But then, you know, by just a miracle in many ways, I met my current wife, and it really was like the darkness lifted.". "I'm a big fan, and a great supporter," says Jill Lindsay, who started at league headquarters 40 years ago. he exclaims.Unquestionably, says the Swans' Richard Collis, expansion will be remembered "as a part of the Demetriou era".How long an era? Michael Warner and Ashley Argoon 5 min read December 12, 2013 - 5:27PM HeraldSun At this point in time, no one knows if Andrew Demetriou can make the AFL expansion work. 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. "I got a kick, which helps," he laughs. Andrew finished his tenure with the AFL in June. "When they do get to relax, it's often in front of the TV and an episode of Desperate Housewives or Wife Swap. Seven years later though, Demetriou praised the Swans for their new attacking style of play under coach John Longmire and rated them as serious contenders for the premiership. He admits to a simple philosophy: "You should never walk away from a negotiation if one party feels dudded. I want to be challenged by that team. He lives in a $7-million Toorak mansion, has a family house in Cyprus, and holidays at Lake Como in Italy. [1], Before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry. His parents, Tony and Chrysi, met in the early 1950s, married and opened Tony's Fish and Chip . 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. Oh. 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. He was 24. I just want to punch his lights out. Chief executive Andrew Demetriou is kissed by his wife Symone during an AFL press conference at AFL House on March 3, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.. ", "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. I get home and see the children, help with the bath, reading books, getting to bed. ""Our game takes 17-year-olds from completely different backgrounds. [citation needed], In 2008, Demetriou earned an annual salary of $1.4 million, making him the highest paid administrator or player then employed by the AFL. I'm the little chairman. But no, it didn't.". Even in his own code, many have been horrified by the prospect. [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". The Demetriou boys regularly drop by and the commitment to family and to one another remains strong. Director, Commercial. 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. Put it this way, says footy's head honcho of his current circumstances, "I've learnt more about baby wear than I thought I ever would. "He spoke about where the game had been 100 years ago. And the caption said something like: 'That's what it takes'. The comic wore a white tuxedo with a matching black tie. 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. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Andrew Demetriou.Credit:Sebastian Costanzo, "Kim Kardashian," he says suddenly. Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. [citation needed], He had a brief move to Hawthorn in 1988, but played only three games and kicked one goal. . 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. "Huh? He was a good, though never a great, player. "Andrew Demetriou's first appointment to the Australian Football League hierarchy in May 2000 was characterised as a case of poacher-turned-gamekeeper. They're all different. ". "I don't think we want to get Andrew involved in the grow suits. "When I played football," recalls James, "it was brutal, really brutal. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Jennifer Hageney is the first wife of Andrew Shue, an American actor with whom she has three children named Nathaniel Shue, Aiden Shue and Wyatt Shue. Andrew Demetriou knows about people yelling abuse at the footy. He says the national game has a record of kicking into a stiff breeze and still scoring goals, and timing is everything: key sponsors have been bedded down until 2011, the players agreement is locked in similarly and the broadcasting rights will be re-negotiated when the country is likely pulling out of its slowdown. That always amuses me. It's convenient to hate the AFL.". "He's comfortable in any environment," says author and commentator Don Watson, who's known him since 1995. Demetriou's lasting impression was of his parents' deep commitment and love for their family, but also the pain for them of distance and separation. In fact, Demetriou's term as chief is almost certain to be judged on the success of the AFL's latest foray. Andrew Demetriou, the million-dollar boss of Australia's dominant sports code, joins his fellow board members around the table once a month. The new general manager of football operations was stunned, to say the least. Demetriou is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. Or, as he would put it, giving people options. "The business is a good business. Industrial harmony has been a cornerstone of the AFL's recent success, though there are always issues brewing. In fact, it was not the first, but the first involving Mr Demetriou. [17], Demetriou has interests in factories in Brazil and India which manufacture dental products and exports them to 70 markets, including Australia. Sydney won the 2012 premiership implementing a style of relentless tackling and attacking play. It's a great escape. It's not worth it." Demetriou is the youngest son of Greek Cypriot immigrants. I played golf once three or four years ago, and when I got home after six hours " - he pauses, smiling - "no, no. If you see what he's done it becomes clear he must be ambitious, and possess a certain amount of drive. Along the way, he also chaired Baxter, a waste management company that was eventually sold to a bigger outfit. But, Mrs Demetriou, you're going to have to stop him putting up his hand - he's too smart for his own good.' With his second wife, Symone, Demetriou raised twin daughters, as well as an additional daughter and a son. [21], Demetriou's first wife died in 1999. I wish more powerful people had his attitude.". During the 2013 Finals Series he also co-hosted Talking Footy for the Seven Network. "What people don't realise is that it hasn't been easy for him," says James. ", Finally - and perhaps most importantly - he believes (or persuades others he believes) that no deal is worth dying for. But Toorak, Melbourne's most prestigious suburb, can seem a long way from Coburg. "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.". "He was amazing during her illness," says Unglik. "His father, nearly 80, still lives in Coburg but these days spends the winters back in Cyprus. [15], Demetriou announced on 3 March 2014 that he would step down from the role as AFL CEO after eleven years, at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season. "And some day he'll move on. [19][20] Acquire Learning entered voluntary administration in May 2017, shortly after Demetriou left the company. When the AFL season begins on Thursday, it will include a new team, the Gold Coast Suns, and in 2012, the Suns will be joined by the Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS); then, for the first time in its 115-year history, the VFL/AFL will have 18 teams in its top competition. But I think it was 28." 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. "History will tell.". 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. Jennifer bodymeasurement and social media presence. [18], Demetriou had a regular spot with Red Symons on Melbourne radio station ABC 774. He was awarded the University's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009 and a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) in 2015 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to sport management and to Australian society through his leadership and support of important social issues, and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor. I've got to say he was absolutely amazing. As the son of working-class migrants, says sports writer Richard Hinds, "he really taps into the psyche of the left. "We've had some differences and clashes over years. 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 . He was educated at La Trobe University, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1983 and a Diploma of Education in 1984. Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone Demetriou arrive for the 2006 AFL Brownlow Medal Dinner at Crown Casino September 25, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. 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. Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. "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 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. Demetriou's negotiating skills have gained almost mythological status. "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.". I wanted to see what his reaction would be. "That was hard. So my career was teaching. Andrew Demetriou is the quintessential boy done good. Crown director Andrew Demetriou becomes the third board member to resign from the gaming giant but claims the NSW gaming authority's comments about him are "unfair and unjust". At 61 years old, Andrew Demetriou height The pairing - cheeky young footy player, independent older woman - seemed unlikely, but their friends remember them as a wonderful couple. [citation needed], Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. . She died in 2004. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers "I went to uni, did arts and a dip ed, majored in legal studies and politics, and got a job teaching year 12 politics. "I don't think the AFL has the slightest interest in the community of western Sydney," says Roy Masters. In 2005 Demetriou criticised the Sydney Swans and then-coach Paul Roos, labelling the team's play as "unattractive" and "ugly". And they are relishing the prospect of a fourth child, due in November. Andrew Demetriou was born, the youngest of four boys, in Melbourne to Greek Cypriot parents in 1961. 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". Keep up with all the latest signings here. 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. "There's a bit of the ancestry there - a bit of the old Cypriot sitting under the tree having a glass of whatever they drink over there, watching the world go by. [8] 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. People think he's a bit of a dealmaker, but he's massively respected in terms of making money for the game.". He's also almost tripled the AFL's annual turnover, partly via a record-breaking $780-million media rights deal in 2006. In terms of game attendance, AFL is the most popular sport in Australia. And Dad going off into the corner and crying. Crown Resorts director Andrew Demetriou has resigned from the board of the embattled gaming giant but has vowed to defend his reputation. So, these clubs are great survivors. Andrew Demetriou and family pose with La Trobe deputy chancellor Dr Philip Moors AO (left) and vice-chancellor Professor John Dewar (right). We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. Andrew Demetrious income source is mostly from being a successful Player. "To be frank, if the clubs had had their way, there'd be no national expansion," says Gale. "Don't quote me on this, I could get it wrong. But I always had my eye on other things. "You could see, even at that young age, that he was very erudite, well-read, interested in travel.". Andrew Demetriou at Monday's announcement. She and Andrew married soon afterwards (friends recall him saying he wished he'd done it earlier), and Bassett fought the illness for three years. But Demetriou, the negotiator, has talked them around. What we've said all along is that we're just offering another option for young children to take up the game. 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. Now, we formed that policy with 21 experts who got together to give us that advice. 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. He's even convinced those behind enemy walls to join his crusade. 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. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. "Except, perhaps, the meta-narcissism of some of the best political leaders. He'd had one great relationship in his life; that was all anyone could expect. Jennifer husband is now married to news anchor Amy Robach and is co-parenting Robach two daughter together. "Andrew Demetriou was born, the youngest of four boys, in Melbourne to Greek Cypriot parents in 1961. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. Of course, the less you appear to care, the more you are likely to care. Were working to restore it. Demetriou appears to have a knack of finding common ground. And we're just going to give them an option to get involved in another game. About expanding into new territories. He was at his best when he was under the most stress and duress.". "He was the boy from the northern suburbs," one observer puts it. [citation needed], Demetriou is best known for his position as CEO of the Australian Football League. He keeps his cards so close to his chest, I guess I should have known that the briefest glimpse of him showing an interest in a woman meant that he would marry her and have children with her.". 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. 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. 'I'm just ringing to say your brother has died.' Credit: The high-profile Melbourne identity, who has been a director of the casino giant since 2015 and is chairman of Crown . "You can't be around for 100-plus years and not be a resilient code," he continues. This is in itself quite charming. But to be truthful, I never thought I'd last long in football. he says. No one knows what Demetriou will do next, least of all Demetriou. As the AFL's most visible symbol, it can also be convenient to hate Andrew Demetriou. 1998 Between 1998 and 2000, Demetriou was CEO of the AFL Players Association. "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. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers And we adopted an attitude of making the most of every day and every hour. "I spend more time reading the front part of the paper rather than sport. Demetriou has been highly influential in the AFL Commission's desire for a team to be based on the Gold Coast. Everyone has to because that's just the expectation. "Definitely. And, he adds, "You've got to be fair. He was practising the delicate art, so valued by Australians, of high achievement without visible effort. "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. Collect, curate and comment on your files. he grew up with a brother named Jim who also pursued a football career. ', 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.' "But I remember the euphoria in the rooms after. In 2009, Demetriou earned $1.8 million for his role at the AFL. Demetriou, in fact, was better at most things than most people. It was all give, it was incredible giving. "Well, nobody said anything about my mother, thank God. 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. He respected me as somebody in an organisation. "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. He passes a few remarks about Peter Costello's criticism of Australian Football League players visiting schools, and reflects on the launch of rugby union's new Melbourne team. Not that it seems to bother him. I just know it won't be politics." 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. He might be just a very good actor, but I don't think he's addicted to the clout he has - I'm sure he likes it, and I'm sure he likes winning and doesn't like losing. Andrew Schulz's wife Emma is 27 years old as she was born on February 14, 1995. But he also likes happiness.". Thu 11 Feb 2021 06.27 EST First published on Thu 11 Feb 2021 02.37 EST. Then there's Purebaby, to add a bit of fun. 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There are 70+ professionals named "Andrew Demetriou", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. The expansion has been planned and supported by Demetriou's AFL at its streamlined, spin-savvy best, with a massive fighting fund, an aggressive recruiting policy and a much-denied-but-hard-to-escape determination to become the dominant football code in Australia. 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 Demetriou's net worth But one doubts it. It never affected me.". Demetriou himself rejects the idea of deliberate discrimination in his early life, but it seems more likely that, for an able and confident kid, it did exist and he simply brushed it off. Correction: CLARIFICATION A profile of AFL boss Andrew Demetriou published yesterday in The Age (Melbourne) Magazine referred to the 1998 AFL players' deal as the first collective agreement struck on their behalf. ', and she said, 'Well, he's very good. If the other person feels they've been dudded, it's not a negotiation worth having. [14] Sydney won the 2012 premiership implementing a style of relentless tackling and attacking play. Nor does she recall easily his number. but that is not to say that he hasn't experienced challenges to get to that point and won't continue to. Giving up cricket, Demetriou joined North Melbourne football club, and played 103 games as an "unobtrusive wingman" between 1981 and 1987, as well as three games for Hawthorn in 1988. So they never saw their mothers again. And, of course, it was Symone. ("Bizarre, I know," he told one reporter. I always appreciate the great obligation we've got to the game. We provided a small injection of capital which gave the business the ability to borrow money and it's grown incredibly well. More importantly, they're great institutions for the community and economy in this state.". Of course, despite all the tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth, the NRL and the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) have been stealing each other's players for years. ", 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 Demetriou," wrote Bassett, "has taught me much about life.". 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. In 2002 he married his current wife Symone, and they have three daughters and a son. But are they role models? ", "What is out there is our bread and butter. "Towards the end of the day at this function, he pointed out a woman and said, 'She's nice, isn't she?' Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old? (Kardashian is the star of US reality TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians.) 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. In the business-class lounge at 6.30am, top button undone and pale blue tie looped around his neck, the most powerful man in Australian football scours the newspapers for news. 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. His 103 North games resulted in 54 wins. Plate of heart Soccer's Jose Mourinho is The Special . Country: Australia. That deal is up for renegotiation, and he's expected by many to winkle more than $1 billion out of broadcasters this time around. A fourth daughter would be fantastic. 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. "Andy Demetriou" redirects here. Andrew Demetriou: his birthday, what he did before fame, his family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. "Another call. "I did have those conversations. 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. "A bit different from the rest of us, all putting the Gold Coast and AC/DC.". You go through very, very dark periods, and I just threw myself into work. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. "I've said continuously that it's not going to be easy," says Demetriou calmly. Please try again later. Aries. Says Demetriou now: "It was an incredibly powerful statement. Demetriou currently leads a great life - great job, great family, great health etc. And all I know (about) what we did was as a game (we) always put the players first to protect the integrity of the game., When pressed later about his own level of culpability Demetriou was firmer: I do not accept any responsibility for people who seek to infiltrate the game, who inject young men with god knows what substances, to introduce substances which are abhorrent to the game and to families.. He seems relaxed but self-possessed, friendly but not confiding. Then there's a long silence, during which he appears to be considering weighty matters of national significance. There, above the Norm Smith medals and behind the gang of administration girls admiring a new engagement ring ("Show me that rock!" Eventually, the Australian arm bought out its Italian parent. "His favourite holiday destination was St Moritz, and 'classical' was his favourite music," Buckley laughs. Suddenly, he was switching teams.The irony was hardly lost on his new colleagues. It hurts people. 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." [citation needed] During the 2013 Finals Series he also co-hosted Talking Footy for the Seven Network. "I don't make any decisions without everything having been thought through, chewed up, sliced, diced, looked at inside out, been criticised," he says. Even when I said to him, 'Andrew, you know, maybe now you should start to think about moving on how are you feeling? "Whatever it is, I honestly don't know. Back in his playing days - 106 games for North Melbourne and Hawthorn - fitness came naturally. I've said it 3000 times. "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. ", Admits O'Neill, "We all have to play to our own competitive advantages, but I envy the AFL their deep pockets. "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. There has been much talk of the $200-million war chest that will fund the expansion, and those on the inside say it will take all this and more. She has $200 thousand as her net worth from her career as professional florist. There's a world demand for false teeth, even in recessions." They never saw their mothers after they left. Chief Andrew Demetriou and wife Symone arrive at the David Jones Summer 2006 Collections Launch on August 17, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. "I don't know about a fortune," he responds. "It's either that or Andy," says Symone. 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 remember my mother getting the same call. 1983 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). Likewise, his partner, Emma, wore a white strapless mermaid wedding gown. That's not to say he's not respected. He pauses again, looking almost embarrassed. Andrew Demetriou speaks to the media during the official opening of the Learning Life Centre at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on February 18,. He probably should have got into law school, but he missed that. I just never envisaged that I could meet anybody else. "I think the task is absolutely massive," says Ireland. 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