woof wrote:
I have just been brought up in a club environment that had very few life members due to significance they placed on the award.
I would imagine that Fev and Houlihan would be life members based on service, yet they have tarnsihed the club along the way. I would imagine that when Betts and Walker get to 8 years they will automatically get one as well.
If it were up to me, I'd place some other criteria on the player getting Life Membership. That would take the form of off-field leadership and perhaps going out of the way to do the hard yards with Carlton's Community Partners.
Some of the work guys like Setanta O'hAilpin, Dennis Armfield and Caleb Tiller do with Challenge, Peter Mac, Royal Children’s Hospital and the Victorian Bushfire Appeal (that don't get a single mention) is highly commendable. People inside the club notice these things though and that's why guys like Simon Wiggins are good choices - not only because they're good clubmen.
The AGM's I've attended where the club has recognised (for instance) a boot studder who worked with the club for eons with Life Membership means more to me as a member than a footballer, who despite their talent, has in this day and age - set themselves up for life.