""If you started with a blank piece of paper you wouldn't have 10 teams in Melbourne. ", "But it's completely unacceptable today. In 1996, Bassett was diagnosed with breast cancer. "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. He admits to a simple philosophy: "You should never walk away from a negotiation if one party feels dudded. But Demetriou became close to tears when referring to the football family and the people in the game. Were working to restore it. "I'll never forget the phone calls," he says of the jarring interruption of bad news from afar. He later would be involved in another business, the Baxter Group, which he took from a market capitalisation of $40 million in 2003 to a sale in 2006 for $260 million. Back in his playing days - 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn - fitness came naturally. ", Demetriou had spent his years with Bassett teaching and developing his business interests, primarily in a company manufacturing acrylic teeth, called Ruthinium. Were working to restore it. "But had he been misunderstood? There's a world demand for false teeth, even in recessions." At a time when, north of the border, the aftermath of the 1995-97 Super League war was still fracturing relationships in rugby league, "Andrew understood that the key to any successful deal is to create value for all parties," says Brendon Gale. "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.". He was educated at La Trobe University, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1983 and a Diploma of Education in 1984. Even in his own code, many have been horrified by the prospect. Or, as he would put it, giving people options. Even if it's 10 o'clock at night he'll still be responding to emails or taking calls. But there wouldn't be footy. Now, as the AFL's chief, with salary and bonus exceeding $1.5 million last year, he is the driver of the AFL Commission's greater ambition for 17th and 18th teams - for the Gold Coast (from 2011) and Sydney's sprawling west (a year later). "If I were to believe you guys," he told the audience of journalists, "I'm a hot-tempered, loud, heavy-gambling Cypriot, prone to fly off the handle without warning. "About time! "I did have those conversations. But Toorak, Melbourne's most prestigious suburb, can seem a long way from Coburg. She was his tutor, several years older than him and a noted academic. He seems to be content with running a very large, fractious, tending-to-testosterone-soaked organisation in a civilised and imaginative way and looking after his family.". Demetriou married twice. Happily ensconced in their $7-million Toorak mansion, replete with the trappings of an executive lifestyle, the Demetrious revel in life with their twins, Francesca and Alexandra, now five, and two-year-old daughter, Mattea. A month after the ex-AFL chief and former Crown Melbourne chairman gave a televised public lesson in October in how . It was.Post football, Demetriou set out teaching at first, legal studies and politics, then got into business running Ruthinium, a company that imported dental products. I was lucky to have someone who understood," he recalls. (But) I was very careful not to tread on too many toes. You go through very, very dark periods, and I just threw myself into work. Andrew Demetriou: his birthday, what he did before fame, his family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. I just never envisaged that I could meet anybody else. "He looks at numbers and they sort of sing to him, if you like; he has the ability to pick trends and assess things very quickly. [21], Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. Demetriou was 38. 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. "I'm forever reading for work, reports and documents and whatever. That's the reality of the world we're living in. We're not drug experts. "I don't think we want to get Andrew involved in the grow suits. 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. Andrew Demetriou and family pose with La Trobe deputy chancellor Dr Philip Moors AO (left) and vice-chancellor Professor John Dewar (right). "I went to uni, did arts and a dip ed, majored in legal studies and politics, and got a job teaching year 12 politics. "Huh? It's been a real joy to be a part of. But football was never the main game. Right now, Demetriou doesn't look to be going anywhere, though he insists he'll know when it's time to move on long before others know it of him. I want to be challenged by that team. It was all give, it was incredible giving. "It was a case of 'winners are grinners'," she says without a hint of guilt. "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.". "Sometimes in the exercise of that power, feathers get ruffled. I don't think there's anything wrong with giving people options.". 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? "James Brayshaw, the North Melbourne chairman and media personality who crossed swords with Demetriou when the AFL was pushing hard for North to relocate to the Gold Coast, says the AFL boss can bury the hatchet if he has to. Andrew Demetriou gives evidence at the NSW casino inquiry on Tuesday. . 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. '," Demetriou reflects now. I remember my mother getting the same call. Andrew Demetriou timeline: achievements and controversies From North Melbourne winger to departing CEO: Andrew Demetriou's 33 years in the AFL Mar 2, 2014, 3:54pm 1981: MADE his VFL debut with North Melbourne, playing 103 games with the club between 1981 and 1987. "Not many people get away with calling Andrew, Andy. Organise, control, distribute, and measure all of your digital content. I always appreciate the great obligation we've got to the game. Andrew Demetriou. No one knows what Demetriou will do next, least of all Demetriou. ", "Even though the commission has always had expansionist aspirations, there's clearly a lot of Andrew in it as well," adds Richmond's Brendon Gale. Aghast, she never went back. [citation needed] During the 2013 Finals Series he also co-hosted Talking Footy for the Seven Network. Nor does she recall easily his number. "But what I do know is that in greater western Sydney, there are 220 different ethnic groups, 220 languages spoken and 180,000 indigenous people. "I love my girls," he says, scooping up Mattea, who abbreviates the Greek "baba" to "bubs" when she calls him. he grew up with a brother named Jim who also pursued a football career. About colours. "It was relatively innocuous, but at the same time I thought, 'This is very unlike Andrew.' The day of our interview, he leaves work early to go to his four-year-old daughter's birthday party "at one of those Japanese restaurants where they throw things in the air". But we are where we are based on this unbelievable industry, and the fact is we've got 10 teams in Melbourne that 10 years ago had 200,000 members and now have 400,000. What we've said all along is that we're just offering another option for young children to take up the game. 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. Tania Hird, the wife of the suspended Essendon coach, has repeated the controversial claim that AFL boss Andrew Demetriou tipped off the club. His 103 North games resulted in 54 wins. WHEN you are the chief executive of the AFL you carry a big stick and you walk the corridors of power. Andrew Demetriou was born on 14 April, 1961 in Australian, is an Australian rules footballer, born 1961. It's a great escape. Crown Resorts director Andrew Demetriou has resigned from the board of the embattled gaming giant but has vowed to defend his reputation. "I don't think the AFL has the slightest interest in the community of western Sydney," says Roy Masters. "I think - and I'm sure Andrew knows this - that GWS is the biggest challenge by far that the AFL has ever bitten off. Andrew Demetriou's net worth [1], Before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry. Business was booming, but romance, he told friends, was over. He lives in a $7-million Toorak mansion, has a family house in Cyprus, and holidays at Lake Como in Italy. 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. Aries. "I got a kick, which helps," he laughs. I've got to say he was absolutely amazing. "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. I've said to my staff and to myself that everyone's got to modify their lifestyle. An incredible human being. Symone and Andrew Demetriou, expecting their fourth child and partners in a babywear business. And we adopted an attitude of making the most of every day and every hour. And Andrew's allowed me to express them. That would leave a massive hole at the competitions governing body and the game at the crossroads. (m). In the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. "He was the boy from the northern suburbs," one observer puts it. "Well, nobody said anything about my mother, thank God. It represents to him what is best about Australia: egalitarianism, acceptance, encouragement of talent. And because of where the new AFL teams are based, who will play in them and how the money will flow, the most serious impacts are almost certain to be felt by AFL's main competitor for fans, players and cash: the National Rugby League. We're changing people's behaviour. Then there's Purebaby, to add a bit of fun. Andrew Demetriou.Credit:Sebastian Costanzo, "Kim Kardashian," he says suddenly. 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. The chief executive, who joined the AFL first as its football boss in 2000, will vacate the role which has become the most powerful in Australian sport, was questioned about whether he should be blamed at all for Essendons dangerous drug program. Demetriou gives little away. He looks momentarily uncomfortable, as if he's never thought about it. "I think the task is absolutely massive," says Ireland. It's the day before our Lindsay Lohan conversation, and he's leaning back in a dark sofa, one arm hanging over its side. Encouraging kids and beginners to try your code is one thing; seducing mature athletes from a rival code after years of development is quite another. "I'm not a reader of books, which is a disgrace when it's all said and done, but I'm a prolific reader of newspapers, back to front," he says. They never saw their mothers after they left. The western Sydney move is a brave one; we're all looking at that with great interest.". It was that meeting that convinced Karmichael that he should move to AFL.". His parents, Tony and Chrysi, met in the early 1950s, married and opened Tony's Fish and Chip . Folau was paid a reported $3 million for three years; Hunt was persuaded to switch to AFL by Demetriou himself. 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The game will need all the money it can get. "You could see, even at that young age, that he was very erudite, well-read, interested in travel.". 1983 This month marks a great high point in Demetriou's power. Acquire Learning entered voluntary administration in May 2017, shortly after Demetriou left the company. People think he's a bit of a dealmaker, but he's massively respected in terms of making money for the game.". I just want to punch his lights out. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 14 April. "When I played football," recalls James, "it was brutal, really brutal. I've always done that from the day they were born.". Former AFL chief Andrew Demetriou is a strong family man. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. Initially, Andrew Demetriou worked in the industry of dental imports So they never saw their mothers again. "The scene is not played out in the sleek and softly lit inner sanctum of the league's Docklands headquarters, with its polished hardwood table, swivel chairs and portraits of football's long lineage of powerbrokers, but one that normally takes place in the kitchen of the Demetriou family home in Toorak. Historically, in fact, it's tried to go even further. [5], In 2005 he was instrumental in securing a record breaking A$780 million TV rights deal. Two years later, Demetriou had begun to learn his lesson. His parents followed his playing career faithfully, his father rarely missing a game. "I took a decision very early on that I wanted to see them grow and help my wife," he says. "Andy Demetriou" redirects here. Andrew and Symone Demetriou moved there 18 months ago from Hawthorn, into a two-storey 1930s home with lap pool, cellar and five-car garage, essentially to be nearer their daughters' school. Demetriou is uniquely fitted for the expansionist task by two great strengths: his belief in the game's ability to promote causes like multiculturalism and egalitarianism, and his expertise in harnessing exactly these causes to make a great deal of money. There are 70+ professionals named "Andrew Demetriou", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Exports to about 70 countries. 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. The AFL are incredibly good at leveraging causes into money. North Melbourne rejected that offer and, in January 2008, the AFL chairman, Mike Fitzpatrick and Demetriou announced that the Gold Coast Football Club would enter the AFL in 2011. We've never underestimated them. He took his first job back in football in 1997, partly so he could be at home with Bassett during her illness. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. ', he would say things like, 'You know, I don't know what the right way to feel is, but at the moment I don't feel comfortable doing that.' He always puts the family first. ", He probably should have got into the Victorian cricket side, too - he was playing in the Victorian and Australian under-21 sides at 16 - but in those days, as his long-time friend and AFL medical commissioner Dr Harry Unglik puts it, "who had ever heard of a Demetriou in the Australian cricket team?". "Andrew's not frightened (to take heat) and he encourages us to think long term and make decisions in the long-term interests of the game and not be worried about short term criticisms there's no doubt he came under personal pressure from the Federal Government at that time. Andrew Demetriou is the quintessential boy done good. "She said to the teacher, 'How's Andrew going? And, of course, it was Symone. We don't own this game. It was like winning a Grand Final because we were gone." "He's quite immune to status and reputation and the thuggery that tends to go with it. In those days it was quite humorous, and in a bizarre way acceptable: 'Oh well, wog, dago, they don't really know what they're talking about.' 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. ANDREW DEMETRIOU | CHAIRMAN Former Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League (AFL), Andrew has been a CEO across a number of business sectors. Oh. They met for dinner, got talking and soon the Demetrious had taken a one-third interest in the fledgling business. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. And what about (her step-father) Bruce? If you asked him what his future with the AFL is, he would say, 'Oh, I'll do it for five years and then I'll retire to Lake Como.' But money isn't the whole story. I always put the players first: Andrew Demetriou. Thu 11 Feb 2021 06.27 EST First published on Thu 11 Feb 2021 02.37 EST. "Don't quote me on this, I could get it wrong. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. And it was possibly a greater asset to him than his kicking, which could be a bit hit and miss. He had moved from the AFLPA to the AFL Commission in 2000 as general manager of football operations. Demetriou has a regular spot with Red Symons on Melbourne radio station ABC 774. "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. 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. Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. 1998 Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. So we have a population that is very diverse, that's very proud of what it's achieved. If you're going to have relationships, they've got to be meaningful. But as the code that stands to lose the most, not only in terms of money but in historic heartland support, privately there's both frustration and cynicism within the NRL's ranks. ""Our game takes 17-year-olds from completely different backgrounds. [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. Collect, curate and comment on your files. I want that for all who work for the AFL. I'm the little chairman. "Just the way he's championed the cause of women in general and other initiatives here. He respected me as somebody in an organisation. "Expansion is going to make things much tougher for clubs in the short term," says Gale, speaking as Richmond CEO. " Red Symons recalls. And they are relishing the prospect of a fourth child, due in November. 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It had got a lot easier by the time Andrew went through - his cohort was that big '60s influx of migrants - but I know he copped it on the footy field. But, yeah, he's always on call. And Britney," Demetriou changes tack. And we watch a bit of junk on television. Jill Lindsay, in charge of league grounds and one of the AFL's longest-serving executives, looked Demetriou square in the eye on day one and said: "So, you're the guy who stuffed the league." The AFL chief executive, whose successor could be named as early as May, has declared a wish to serve out the 2014 football season, demanded and received great loyalty from his staff who became emboldened themselves by a leader they regarded as fearless. In April 2014, it was announced that Gillon McLachlan, Demetriou's then deputy, would be his successor. 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?' 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