Dangerfield to stand down as AFLPA president [Herald Sun]

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Dangerfield to stand down as AFLPA president - Jon Ralph

Patrick Dangerfield is expected to stand down as AFLPA president tonight after seven seasons heralding the players through massive pay rises and the challenge of Covid.

Dangerfield was elected in 2018 as the AFLPA president under chief executive Paul Marsh.

Collingwood’s AFLPA delegate and the club’s captain Darcy Moore is a leading candidate to replace him but would need to be ratified at a board meeting on Tuesday night.

Sam Frost and Marc Pittonet are the other two male board members.

Former Essendon player Cat Phillips will step off the AFLPA board after retiring from the AFLW last season.

Dangerfield has been a strong proponent for player rights and worked through the heavy pay cuts that players were forced to endure through covid.

He has also backed in shorter game lengths for players but has not been able to convince the AFL of the merits of that proposal.