Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. But football was never the main game. The game will need all the money it can get. I just know it won't be politics." Chairing several companies after his retirement from playing, he was appointed CEO of the AFL Players Association in 1998, and was responsible for negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players. He respected me as somebody in an organisation. The deal included unprecedented live TV coverage of the AFL competition in all states of Australia through free-to-air, subscription and IP television. What's next for AFL's most powerful man Andrew Demetriou. Credit: The high-profile Melbourne identity, who has been a director of the casino giant since 2015 and is chairman of Crown . Demetriou was made CEO of the AFL in 2003, replacing Wayne Jackson. . And it was possibly a greater asset to him than his kicking, which could be a bit hit and miss. There, above the Norm Smith medals and behind the gang of administration girls admiring a new engagement ring ("Show me that rock!" Demetriou has been highly influential in the AFL Commission's desire for a team to be based on the Gold Coast. They have three daughters and a son. He also claimed that the Swans would not win a premiership with the way they were playing, and this statement was underlined when the team suffered a 43-point defeat to St Kilda in Round 10. And it was as AFLPA CEO in 1998 that he secured a historic collective-bargaining agreement that delivered a significant pay rise to the competition's 600-odd players. Given her mother followed North Melbourne, she thinks she must have seen him in passing, if only on Saturday evening's TV replay, but she couldn't be sure. No one barracks for the AFL, put it that way. Even Demetrious fellow commissioners enjoyed his press conferences - despite the odd misstep - as much as anything and they would not have been disappointed by his first farewell performance on Monday morning at AFL headquarters. "About time! I wasn't that gifted; I made the most of the ability I had. People credit Bassett and her circle with helping form Demetriou culturally: there's a famous story, told by several people, of a memorable day when he astounded everyone by leaving an AFL game early to attend an Andrea Bocelli concert. "Whatever it is, I honestly don't know. In recent months, he's been condemned for his lack of action over the St Kilda/Ricky Nixon scandal (involving a teenage girl) and pilloried for earning twice as much as the top players in his code. But it's not all beer and skittles. The game is certainly more dominant and far wealthier than when he took over and, according to his chairman, he has given the game a conscience. "But I really can't fault him. Andrew Demetriou (born 14 April 1961) is an Australian businessman, sports administrator, and former Australian rules football player who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Australian Football League (AFL) up to June 2014. His best season was 1983, playing 23 of a possible 24 games, the club's campaign ending with a thumping in the preliminary final. At this point in time, no one knows if Andrew Demetriou can make the AFL expansion work. "You can write that down. ANDREW DEMETRIOU | CHAIRMAN Former Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League (AFL), Andrew has been a CEO across a number of business sectors. What might have been acceptable 10 years ago is not acceptable now. I think there's an expectation that they are but some of them are just young men who make some silly decisions some of the time." "I've said from day one I regard it as a privilege to be in the role; I love the job, but I'm sensible enough to know one day it will come to an end.". No responsibility for Essendon scandal: Demetriou, No responsibility for Bombers scandal: chief. Were working to restore it. The Demetriou boys regularly drop by and the commitment to family and to one another remains strong. "I got a kick, which helps," he laughs. Oh. Her sense of humanity, and my father's too, they were very generous and were always looking for the good in people. Demetriou is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. "I think anyone who has strong views about things and seeks by dint of their own strength of personality to force things through, always runs the risk of alienating people," observes Sydney Swans president Richard Collis. ""If you started with a blank piece of paper you wouldn't have 10 teams in Melbourne. In April 2014, it was announced that Gillon McLachlan, Demetriou's then deputy, would be his successor. "I'm forever reading for work, reports and documents and whatever. Andrew Demetriou is the CEO of the AFL Commission (which runs the AFL competition) and, like Lindsay Lohan, he's a consistent performer. And what about (her step-father) Bruce? Eventually, the Australian arm bought out its Italian parent. First Name Andrew. , money, salary, income, and assets. "Andrew plays the great game at all times," his friend Red Symons once said. "But had he been misunderstood? Andrew Demetriou and family pose with La Trobe deputy chancellor Dr Philip Moors AO (left) and vice-chancellor Professor John Dewar (right). His first wife died in 1999. Bit like Lindsay Lohan.". In 2002 he married his current wife Symone, and they have three daughters and a son.[22]. So, these clubs are great survivors. I want equality of opportunity. It's convenient to hate the AFL.". "He really stood out," says Unglik. "He has all the qualities of a good politician," says Don Watson, who, as Prime Minister Paul Keating's speech writer, should know. "And finally, I want the right amount of time to consider my responsibilities to my workplace and my family and to make sure the balance works for both. (m). Demetriou, who has sat on Crown's board since 2015, told the inquiry that the company's risk management processes were good but that important information was not escalated to the board. "It wasn't whim. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. He lacks fanaticism. If you'd said I was going to be working in football 20 years later, I'd have thought you were mad.". This month marks a great high point in Demetriou's power. "It's either that or Andy," says Symone. The pairing - cheeky young footy player, independent older woman - seemed unlikely, but their friends remember them as a wonderful couple. Demetriou played 103 games for the North Melbourne Football Club between 1981 and 1987, finishing his playing career with a three-game stint for Hawthorn in 1988. Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. [16], In April 2014, it was announced that Gillon McLachlan, Demetriou's then deputy, would be his successor. But, yeah, he's always on call. "Demetriou had a cup of tea with David Gallop [head of the NRL] on the Tuesday morning," says rugby league sage Roy Masters, "and that afternoon he had Karmichael Hunt over to his Toorak home. He's revolutionised the code's response to illicit drug use; initiated a policy to improve the treatment of women; allowed free movement of uncontracted, end-of-term players between clubs; and supported some of the strongest anti-discrimination policies in international sport. There's been speculation before, most famously when the now-defunct Bulletin magazine declared in late 2007 that he was about to pull the pin to spend more time with his family, even retreat to a holiday home on Italy's Lake Como. "We have an agenda and someone takes the minutes and Mirabai and Sanjay are pretty much out the door by 11 o'clock," adds Symone, who met her husband while working in the AFL's commercial department and keeps her hand in by helping Purebaby with marketing. Andrew Demetriou is the quintessential boy done good. he says. He looks momentarily uncomfortable, as if he's never thought about it. Folau was paid a reported $3 million for three years; Hunt was persuaded to switch to AFL by Demetriou himself. In 2008, Demetriou earned an annual salary of $1.4 million, making him the highest paid administrator or player then employed by the AFL. Demetriou's negotiating skills have gained almost mythological status. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. "But I remember the euphoria in the rooms after. Industrial harmony has been a cornerstone of the AFL's recent success, though there are always issues brewing. 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She was quite a reserved person. Demetriou, for his part, was "overwhelmed" by the support he received from the footballing community after Bassett's death. His early days are well recorded: he and older brothers James, George and Phivos with his parents Tony and Chrysi all sharing two bedrooms, the boys often minded in the shop and then pitching in as they grew older. His parents, Tony and Chrysi, met in the early 1950s, married and opened Tony's Fish and Chip shop in Melbourne's Pascoe Vale South. Jokes about people's mothers hurt people!". So my career was teaching. just moments after touching on the death of his first wife. But one doubts it. An incredible human being. As head of the AFL Players' Association, the footballers' union, Demetriou had played hard ball on the way to achieving his coup de grace - the first collective agreement (involving him) for the competition's 600-plus professional players, which gave them a massive pay rise, justly recognising them as the real stars of the show. Ben Buckley, his teammate at North Melbourne, later his No. The mistake was made in production. That's not to say he's not respected. This is what we do. "I don't think we want to get Andrew involved in the grow suits. It represents to him what is best about Australia: egalitarianism, acceptance, encouragement of talent. Even as an 18-year-old, he had larger horizons. We have estimated And, he adds, "You've got to be fair. "And in return? Historically, in fact, it's tried to go even further. "The Sydney Swans went there in 1981. "Huh? He'd had one great relationship in his life; that was all anyone could expect. I don't think there's anything wrong with giving people options.". Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. After the children are in bed, he and his wife watch "crappy TV" (hence his awareness of Kim Kardashian's rich inner life), and read the gossip mags. I'll read junk, too. "Not many people get away with calling Andrew, Andy. One day they might be in Geraldton, and within two days they're told they have to fly to Brisbane and play for the Lions and leave their family and friends. "We've got a little board," explains Demetriou, chuffed. [5], In 2005 he was instrumental in securing a record breaking A$780 million TV rights deal. And the heads of other codes - Buckley, the NRL's David Gallop and the ARU's John O'Neill - have all maintained upbeat public attitudes towards expansion. Says Demetriou now: "It was an incredibly powerful statement. But he also likes happiness.". He is presiding over an enterprise whose growth in recent years has been little short of exponential, with rising memberships, ballooning revenues and top ratings underscoring the might of the indigenous code in an era of unprecedented competition, in particular from the round ball behemoth that is The World Game. I'm very optimistic about what's going to happen in greater western Sydney, very optimistic. He has wide interests outside the AFL. We're not drug experts. Much has been made in the past of a possible move into politics, though Demetriou has consistently denied it. This is no doubt true - but not the whole truth. He is currently single. Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. Demetriou remains a shareholder and board member. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Chief executive Andrew Demetriou is kissed by his wife Symone as his daughters Francesca and Alexandra look on during an AFL press conference at AFL. ", Finally - and perhaps most importantly - he believes (or persuades others he believes) that no deal is worth dying for. "The Demetrious pay a personal trainer to help keep them in shape - "boxing and all that sort of stuff two or three times a week" - but an Achilles injury has hindered Demetriou's recent progress. "The business is a good business. When we meet in February, he's about to chair a meeting of the Australian Multicultural Advisory Council; he's off on a weekend retreat with the Climate Change Institute board; and he's just sent an address to the UN Human Rights Council about the AFL's anti-racial vilification policies. He always puts the family first. We've carefully put building blocks along the way to target a time, and the time is right now because if it's not now when (the league) is in a strong position, then when? Andrew Demetrious long-anticipated and impeccably-timed resignation was punctuated with emotion, humour and a characteristic verbal whack when the subject of his legacy was inevitably linked with the Essendon drugs scandal. "But the world needs teeth."). "I spend more time reading the front part of the paper rather than sport. Jennifer husband is now married to news anchor Amy Robach and is co-parenting Robach two daughter together. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. What followed next was his second marriage in 2002 with Symone, who is currently his wife. "Both he and Jan loved travelling; I can remember him sitting in cafes in Europe, devouring the newspapers front to back, just as he does here.". And we're just going to give them an option to get involved in another game. Even his generally unemotional chairman Mike Fitzpatrick wiped away something resembling a tear at that point. "Except, perhaps, the meta-narcissism of some of the best political leaders. "Nine years on, having moved from football operations to the top job, football's consensus is that Demetriou has done anything but stuff the league. And I read the form guide, which I love. He understands the power and responsibility of running the "people's game". Either way, Purebaby seems the perfect antidote to Demetriou's pressure-cooker life running the national league, perhaps the most heavily scrutinised public role in this town and state alongside that of Premier. Ex-AFL boss Andrew Demetriou makes humiliating exit from Crown board along with the CEO as James Packer's embattled gaming empire makes desperate bid to reverse ban on opening its new Sydney. Demetriou became emotional when he talked about those loved ones and colleagues he had lost during his time in the games administration - his first wife Jan Bassett, mother Chrysi, former AFL chairman Ron Evans, ground operations boss Jill Lindsay and Jim Stynes. "My wife and I talk about it now, about how we try to find a balance for our children. Does he ever have time on his own? In his role as head of the AFL Commission, he was responsible for a number of changes, including the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams, the restructuring of the tribunal system, and the brokering of two new television rights deals. ""Our game takes 17-year-olds from completely different backgrounds. But Demetriou, the negotiator, has talked them around. [9], In the first half of 2005, Demetriou criticised the Sydney Swans and then-coach Paul Roos, labelling the team's play as "unattractive" and "ugly". Her son was knocked out by Leigh Matthews and carried off. "There is tremendous power vested in Andrew's position," says Brendon Gale, former head of the AFL Players Association (AFLPA) and CEO of Richmond Football Club. USER IS NOT PERMITTED TO DOWNLOAD OR USE IMAGE WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. He's convinced them that a truly national competition will benefit everyone in the long term, by bringing in more fans, giving sponsors a bigger platform, and making media rights more desirable and profitable. If I hadn't had footy this year, it would have been a lot worse. In 2011, Demetriou was involved in securing a record breaking A$1.25 billion TV rights deal for the period of 20122016. The new general manager of football operations was stunned, to say the least. He speaks with his chin down, dark eyes watchful behind his rimless glasses. Andrew Demetriou's AFL career was shaped by family and tragedy, Andrew Demetriou will stand down as AFL CEO at the end of 2014 AFL to begin 2-3 month search for a replacement Deputy CEO Gillon McLachlan among leading candidates for top job Demetriou denies AFL could have done more to prevent Essendon supplements crisis. ", "Hmmm. "It doesn't make this better," he said at the time, "but it has helped me through a very difficult period. I understand it. As the only indigenous code in the country, it regards itself as the one true national code, and since 1982 it has put six teams into states outside Victoria, two of them - the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions (formerly the Brisbane Bears) - far beyond its traditional boundaries. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers "), Andrew Demetriou, 49, sits in his modest, shiny office, meditating upon world domination. I used to go to the races. When he told his children on Sunday night he was stepping down their first question was whether they could still go to the football. Suitably enough, Demetriou met Symone Richards, then a corporate accounts manager, in 2001 at a grand-final-day function. "We're now 50-50," says Andrew Demetriou. But McLachlans reputation was not enhanced when he was placed in charge of standing in judgment over Melbourne following the tanking investigation, nor by the messy completion of the Essendon negotiation. It's a ridiculous expectation. He has an older brother Jim Demetriou who played senior football for Essendon in the mid-1970s. "We've got players telling our doctors 'thank God, you saved me'. Gallop refuses to admit publicly to anything other than total confidence in rugby league. She died in 2004. Demetriou maintained his involvement in Ruthinium when he moved to the AFLPA. "You've got to give it to her, she's a consistent performer. [1], Before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry. "Now he's Mr Opera, Mr Art.". And the caption said something like: 'That's what it takes'. Andrew Demetriou, the million-dollar boss of Australia's dominant sports code, joins his fellow board members around the table once a month. Demetriou now has four children - twin girls born two days after he took on the CEO role, the Monday after the 2003 grand final, another daughter born in 2007, and a little boy born in 2009. In his role as head of the AFL Commission, he was responsible for a number of changes, including the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams, the restructuring of the tribunal system, and the brokering of two new television rights deals. I think he said there were 100 teams in South Africa, set up by people who'd followed the gold rush, and a team in Ipswich who played Melbourne. ", Admits O'Neill, "We all have to play to our own competitive advantages, but I envy the AFL their deep pockets. "Definitely. "I went to uni, did arts and a dip ed, majored in legal studies and politics, and got a job teaching year 12 politics. In 2005 Demetriou criticised the Sydney Swans and then-coach Paul Roos, labelling the team's play as "unattractive" and "ugly". [citation needed], He had a brief move to Hawthorn in 1988, but played only three games and kicked one goal. Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone Demetriou arrive for the 2006 AFL Brownlow Medal Dinner at Crown Casino September 25, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. It never affected me.". The defeat was the turning point in the Swans' season, with the Swans losing only two more home-and-away games for the season, both by single-figure margins and eventually winning the 2005 Premiership. Suddenly, he was switching teams.The irony was hardly lost on his new colleagues. At AFL House, there's also a sense of higher purpose: a desire for expansion to carry the torch of Aussie rules enlightenment into the darkness of heathen league, union and soccer lands. [21], Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. "We grew up in an area where you just laughed at those things," he says. "Just the four of us. And, of course, it was Symone. [citation needed] He claimed that the Swans would not win the premiership with the way they were playing,[10] and this statement was underlined when the team suffered a 43-point defeat to St Kilda in Round 10. Just quietly: Andrew Demetriou has lost another gig. He suffered heartbreak a decade ago when his first wife, the academic and historian Jan Bassett, died of cancer, but today Andrew Demetriou's life seems very much on an even keel. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? But then, you know, by just a miracle in many ways, I met my current wife, and it really was like the darkness lifted.". [13], Seven years later, Demetriou praised the Swans for their new attacking style of play under second-year coach John Longmire and rated them as serious contenders for the premiership. But Demetriou became close to tears when referring to the football family and the people in the game. My mother, who passed away three years ago, was an incredible woman. In fact, Demetriou's term as chief is almost certain to be judged on the success of the AFL's latest foray. According to our Database, He has no children. "We've been around for 150 years, and we understand that for a lot of our supporters, their club is in their DNA, their bloodlines. Back in his playing days - 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn - fitness came naturally. He has treated us fairly and with respect and I admire that. [7], Demetriou has been highly influential in the AFL Commission's desire for a team to be based on the Gold Coast. Andrew Demetriou was born, the youngest of four boys, in Melbourne to Greek Cypriot parents in 1961. Demetriou became emotional when he talked about those loved ones and colleagues he had lost during his time in the game's administration - his first wife Jan Bassett, mother Chrysi, former AFL . Discover Andrew Demetriou's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. "Adrian Anderson, the defamation lawyer whose left-field appointment by Demetriou as football operations manager mimicked Demetriou's own path, witnessed the stand-off close up. McLachlan also played the pivotal role in negotiations which saw the redevelopment of Adelaide Oval as an AFL venue - an achievement which will see the season launched there on Wednesday and which Demetriou described as his greatest professional effort given the degree of difficulty involving the South Australian football body, the cricket association and the state government. "You could see, even at that young age, that he was very erudite, well-read, interested in travel.". He convinced the Players' Association to accept random testing for illicit drugs, not just performance-enhancing ones, something that is rare in sporting codes the world over, and unheard of in most professions. We spent a hell of a lot of time travelling in the last two or three years, we did some really wonderful things together, and in some ways, she changed quite a bit as a person in that time, too. James Hird's wife Tania says Andrew Demetriou knew about payments to suspended coach UPDATE: James Hird says he will fight to protect his right to his $1 million salary while serving his 12-month suspension. Andrew Demetriou. We spoil them from time to time, but we also want them to want. The commission has not guaranteed McLachlan the job and appointed an executive search team to test the market for Demetrious successor long before he told Fitzpatrick at the 2014 Super Bowl that he would officially resign in early March. [4], In 2009, Demetriou earned $1.8 million for his role at the AFL. Of course, the less you appear to care, the more you are likely to care. ", "He's exceptionally adept with figures," adds James Demetriou. And Dad going off into the corner and crying. "The answer is, 'I don't know', because the things I've done are all very, very different - garbage, false teeth, football, so I think anything's possible. I always appreciate the great obligation we've got to the game. And because he was so good at both footy and cricket, that probably aggravated some people: 'How come you're better than us, you bloody wog?' Wife Symone and their four children, whom he described as his greatest achievement and who all attended his farewell press conference, he said were his sunshine. He was educated at La Trobe University, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1983 and a Diploma of Education in 1984. "I think - and I'm sure Andrew knows this - that GWS is the biggest challenge by far that the AFL has ever bitten off. "He likes to present himself as not ambitious. "He's a boy from Cypriot parents who used to muck around in the backblocks of Coburg, and I think he's a very driven man.". [3] He was elected by the board of directors at the end of the 2003 season, taking over from the outgoing CEO Wayne Jackson. "Another call. "Demetriou can absorb a punch or two, clearly. Beyond this foundation, the brothers' childhoods combined both genuine acceptance and deep-rooted racism. You've got to invest in the things you care about.". Business was booming, but romance, he told friends, was over. He is a member of famous Player with the age 61 years old group. His self-assessment went like this: "I am impatient when I see injustice, I am not happy with mediocrity, I have no place for lack of integrity, lack of honesty, lack of respect for others. "When they do get to relax, it's often in front of the TV and an episode of Desperate Housewives or Wife Swap. Aries. "What we've got is five years of data (that) shows we're doing nearly triple the number of tests, and the percentage (of those caught) is dropping. But his mother went only once, to the MCG for a final against Hawthorn in 1982. 'I'm just ringing to say your brother has died.' "Andrew is a vigorous defender of his organisation's objectives," is how Buckley diplomatically puts it. His parents, whose fathers were both dead, had left Cyprus in 1951 and didn't return until 1983, until after their sons had completed their university studies. He suffered heartbreak a decade ago when his first wife, the academic and historian Jan Bassett, died of cancer, but today Andrew Demetriou's life seems very much on an even keel. But to be truthful, I never thought I'd last long in football. "I don't think the AFL has the slightest interest in the community of western Sydney," says Roy Masters. "I remember Andrew speaking at an AFL conference a couple of years ago," recalls Swans CEO Andrew Ireland. This is true for the AFL Commission as a whole, and for Demetriou personally. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 14 April. 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