The battle for spots on Hawthorn’s board has escalated as four-time premiership Hawk Chris Langford warned that not voting for the incumbents would allow agitators to take the club back to “dark places”.
Langford is among 50 premiership players and prominent club members to put their name to an open letter to club members asking them to vote for club-backed incumbents Tim Shearer and Ian Silk in the interests of unity and to support the nominations committee and governance structures in place.
Premiership heroes to endorse the incumbents in the letter to members include Michael Tuck, Robert Dipierdomenico, John Platten, Gary Ayres, Peter Knights, Ian Bremner, Bob Keddie, John Hendrie, David Parkin and Robert Day .Jack Atley In the running: Hawthorn legend Don Scott has raised financial questions ahead of the Hawks’ election.Langford, a former member of the AFL Commission, said he has been outspoken in the past when he felt the board was trying to “shove candidates down members’ throats” and he contacted Scott to discuss his issues before deciding to endorse the incumbents and the nominations process.
“Four people were intimidated or persuaded not to stand, so last year they got the incumbents, or the people they wanted on the board. This year, I thought: ‘Hang on’. This is a culmination of a lot of things, and I have done a lot of talking …” the 76-year-old said on SEN.
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