When the game does come back, the AFL and its clubs will be tasked with rebuilding it – its structures, its systems, its culture and its spirit. If the community the AFL is hoping will return do so, how battle weary will they be? Post-isolation, post-sickness – after experiencing a fraying of the very social fabric the game relies on – how will football serve this forever altered community? To answer these questions the AFL and clubs will need creativity, innovation and diversity among their ranks and, most importantly, inclusion at the core of its mission. The AFL will need to find new ways to reach out to people in their homes across the country.

Source: The Guardian March 31, 2020 16:30 UTC