James Brayshaw Comes Out Swinging At Hutchy & The AFL

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Speaking on Triple M’s The Rush Hour, James Brayshaw has categorically slammed the North Melbourne situation as proposed by Craig Hutchison.

On Channel 9’s Footy Classified, Hutchy suggested that the Kangaroos should permanently move their base to Tasmania for financial stability.

But the former North Melbourne chairman said it was complete rubbish.

Here is the original chat from last night:

“You know I love Hutchy,” JB started.

“I genuinely think there’s genius attached to that man (in the business world). I love what he’s done.

“But in the football space, Hutchy’s never had an original thought in his life.

“That has come straight from the AFL - and what I would like to say to the AFL is this; if you want to genuinely do something about Tassie, stop Hawthorn going behind your back and signing a deal with the government every 5 years!

“That’s the first problem - stop looking anywhere else and stop Hawthorn from doing their own deal.

“But secondly, if they had put this to us in 2007 - back when they were trying to relocate the club to the Gold Coast - they might have got a favourable hearing.

“The problem they’ve got 10 years later is that the club’s flying.

“They’ve doubled revenue, doubled memberships… It would be counter-productive for North to play anymore games in Tassie than it does now.

He acknowledged that crowd numbers were down, but still believes that North Melbourne are one of the best-run clubs in the AFL.

JB finished with a passionate statement.

“I have spoken to the incumbent president, Ben Buckley, who has told me there is no way North Melbourne are moving anywhere,” Brayshaw said.

“He and I still can’t believe this garbage still gets brought up.”

Listen to the chat here: