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Dustin Martin conscionable can’t flight the spotlight.
The 33-year-old superstar announced his status from the AFL aft playing 302 games with Richmond aft the Tigers’ past crippled of the season.
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Martin’s status nevertheless didn’t halt the rumour mill from spinning with the 2017 Brownlow Medal victor linked with a determination to joining the Gold Coast Suns.
Speculation ran rife that helium would reunite with erstwhile premiership winning manager Damien Hardwick astatine the Suns but those rumours person gone acold since archetypal coming to light.
Now nevertheless Martin is backmost successful the heavy of the rumour mill with 1 representation of him retired for java sparking speculation of a daze vocation shift.
Martin was spotted successful South Melbourne with Fox Footy powerbrokers successful a imaginable motion helium could beryllium acceptable for a determination down the microphone.
Sitting astatine the array with the three-time Norm Smith Medal victor was Foxtel brag Patrick Delany, Fox Sports managing manager Steve Crawley, erstwhile teammate Jack Riewoldt and his manager Ralph Carr.
The images of Martin retired for java with Fox Footy powerbrokers rapidly went viral and sent the footy satellite into a spin.
“What’s going connected present Dusty?” Dan Gorringe said connected Instagram.
“Just having a java are ya casually? No nary no, this isn’t conscionable a coffee. This is bigger than that.
“That’s Steve Crawley the brag of Fox Sports, that’s Patrick Delany the large brag of Foxtel Group, Ralph Carr his manager and Jack Riewoldt.
“Is Dusty going to beryllium a commentator? Is that what Fox Sports is doing here? We cognize they got Burgoyne from Seven, they conscionable signed Hawkins ... present we’re adding Dusty to the commentary box.
“I privation to beryllium a alert connected that java table. I request to cognize what’s going connected present due to the fact that if Dusty is successful the commentary container motion maine up for that.
“Sign maine up for Dusty successful the commentary box.”
A notoriously media shy relation passim his illustrious career, the determination would lone bolster Fox Footy’s commentary stocks.
Signing Martin would travel aft Shaun Burgoyne was poached from Channel 7 with Tom Hawkins besides joining the ranks aft hanging up the boots.
Burgoyne had been portion of Channel 7’s AFL sum since 2022, but is moving crossed to Fox Footy, coinciding with the commencement of a caller landmark rights woody signed by the Foxtel Group.
In a statement, Kayo Sports said: “Burgoyne is the archetypal of respective experts expected to motion with Fox Footy successful caller roles adjacent play arsenic they bolster their ranks to maximise the accidental the 2025 rights spend them.”
Burgoyne’s recruitment is the latest footy media power successful an off-season that has seen plentifulness of movement.
Luke Darcy has announced helium is stepping distant from his media roles with Channel 7 and Triple M.
Channel 7 person gone connected a recruiting spree, poaching Nick Riewoldt from Fox Footy and luring Kane Cornes and Caroline Wilson from rival web Channel 9 successful a bid to boost big broadcaster Seven’s footy analysis.
Whateley’s semipermanent AFL 360 co-host Mark Robinson departed the programme astatine season’s end. Fox Footy is yet to denote Robinson’s replacement.
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