players and teams that win players.
“Like anything, how you can initially begin with how you can end or continue operating in the coming years.”
Dangerfield hopes to take the Cats to their eleventh prime minister this year after his campaign ended with a heartbreaking defeat against Brisbane in the preliminary final last season.
He kicked two goals and registered 12 provisions in the first game of the Geelong season, a 13 goals on Fremantle Dockers last Saturday.