Former captain Chris Judd requests exclusion from Carlton's new-look leadership group.
Superstar Chris Judd is stepping aside at Carlton. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
CHRIS Judd says he is looking forward to playing football without the burden and public glare of the Carlton captaincy.
As revealed by the Herald Sun last month, Judd, 29, has decided to step down from the leadership role to cash in on his twilight years.
The dual Brownlow medallist revealed he would not be part of Carlton's next leadership group under coach Mick Malthouse.
Judd's replacement will not be named until late February, but midfielders Marc Murphy, Andrew Carrazzo and Kade Simpson are vying for the job.
"I am looking forward to getting back to enjoying the essence of footy and not having as much responsibility around the club," Judd said yesterday.
"I certainly won't be pushing any less hard to bring success and will still have an active role, however it just won't be in an official leadership capacity."
Judd was frustrated at times last year - a season marred by his "chicken-wing tackle" furore - and was keen to offload some of the leadership responsibility in Malthouse's first year.
The champion midfielder is challenging an AFL ruling that his $200,000-a-year third-party payment from packaging giant Visy must be included in the club's salary cap next year for the first time.
The feud with the AFL will not affect his teammates, though, because the Blues can accommodate the $200,000 within their cap.
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In a letter, the AFL offered Carlton a stay of proceedings over its total player payment position until the dispute was resolved.
Judd's management met outgoing AFL football operations boss Adrian Anderson last week, and the Blues star now has a 14-day cooling-off period before a probable grievance hearing.
The dispute shows no sign of being resolved quickly now Anderson is departing and grievance tribunal chairman Jack Rush has joined the St Kilda board.
The Blues are hoping for a reversal of the league's ruling because the contract is identical to a deal approved by salary-cap investigator Ken Wood several years ago.
The AFL has said Carlton had repeated warnings that Judd's deal was likely to be excluded from the salary cap when it was renewed.
But Carlton is believed to have been told mid-year by Wood that the new deal probably would be approved after some minor details were resolved.
Judd has played 239 games and is still considered one of the game's best midfielders.
It is understood Malthouse wants to spread more of the leadership responsibility on younger shoulders.
Carlton's football manager Andrew McKay paid tribute to Judd yesterday.
"Chris has been outstanding in his role as captain and we respect his decision to step down," he said.
"His discipline and professionalism around the club has really set a benchmark for all players to adhere too and although he won't officially be a leader anymore, we expect his influence to continue."
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