Ideas & Reflections From Four Decades
Inside the AFL Bubble
HCV members, Harvard alumni and their guests are invited to a special discussion over lunch of Colin Carter's new book Ideas & Reflections From Four Decades Inside the AFL Bubble. In addition to being a great opportunity to talk footy with Colin, a true legend of the game, guests will receive a copy of Colin's book and be served a light lunch.
In the mid-80s, Colin was tasked with developing a strategy and roadmap to transform the then struggling and unviable VFL into what has become the national juggernaut we know today. Colin's recommendations for the Commission fundamentally changed the way the league would operate, including introducing the national draft, salary cap, reduced list sizes, revenue sharing and ground rationalisation. He also played a pivotal role in the realisation of the MCG's Great Southern Stand.
In addition to spending 15 years as an AFL Commissioner and then a decade as President of the Cats, Colin's thinking has also been instrumental in the coming expansion of the AFL across the Bass Strait. Ideas & Reflections captures Colin's four influential decades at the centre of Aussie Rules, looking both to the past for lessons but also forward to the future of footy.
Numbers are strictly limited, so please book early to avoid missing out. Bookings will close on Monday 12 October unless the event sells out before that date.
Event Details
Date: Friday 16 October
Time: 12.30pm for 1.00pm lunch, concluding at 2.30pm
Venue: Allens, Level 37/101 Collins St, Melbourne
Cost and bookings: $60 HCV members and guests, $85 non-members. Ticket includes a light lunch and a copy of Ideas and Reflections (RRP $34.99). Please click here to book. Funds from the event will support HCV's Non-Profit Fellowship.
Please note: Attendees must maintain strict confidentiality with regard to the views expressed by the speaker during this event. Accordingly, any and all audio or video recording is strictly prohibited.
HCV would like to thank Colin Carter and Allens for their generous support of the event.
About the speaker:
Colin Carter is a renowned football administrator and one of Australia’s foremost business strategists, serving as a Senior Vice-President of the Boston Consulting Group until 2001, and in recent years as a Senior Advisor. He served on the AFL Commission from 1993 to 2008 and was President of the Geelong Football Club from 2011 to 2020. In the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours list, Colin was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for “Service to the Indigenous community through the development of employment and economic opportunities, as a supporter of charitable organisations, and to the sport of Australian Rules Football”.