Are the Pies “missing a trick” by not “looking after” famous father?

Collingwood should be “looking after” Peter Daicos as the club strives to keep his superstar son for the long-term.

Nick Daicos is contracted with the Magpies until the end of 2029 but his name continues to be thrown up in conversations when it comes to the Tasmania Devils.

As Tassie’s marquee man, Daicos could earn as much $2.5 million per season beyond his current deal with the Pies.

But in order to lock him away at Collingwood, and avoid a big-money shift from the mainland, the Pies could look at a paid ambassador role for Nick’s famous father in a bid to sweeten any further dealings.

Craig Hutchison and Caroline Wilson both suggested as such on Channel 7’s The Agenda Setters.

Hutchison: ”Are they missing a trick in not looking after Peter Daicos in advance of that decision (Nick re-signing)?"

Wilson: “It’s funny you should say that because that's a conversation that has been carried out at Collingwood behind closed doors between some of the most senior Collingwood people.

“Interestingly, last year, before the best and fairest, which sort of became famous because Nick Daicos didn’t win - and the Daicos parents left before the event was over - Peter Daicos was driving through the streets of Melbourne and saw his image on a massive billboard in a heritage jumper.

“I don’t think Peter Daicos was thrilled about that because no one had told him about it. So he contacted the club and he was rightly remunerated, as he should have been.

“The conversations have been happening before that with Craig Kelly, for example, and the Daicos management. ‘Why don’t we send Peter Daicos over to Adelaide take a group of coterie people and have dinner’, which has happened.

“‘Why don’t we just pay Peter Daicos on a retainer to be an ambassador for the footy club’, which he already is. At a time, and there has been a bit of a redress, when the Daicos family for a while seemed to be travelling the country doing sporties (sports nights).”

Kane Cornes and Nick Riewoldt were both sceptical.

Cornes: “Is this a way around the salary cap?”

Riewoldt: “That’s exactly what it is.”

Wilson: “I think it’s legitimate, and it’s preferable to an extra $20 a head at the Olympic Hotel in Heidelberg for a photo with the Macedonian Marvels.”

Cornes: “Do you think the AFL would let Collingwood pay Peter Daicos…?

“Could the Dogs pay Luke Darcy? Could the Lions do the same with Marcus Ashcroft?

“Clubs would be so willing to exploit this.”

Wilson: “This is one of the most famous Collingwood players ever.

“This is someone who is an unashamed marketing man for his kids, who is a brilliant ambassador for the footy club, he’s a premiership player.

“I’d rather him doing that as a club ambassador…”

Cornes: “I like your thinking but there is no way the AFL would or should allow this.”

Hutchison: “He brings and offers commercial worth for Collingwood that they have never ever sought to get ahead of.”

Wilson: “Conversations have hovered around the six-figure mark.”

Hutchison: “I think the Daicos’ would be the most commercially viable trio of a family in the game.

“There’s value in Peter on his own and there’s value in the three of them together.”

Riewoldt: “It’s a good idea, but the AFL won’t do it.”

Hutchison: “I’d be trying to get ahead of that if I was Collingwood, every day of the week.”

Nick's older brother Josh is contracted with the club until the end of 2030.