May 22, 2012

Audio:Our Presidents thoughts on Free Agency

Hawthorn Hawks Grand Final Reception

Earlier this week, the AFL and AFL Players Association, during a joint press conference, announced the 2012 would see the introduction of Free Agency.

The plan involved (as a basic summary) the unrestricted ability for a delisted player to pick his own new club, the middle tier of players to also pick there own club and the top 25% earners at a club to sign with a new club but the original club can match the offer either forcing the player to stay or go into the draft.

Well its fair to say, like me, our president, Jeff Kennett was not a fan of either the rule brought in or the process that saw it come in. You can check out what he had to say on the Hawks web site by clicking here.

Also I have linked our to audio of Jeff talking to Kevin Bartlett on Melbourne radio station, SEN.

Audio: Johnny Barker interview on SEN

John Barker and Jarrod Roughead

SEN’s Drive program, The Run Home with David Schwarz & Francis Leach have been doing previews of the up coming AFL season by interviewing someone from each club. They got to the Hawks recently and the man they interviewed was Johnny Barker. I thought it was a really good interview where Barks gave up enough for the fans without giving up to much inside information. Talked about the troubles last year. Talked about players on the rise and thoughts on where players where going. Enjoy!

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