Not really that much different to the old days when you had a Captain, Vice Captain, 3 Deputy Vice Captains and 3 Deputy-Deputy Vice Captains. But admittedly in those days, there was always a player or 2, 3 or 4 sisters of players and a couple of brothers of players who would decide to get married in the footy season so you needed a bit of backup for your captain.
On a tangent to that, who else saw Hamling's classic excuse for getting out of sharing a caravan in Strathalbyn with Sandi on the weekend?
"Err Ross, my Dad is getting married on Saturday, I won't make the game against the Crows. Sorry 'bout it"