McSween, who was president as recently as 2015, was re-elected to the league’s top job after Barry Crimmin officially stood down at the annual general meeting on Wednesday night.

The experienced administrator said junior development was his key focus in his second stint as president.

He said the addition of several board members with business-saavy minds would also help the league grow in his reign.

“I love it – the more of it the merrier. I like the challenges, I like the thought of being able to make a mark, so to say,” McSween said.

“It’s probably the driving force in a lot of ways – being able to influence the game positively. 

“I want to leave it in a better condition than I found it. We were on the verge of putting a few (good) things in place before I (gave up) the presidency last time around.”

McSween is joined by vice president Sara Quinn, who will again double as chairperson of netball.

David Turner is also expected to take on more responsibility after one season on the executive.

Barry Crimmin, Ken Knowles, Ash Porra and Helen Gleeson have all relinquished their roles with the league after varying tenures.

With a sweeping junior football review currently underway, McSween said it took more importance than ever in shaping the culture of the competition.

“Junior football has always been my thing. Even at club level, and at league level, the strength of your junior competition is the stability of your league, and it's a mark of strength,” he said.

“Your culture in a club, and in a league, starts with your junior players. That culture can be built, and it affects the whole club.

“At club level you can bring a few players in and change a culture at senior level, but if they disappear, the whole thing goes with it.

“At junior level, if you bring them through, that culture is likely to stay with the club and through the league.

“Your juniors are hands down the most important thing a club can invest in as a whole.”

Financially, a year of administrative change hit the league hard.

It suffered a loss of $18,023 – with interleague and program printing among the most expensive culprits.

Sponsorship, however, rose by more than $10,000. 

McSween said the league “wasn’t in a bad position”.