░B░R░E░A░K░I░N░G ░B░R░E░A░ 🅱🆁🅴🅰🅺 It’s Done. I Can’t Continue”: Collingwood Football Club Vice-President Jodie Sizer Step Down in Devastating Open Letter, Sending Fresh Shockwaves Through the AFL…

Just five hours after president Barry Carp’s explosive resignation, Collingwood Football Club vice-president **Jodie Sizer** has followed him out the door with an emotional, highly personal statement that has plunged the Magpies into an unprecedented leadership crisis.

Sizer, the club’s first female vice-president and a widely respected figure across the competition, released a 400-word open letter to members via her personal LinkedIn and the club’s website at 10:58 pm.

The letter begins with the exact same chilling words used by Carp earlier in the evening:

> “It’s done. This is more than intimidation. I can’t continue.”

Sizer, who has served on the Collingwood board since 2019 and was seen as a steadying, progressive influence during the post-Eddie McGuire era, did not hold back:

> “In the past eight weeks I have been subjected to a sustained campaign of harassment that has left me fearing for my safety and that of my young family.
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> Anonymous messages sent to my children’s school, tyres slashed outside my home, abusive phone calls at 3 am, and repeated threats that ‘we know where you live’ are just some of the incidents I have endured.
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> This is not passionate support gone wrong. This is calculated, criminal behaviour designed to force good people out of the club they love.
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> I will not allow my family to live in fear because I dared to serve Collingwood.
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> To the small, cowardly minority who believe this club belongs only to them: you do not speak for the thousands of decent, proud Magpie members who just want their club to be safe and successful.
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> I am heartbroken to leave, but I leave with my head high and my conscience clear.
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> To the players, staff and the majority of our members – I am so sorry. You deserve far better than this.”

Sizer concluded by revealing she has already made formal statements to Victoria Police and has engaged private security for her family.

The double resignation on the same night has triggered immediate crisis talks between Collingwood’s remaining directors, the AFL executive, and Integrity Unit investigators. Sources confirm that detectives from Taskforce Aurora (the same unit that investigated threats against umpires and officials in recent years) have been assigned to the case.

AFL CEO Andrew Dillon released an updated statement at 11:10 pm:

> “The events at Collingwood tonight are deeply disturbing. No person should ever feel forced to walk away from our game because of threats or intimidation. The AFL stands ready to provide every resource necessary – including direct support from Victoria Police – to ensure those responsible are identified and held fully accountable.”

Collingwood’s official response was limited to a one-line acknowledgment:

> “The club has accepted Ms Sizer’s resignation with profound sadness and thanks her for her outstanding contribution.”

By midnight, #WeStandWithJodie was the number-one trending topic in Australia, with players from every AFL club – including rivals – posting black-square images and messages of solidarity.

Former Magpies captain Scott Pendlebury wrote: “This is beyond disgusting. Jodie is one of the best people our club has ever had. Whoever did this needs to be banned for life – and charged.”

As Collingwood heads into the most turbulent off-season in its 133-year history, two of its highest-ranking officials have been driven out within hours of each other using almost identical language.

The question burning across the league tonight is no longer “what is happening at Collingwood?”

It is: who is prepared to step into the presidency when the last two people who held the role say they were terrorised into quitting?

More as it breaks.