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AFL commentator and Bulldogs fable Luke Darcy has spoken astir his determination to locomotion distant from the media, revealing the 'uncomfortable' household dilemma that forced him to springiness up his occupation with Channel Seven.
Darcy, 49, racked up 226 games for the Bulldogs earlier retiring successful 2007 and entering the media.
He went connected to go 1 of the game's astir fashionable commentators, moving for Network 10, Triple M and Channel Seven, earlier shocking the footy satellite successful 2024 by deciding to locomotion distant from it all.
Darcy revealed that helium knew helium needed the alteration aft Seven required him to enactment connected a crippled that his son, Western Bulldogs prima Sam, was playing successful - contempt the information helium asked not to screen it.
'I was precise conscious of giving wide aerial to him and it was getting uncomfortable,' Darcy explained to Dylan Buckley connected his Dyl & Friends podcast.
'I'd been astatine Seven for years and abruptly you're rostered connected a crippled your son's playing. I said, "Hard no, I'm not doing it", and understandably (they're) going we've paid you … we'd similar you bash it.
Luke Darcy (pictured near with Joel Selwood) was 1 of the game's astir fashionable commentators earlier shocking the footy satellite successful 2024 and walking distant from the media
Darcy said his daze determination was made aft Channel Seven required him to enactment connected a crippled that his lad Sam (pictured together) was playing in
'Had a reasonably steadfast statement astir not doing it, I did it erstwhile and I conscionable regretted it consecutive away. That made it easier wanting to springiness him arsenic overmuch abstraction arsenic I could arsenic well.'
Darcy explained that helium besides wanted to walk much clip with his woman Bec and prosecute different interests.
'I felt similar I'd had this large section and I'd been unbelievably fortunate to autumn into the Triple M footy with those guys, it's astir arsenic overmuch amusive you tin have,' helium said.
'From the property of 17 to I'm turning 50 successful a mates of months time, each my wintertime months had been connected a level and travelling and that was the main decision. Unbelievable woman who's a superstar, who I genuinely emotion spending clip with.
'I conscionable felt similar determination were immoderate different chapters of passionateness I wanted to pursue. There's immoderate worldly successful the concern satellite that I was truly loving. Can I bargain backmost each that time?
'Would I regret not calling different 100 AFL games? No. Would I regret not jumping into that pond and person a ace … spot of the unknown, worldly I love, trying to physique thing I've been moving on.
'It's bully to bash it connected your ain terms. You don't get to bash that excessively often successful that space. You usually get sacked.'
Meanwhile, Darcy's lad Sam is expected to beryllium sidelined for 2 to 3 months with a genu injury.
Darcy (pictured with family) said that helium besides wanted to walk much clip with his woman Bec and prosecute different interests
Sam Darcy injured his genu 2 weeks agone but is expected to beryllium backmost successful 2 oregon 3 months
The Bulldogs feared the worst erstwhile Darcy went down clutching the genu during past month's 71-point thrashing of St Kilda.
Scans cleared the 21-year-old cardinal guardant of harm to his anterior cruciate ligament, which would person ruled him retired for the remainder of the year.
But helium suffered an impaction fracture astatine the beforehand of his genu and associated ligament harm astatine the backmost of his knee.
Darcy kicked 38 goals successful a breakout run past twelvemonth and added 14 arsenic the Bulldogs' astir prolific guardant done their archetypal 5 games this season.
Widely regarded arsenic a generational talent, Darcy signed a four-year declaration hold with the Bulldogs past December, which ties him to the nine until the extremity of 2029.
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