Tom McDonald plays for the Melbourne Football Club – 2021 AFL Premiers. In this sit-down Tom educates Matt on the life of an athlete, their earning potential, how their careers are fashioned and what the transition back to a regular life looks like.
Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/Cc4oRKcgvuY
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01:18 Tom’s football career
03:10 Tom McDonald gets into trouble for speaking against mandates
06:33 Tom’s pivot to business
9:03 Poker with Andrew Bogut and his classic cars
11:29 Buyer’s advocacy – are real estate agents a scam?
13:11 Salaries in professional sport
14:28 The psychological trauma of changing careers
17:29 The best job in the world
19:10 Using protein to crowd out bad foods
22:40 A week in the life of an AFL athlete
24:47 AFL strategy and tactics
26:50 AFL players are better looking
29:58 The Great Resignation – reimagining your work life
31:30 Talking business supply chains
33:35 The planet is under-populated
34:50 Misanthropy has infiltrated mainstream perspectives
37:40 The rise of podcasts and idea sharing
39:27 Tom’s friendship with Hamish Blake
41:00 The best hot chips
41:28 Tom’s top podcasts
43:30 Are elite athletes ‘stupid’?
48:14 Bec Judd in longform interview?
51:24 AFL diets and funding AFL clubs with poker machines
55:31 Hair lines and hair transplants
55:58 Getting Matt down to 100kg
58:27 Going on a 3-month bender
1:00:25 Kids prefer animal products over vegetables
1:02:25 People need to start speaking up for what they believe in
