Amy Parmenter,captain of Melbourne Mavericks – the new netball franchise which replaced Collingwood – said,despite the difficulties of recent months,the players were stronger for uniting to fight for,“what we thought was right”.
“There is going to be new leadership within the sport very shortly,and I think that sort of gives us permission to start from a good spot,and hopefully move forward in a way that’s going to grow the sport and repair what has happened,” Parmenter said at captain’s day in Sydney ahead of the Team Girls Cup.
“It feels really important to us to steer the sport in the right direction,and I do believe that a lot of that will be player led because the girls are so passionate about what this sport can do and how much more potential there is within the sport.”
Loading
At the height of the pay dispute in November,Super Netball players boycotted the Australian Netball Awards,while the Diamonds players were sent a legal letter reminding them they were required to attend.
The following week,Diamonds defender Jo Westonbroke down at an emotional press conference as players went public with explosive claims against Netball Australia,including that the governing body was responsible for the collapse of the multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal with Hancock Prospecting.
Parmenter said she hopes “players are given a seat at the table” in future governance of the sport,saying a successful partnership was needed between players and administrators.