Brendan Fevola urges AFL to cancel entire 2020 season
Brendan Fevola fought back tears while making his case for the AFL to call off the 2020 season, telling footy bosses to “just cancel it” for this heartfelt reason.
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Footy champion Brendan Fevola says the AFL should “wipe the whole season” because “life matter more than sport.”
“Just cancel it,” Fevola, who co-hosts the Fox FM breakfast radio show, said today.
The Blues and Lions legend added: “The AFL, I don’t know who they think they are.
Every sporting body around the world has stopped games.
“The NBA has stopped, the NHL has stopped, the EPL has stopped. Every single sporting franchise or organisation has stopped. My daughter’s netball has stopped. My football has stopped. The VFL has stopped.
“The AFL has to make money for TV rights. But it’s not all about money all the time. Just cancel it.”
Fevola said there was a lot happening “behind the scenes” following AFL boss Gillon McLachlan’s announcement the 2020 season would consist of 17 games instead of 22.
Fevola said: “Gill McLachlan has come out and said 17 games, he didn’t tell the AFL Players Association, so the players got blindsided a little bit by that.
“They’ve been told to take a 20 per cent pay cut, which the players don’t want to take. They’re fighting within themselves when this big pandemic is going on.
“I want the footy on,” Fevola added. “I love sport. But our health and safety comes first. The player’s health and safety comes first.
“These players will play, and they’ll rub up against each other, and who knows what they’ve got? They’ll go to their family members, they’ll carry it to their kids, their grandparents …
“It’s not about sport, it’s not about your egos, Gill McLachlan, AFL Players Association boss, AFL players.
“Cancel it, (then) in four weeks, reassess. Play then if everything cools down a bit. Otherwise just wipe the whole season. It doesn’t matter. Life matters more than sport.”
Fevola said he had shed tears while making his comments.
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