Tony LockettThe AFL’s disdain for our club goes back at least a decade.
- Gary March spoke about asking for AFL assistance around 2009 when we were broke and being knocked back despite the AFL giving other struggling clubs millions in handouts.
- Getting Skoda to shift their sponsorship from us to GWS.
- Reports several AFL commissioners were upset that we beat GWS in the prelim in 2017. Again in the GF in 2019.
- Being lowballed on free agency compo for Ellis.
- Excessive punishment for Stack and CCJ compared to other clubs and players with similar breaches.
- Recent rule changes that feel oddly targeted at us.
There are others but those are the ones that I can remember off the top of my head.