The wife of the AFL\u2019s second-in-charge Tom Harley has flagged on social media that she is \u201cstruggling\u201d with North Melbourne\u2019s multi-million signing of Nick Blakey as he is still under investigation over the Swans\u2019 Pullman Hotel sex assault scandal.<\/p>\n
Blakey was snapped drinking with his new Kangaroo teammates at Builders Arms Hotel in Fitzroy on Tuesday afternoon \u2013 shortly after his blockbuster deal with the club went through.<\/p>\n
But author and well-respected media publishing identity Felicity Harley was not celebrating the trade in her comments on a viral social media post from Not All Clubs Media, which calls out inequality in sport.<\/p>\n
Mrs Harley was one of many prominent women who endorsed the lengthy commentary, which started saying: \u201cBeing a woman in 2026 means watching a footy player linked to an alleged sexual assault investigation receive an $11-$12 million deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStruggling with this,\u201d Mrs Harley wrote.<\/p>\n
It understood she has been concerned about the broader issue of women feeling let down at the moment.<\/p>\n
Mrs Harley was also friends with fitness trainer Sam Wood, who is locked up in Queensland on domestic violence charges, and who had been a guest on her podcast.<\/p>\n
In August, after the Swans scandal was first revealed by the Herald Sun, Mrs Harley commented on a post by author and mental health advocate Jill Stark that said an AFL club\u2019s success had come before women\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t agree more,\u201d Mrs Harley said in response to Ms Stark\u2019s post.<\/p>\n
The latest comment comes with police on Wednesday confirming the investigation into the into the alleged sexual assault involving multiple Sydney Swans players is continuing.<\/p>\n
A Victoria Police spokesperson said: \u201cWe won\u2019t be providing a running commentary of the investigation … The investigation remains ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Blakey was photographed celebrating his move by downing some beers with Roos captain Nick Larkey and a handful of players including Paul Curtis and Dylan Stephens on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Geelong legend Tom Harley was the former CEO of the Sydney Swans before moving to AFL headquarters as chief operations officer.<\/p>\n
Mrs Harley has long championed female-first issues, founding Women\u2019s Health magazine and penning the book \u201cBalance and other BS\u201d.<\/p>\n
She was named one of Australia\u2019s 100 Women of Influence for her brainchild the \u201cI Support Women in Sport\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wife of the AFL\u2019s second-in-charge Tom Harley has flagged on social media that she is \u201cstruggling\u201d with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[495058,495043,495033,495055,495050,495047,436532,423070,387251,495060,10968,452335,474303,433488,385260,452174,495064,495073,399694,376610,638,495070,495032,318760,423784,416830,495036,64,2347,63,55,639,13682,495040,75890,452797,495044,495052,495034,35819,495075,495031,76824,269066,495049,495057,495062,70979,9371,495076,483497,495028,495056,463328,495029,495027,495074,41817,106056,5315,495037,495072,495066,495046,495069,495065,495045,19122,6855,495039,495038,495035,7820,1158,495059,701,37542,495067,1314,495051,588,495041,85,495048,379302,465785,376865,495061,382205,456769,386615,5884,495068,495030,128820,495063,429026,109662,430669,495071,13060,576,28333,495054,8246,495042,41313,495053,12632],"class_list":["post-927913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-s-100-women","tag-s-health-magazine","tag-s-multi-million-signing","tag-s-post-the-latest-comment","tag-s-second-in-charge-tom-harley","tag-s-second-in-command","tag-s-success","tag-s-wellbeing","tag-s-wife","tag-12-million-deal","tag-10968","tag-a-footy-player","tag-a-guest","tag-a-handful","tag-a-post","tag-a-pub","tag-a-running-commentary","tag-a-social-post","tag-a-viral-social-media-post","tag-a-woman","tag-afl","tag-afl-boss","tag-afl-headquarters","tag-afternoon","tag-an-11","tag-an-afl-club","tag-an-alleged-sexual-assault-investigation","tag-au","tag-august","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-author","tag-author-and-mental-health-advocate-jill-stark","tag-balance","tag-blakey","tag-blakey-move","tag-blakey-trade","tag-builders-arms-hotel","tag-campaign","tag-chief-operations-officer-mrs-harley","tag-continuing-a","tag-domestic-violence-charges","tag-dylan-stephens","tag-felicity-harley","tag-female-first-issues","tag-fitness-trainer-sam-wood","tag-fitzroy","tag-friends","tag-her-brainchild","tag-her-comments","tag-her-podcast-in","tag-his-blockbuster-deal","tag-his-move","tag-his-new-kangaroo-teammates","tag-his-new-teammates","tag-identity-felicity-harley","tag-inequality","tag-influence","tag-investigation","tag-many-prominent-women","tag-mrs-harley","tag-ms-stark","tag-multiple-sydney-swans-players","tag-new-kangaroo-nick-blakey","tag-new-roo","tag-new-teammates","tag-nick-blakey","tag-north-melbourne","tag-not-all-clubs-media","tag-other-bs","tag-paul-curtis-and","tag-players","tag-police","tag-pullman-hotel-sex-assault-scandal","tag-queensland","tag-response","tag-roos-captain-nick-larkey","tag-social-media","tag-some-beers","tag-sport","tag-sport-mrs-harley","tag-sports","tag-swans-probe","tag-the-afl","tag-the-alleged-sexual-assault","tag-the-book","tag-the-broader-issue","tag-the-club","tag-the-former-ceo","tag-the-herald-sun","tag-the-investigation","tag-the-lengthy-commentary","tag-the-moment-mrs-harley","tag-the-swans","tag-the-swans-scandal","tag-the-sydney-swans","tag-the-trade","tag-the-wife","tag-through-but","tag-town","tag-trade","tag-tuesday","tag-tuesday-geelong-legend-tom-harley","tag-update","tag-victoria-police-spokesperson","tag-wednesday","tag-well-respected-media","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}