I've met Sonja Hood a few times and she is an absolute ripper. I'm really pleased for her today.
Now we get to watch a great experiment unfold. Over the next five years we might find out how a smaller club like North Melbourne - who would be reluctant to pay over the 'soft cap' - fares by tying up so much of that cap in one person.
We might also get a sense for whether Clarkson really is a great coach, or just an angry man who shuffled the names on the whiteboard stacked with some of the most talented players ever to pull on a jumper.