“If your sport doesn’t see sport as a matter of equality then you’ll be left behind. If you don’t get it, you won’t attract the kids and families.”

Turning to the season in question, Pippos and Lane acknowledged the hurdles that had arisen, Angela speculated on the farcical Katie Brennan suspension and appeals drama before the Grand Final.

“When it the MRP was devised, the Brennan incident wasn’t envisioned," she said.

“Why was pro-rata so hard to figure out?”

Lane raised an important point that the AFLPA should also cop some of the blame, having signed up to the agreement before the season started.

On the topic of a ‘tonal change’ in 2018, in Lyons’ view.

“Celebration was replaced by debate and I liked the passion and anger; it showed how much they care.”

Pippos saw it a little differently.

“There was a different tone to season 2; the airwaves were given to petty grievances and misogynists.”

Lane agreed, citing the AFL itself as an enabler for the change.

“That tone was set after Round 1 with ‘the memo’.