The Phoenix Rises eBook Ross Oakley
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The Phoenix Rises is the remarkable story of the transformation of ‘Australia’s Game’ from a troubled Victorian Football League to the Australian Football League powerhouse of today, told by the man who pulled the levers for drastic change.
In 1986, Ross Oakley was appointed chairman and CEO of the struggling VFL. During the 10 years that followed he oversaw the revolution of the game and its administrative structure, and took the League from all but broke into a massive business. Often faced with very public and emotive opposition and criticism, he took brave decisions to take the game to new frontiers. His legacy is the national competition, and Australian sport's most professional administration, led by the AFL Commission.
Told from Oakley’s unique vantage point, The Phoenix Rises revisits the 80s, a turbulent and divisive era in AFL history, and reveals, for the first time, the off field tumult that took place, often behind closed doors. From never before revealed insights taken from the confidential minutes of the League, to the faltering steps behind the AFL’s ground-breaking Racial and Religious Vilification laws, The Phoenix Rises exposes the full picture, and the truth behind the drive to the national competition and the independent Commission.
In praise of The Phoenix Rises, legendary football journalist Mike Sheahan writes ‘This book reminds us of how the transition unfolded and of the constant drama that beset those early days. It is a painstaking exercise of interviews with key participants, of hours and hours poring over minutes of dozens of critical meetings, of reflections formed and strengthened by time.’
The Phoenix Rises is the perfect book for AFL fans, sports enthusiasts and sports administrators. With Father’s Day not far away it’s also the ideal gift for the footy mad dad.
The Phoenix Rises eBook Ross Oakley
One of the more realistic accounts of this period of Football that I have read. Ross Oakley should be given some sort of medal for dragging the football world out of the dark ages and into the light. From what I have seen, every AFL CEO since Ross has been playing catch-up.Product details
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The Phoenix Rises eBook Ross Oakley Reviews
A must read
Great insight into the back room dealings surrounding the birth of the Australian Football League. Oakley writes with great clarity and humility and allows us into the inner sanctum.
A must for every footy fan.
A very good and detailed account of the Oakley years. An historical, behind the scenes look at the evolution of the AFL Commission. If you like AFL footy you should have an enjoyable read.
An absorbing read about the trials and tribulations of our great Australian game and the 're-birthing that needed to be undertaken.Oakley was frank in his recording of the events that were necessary to transform the game from an amateur status played in three main States into a multi-million dollar business national competition.He detailed the obstacles faced from the twelve clubs in Victoria (who whilst many were cash strapped )were he'll bent on protecting their local patch.They had to be led or more correctly dragged along before they saw the enormous funds available to them from television rites.Every Australian Rules supporter would have to admit that the Herculean efforts undertaken by Oakley and the Commission in the amalgamation and relocation of teams was phenomenal in obtaining the great national competition we have today.
One of the more realistic accounts of this period of Football that I have read. Ross Oakley should be given some sort of medal for dragging the football world out of the dark ages and into the light. From what I have seen, every AFL CEO since Ross has been playing catch-up.
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