Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 7.

.30 – Damo last week said if he was boss of the AFL he’d reduce the season to 17 rounds. Last week it was a hypothetical – this week it's the AFL's Coronavirus plan.

3.00 – Hutchy praises Victoria’s leadership for how they’ve handled the Coronavirus emergency so far. Can we say the same about our Federal leaders?

4.00 – The impact of the Coronavirus on the community. Self interest has been on display so far, but we’ll turn towards being more community minded.

6.30 – How is Hutchy personally dealing being the CEO of a company in the current situation? The health of people right now is the focus. We all need to try and be as selfless as our own life circumstances allow us to be.

11.00 – Hutchy’s memories of being in New York during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Things do move on.

13.00 – Trump announcing bans of 10 or more people gathering at a time. The situation in China seems to be improving. Damo very skeptical about any of the reports coming out of China.

15.45 – What’s the mood at the AFL at the moment? Damo commends the AFL for their communication to staff, their handling of the situation. . .especially Gillon McLachlan.

17.45 – Caro Wilson had a crack at Peter V’landys on Footy Classified last night for his handling of the NRL situation. Did he miss read the play?

18.30 – Hutchy feels the AFL should attempt to start the season if at all possible to at least get it underway. Discussion of Foxtel and Channel 7’s situation.

25.00 – ‘Why or Why Not?’ for Drinkwise. BT is stuck in LA. Why can’t he call the first AFL game on Thursday from LA – why not?.

29.00 – Tom Browne had some issues on Twitter. He’s tweeted about fake tweets purporting to be from him. Damo admits to muting Tom Browne on Twitter.

33.00 – Cancellation of the Melbourne Grand Prix. The media performance was average. Paul Little was the confusing face of the Grand Prix. Was it a good decision to take things as far as they did to avoid a reported $250 million fine?

38.45 – Hutchy proud of SEN on Friday – Whateley broadcast for 8 hours live. Radio and TV will be a really important medium for people in times like these.

39.30 – Question of the Week for Social Status.

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42.00 – The personal situation. Damo’s kids are officially out of school. Hutchy's going to have to improve his video game skills as the kids will have more practice than ever. Damo thinks the internet might crash!!

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