Kennett blasts AFL

Former Victorian Premier and Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has slammed the AFL over the league's running of the competition over the past 10 years.

Speaking on SEN Radio on Friday, Kennett labeled the league a "basket case" who have acted in their own self-interests.

“For those of us who have been involved in administrations big and small where governance does matter, the AFL is a classic case and should be there used at Harvard on how not to run an organisation,” said Kennett on SEN radio.

“It is a classic case of self-interest, and that’s with some good people on the Commission, but collectively God damn me they’re a basket case.”

Kennett said that the AFL's handling of Brent Prismall's employment at the Western Bulldogs as a prime example.

“The time you make mistakes is when you take your foot off the pedal of governance and you start making excuses,” he said.

“You get the Trigg thing and then all of a sudden you set a new standard, and it’s a low standard.

“We’ve got this incident now where you allow one of the (former Essendon) players to actually be employed by a club – well, you’ve lowered the standard again.

“When I run an organisation my first two priorities are good governance and the welfare of the people I employ.

“Then if you’re in a commercial operation it’s delivering a profit and if you’re running the Hawthorn Football Club it’s delivering a premiership.

“I just don’t think there is a clear delivery of consistent good governance practices at the AFL Commission or the AFL, nor has there been for some time, and by that I mean ten years.”