Table of Contents

Foreward; Death Watch; The Commission is Born; A Visionary Departs; Tge Commission's Early Challenges; A Reality Check; An Alliance of Sworn Enemies; My Early Days in Football; Boys' Club to Business Enterprise; Two-man band; A Faltering Start to a National Competition; The Television Rights Dilemma; An Interupted Holiday; A New Ball Game; A New Marketing Era; Around the Grounds; State of the Clubs; Up Yours Oakley; Mergers and Acquisitions; From Sadness to Glory; Coming of Age; Leadersof the Pack; Reflections

About the Author

Ross Oakley is a former player for St Kilda. In 1986, he was appointed chairman and CEO of the then VFL, a position he held until 1996. In 2009 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame