Editing Jason Akermanis (section)

===Western Bulldogs (2007–2010)===
On 6 September, it was reported that the [[Western Bulldogs]] were leading in the race to sign Akermanis for the 2007 season. On 15 September, Akermanis confirmed that he wanted to join the Bulldogs. It was then down to the Lions agreeing on the trade price, which they did on 9 October, when Brisbane Lions football manager [[Graeme Allan]] announced that the team had agreed to trade Akermanis to the Bulldogs.

At the end of the 2008 season, Akermanis made a statement that he would retire at the end of 2009 when his three-year contract expired, however he displayed excellent form at the start of the 2009 season, and later retracted his earlier comment about retirement. Western Bulldogs coach [[Rodney Eade]] said he had not ruled out the possibility of extending Akermanis's contract depending on his performance for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfnews/aka-shows-hes-far-from-finished/2009/05/17/1242498638964.html|title=Aka shows he's far from finished|publisher=The Age|date=18 May 2009|access-date=17 May 2009|archive-date=21 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521172817/http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfnews/aka-shows-hes-far-from-finished/2009/05/17/1242498638964.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He then signed with the Bulldogs for another year, hoping to play in a fourth premiership side. It is assumed his contract would be for substantially less pay than his previous deal, which is estimated at between $350,000 and $400,000 a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfnews/aka-to-decide-future-at-seasons-end/2009/06/11/1244664795170.html|title=Akermanis to decide his future at season's end|publisher=AAP|date=12 June 2009}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In July 2010 it was announced that the Western Bulldogs had terminated Akermanis' contract due to the club's judgement that the two were on different paths.<ref name="sacked">{{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/jason-akermanis-sacked-20100721-10kqu.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=Trust issues: Bulldogs sack Jason Akermanis | first1=Caroline | last1=Wilson | first2=Samantha | last2=Lane | date=21 July 2010}}</ref> At the time of his sacking, he was one of only two former Brisbane Bears players left in the AFL, with the other being [[Daniel Bradshaw]]. He and Bradshaw were also the last remaining members of the Brisbane Lions inaugural 1997 list.