The sheer volume of bad news stories Richard Goyder has overseen in his various roles means that if there’s one thing he should be good at, it’s burying negative coverage. Yet even he couldn’t stop the fallout of his past and present governance debacles splashing across the media.
When news broke on Friday night that he had finally seen sense and was retiring as AFL chairman, it was a couple of hours before the bounce of a blockbuster qualifying final and after most journos’ deadlines. It’s a testament to how frustrated fans are about what the league’s administration has become under his reign.
