So yeah, what was the offer this year? Like, what were you giving people?

Well, totally.

Let me take it an even bigger step back quickly because this is our, this was our sixth annual sweepstakes.

We've done it every year.

The first one was very small.

We turned it around really quickly.

Uh, Sean Frank, the CEO, and I like drove this Jeep out to the desert.

And is that, is that just because Tony-- Like if, if you're a credit card brand, there's so many credit card brands that wanna be working with these people, so like the, the rate for a credit card brand to work with someone is just through the roof because there's another- Four, you know, billion-dollar brands that are also going after the same talent, and you guys are, like, the only, you know, D2C brand, a nine-figure brand, but there's not other brands in your space that are, like, also trying to go get Tony Hawk to be the face of their campaign.

How have you managed all that, the mental side of it?

Yeah, it's a good point, actually.

A lot of us, um, haven't had the week off previously in finals.

We've, we've had to back it up each week.

So, um, it was a nice re- refresher.

Um, yeah, certainly, um, yeah, it's a bit, bit of an extra weight, um, and, and watching the other games.

But, um, yeah, I think a lot of the boys en- enjoyed the...

So expect to have learned our lesson and got better at it." What, what, what'd you take away from last year's experience?

How have you managed all that, the mental side of it?

Yeah, it's a good point actually.

A lot of us, um, haven't had the week off previously in finals.

We've, we've had to back it up each week, so um, it was a nice re-refresher.

Um, yeah, certainly, um, yeah, it's a bit, bit of an extra weight, um, and, and watching the other games.

But, um, yeah, I think a lot of the boys en-enjoyed the...

We had a really big training session on the Saturday, um, sort of replicating a, a game and, um, got a lot of intensity out of that.

So expect to have learned our lesson and got better at it." W- what, what'd you take away from last year's experience?

To see Will Day, one, play really well in a final, but be in finals calculations, it puts a smile on everyone's face.

Yeah, gave him a big hug after.

He had a few tears, but...

Yeah, obviously he's had a sort of shitty-ass run, really, with his injuries.

And for him to play his first final, get a win, I thought he was immense as well around the ball.

So I'd love to see that.

But it's designed perfectly for a home prelim now.

Yeah.

Mm

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these young players, our emerging leaders and our actual leaders, that is gonna start, um, uncovering some of their thoughts and challenges and what they need to do to challenge, um, the group.

Um, so are we, um, out there looking at people that can perhaps come into our footy club? Is it an ex-player that's got some great leadership style that might run a, a, a program, um, externally from our footy club to challenge these young men? Um, and I'm looking at that at the moment to see what that looks like, but, um, it's not set.

It's not set at all at the moment, and it, it's open to, open to change.

Not the captaincy, but more so what surrounds the captain.

Yeah, how does that make you feel as a player that's actually not part of last night in terms of the motivation that might be behind all that?

Yeah.

How does that make you feel as a player that's actually not part of last night in terms of the motivation that might be behind all that?

Yeah.

Oh, it was...

Firstly, I just wanna congratulate Jarsi and, and Whiz for making that.

Um, I was watching and cheering on those boys 'cause they've had unbelievable years.

Um, and they, yeah, really deserve it.

And you look at the quality of players up there.

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