Australian swimming superstar Kyle Chalmers recently revealed that he was close to making the code switch to the AFL, with Geelong making an audacious bid only a few years ago.
Chalmers - the son of former Adelaide and Port Adelaide player Brett - always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and play football at the highest level.
"That was my dream for sure," the 26-year-old told The Howie Games podcast.
"Not anymore — up until 2021, that was definitely my dream, was to then one day play AFL footy.
"As a kid, (I) obviously wanted to follow in my dad's footsteps of playing AFL. He played for both Adelaide teams."
Chalmers recounted the play made by the Cats, which Troy Selwood led.
Geelong have a knack of finding diamonds in the rough, namely Mark Blicavs.
"A mate of mine, (musician) Scotty Darlow, spoke to me, and he said, ‘Troy Selwood actually wants to talk to you about going to Geelong'," Chalmers recalls.
"And I was like ‘, this has to be a joke'.
"But I'll sit down and do, like, whatever, I'll do the Zoom call with Troy Selwood.
"And I got on Zoom and did this two-hour recruitment thing about going to Geelong as a Category B rookie.
"If I was going to do that, it had to be after the Olympics in 2021 otherwise, I would be too old."
Following the meeting with Geelong, Chalmers said he sought advice from a former footballer, Sam Jacobs.
Jacobs played for Carlton, Adelaide and GWS.
"I remember pretty much getting off that Zoom call and going to have a kick of footy with my great mate Sam Jacobs," he said.
"And Sauce really put it at me and said, ‘Well, do you really want to go from being No. 1 or No. 2 in the world in your sport to being 45th on an AFL list and probably never playing a game?'.
"I went ‘yeah, that's actually a very good point, you're right', so that was kind of when the dream, the bubble, just burst.
"I went, you know what, I actually really love swimming, I love being one of the best swimmers in the world, I love my lifestyle, I love the opportunities it's given me travelling around the world, so stuff the footy."