When Sam Mostyn became the first female AFL commissioner in 2005, she was prepared for resistance from certain parts of the footy community — what she didn't expect was blowback from women involved in the game.Sam Mostyn says she received hand-written hate mail when she first became an AFL commissioner
Throughout her 11-year stint on the AFL Commission, Mostyn served as a trailblazer for women in the game. She was a key part of the push to create the AFLW competition and helped develop the AFL's Respect and Responsibility policies. Mostyn, who is now a board member with the Sydney Swans, also explained the process by which she was selected to join the AFL Commission, which saw her pitted against a number of other women for the job.
"I ended the conversation saying, 'I'm intrigued — how else are we going to get our voices heard and be part of this incredible community of governance of the game when we're so much apart from it? We're not there around those tables.'Mostyn was a big factor in the creation of the AFL Women's competition.
"You need a purposeful set of appointments and processes. And if you're that lucky person who is the benefit of a quota, you have to handle yourself with a great deal of care about what you are opening up for the rest of the people you represent.
I wonder why? Could it be that she got her position to fulfill a quota...........
No way? Women can be a-holes too? Shut the presses
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