There are three categories of life membership - Honorary, Player and Umpire.
According to the AFL Northern Territory Consitution, the guidelines for receiving AFLNT life membership stipulate;
9.3 Life Members
(d) The Board may by resolution elect a person to a category of Life Membership provided that the person satisfies the relevant criteria as follows:
(i) Honorary Life Member: An Honorary Life Member is any person who has rendered outstanding service to Australian Football in the Northern Territory and only two such appointments may be made in each Financial Year;
(ii) Player Life Member: A Player Life Member is any person who has:
(A) played 200 Men’s Senior Australian Football games (in aggregate) for a Club (or Clubs) in the NTFL Premier League, the NT Thunder (or any successor representative team) or a Northern Territory representative team; or
(B) played 150 Women’s Senior Australian Football games (in aggregate) for a Club (or Clubs) in the NTFL Premier League, the NT Thunder (or any successor representative team) or a Northern Territory representative team;
(iii) Umpire Life Member: An Umpire Life Member is any person who has:
(A) umpired 200 Men’s or Women’s Senior Australian Football games (in aggregate) as a field and/or a boundary umpire in the NTFL Premier League, or any game in which the NT Thunder (or any successor representative team) or a Northern Territory representative team competes;
(B) umpired 200 Men’s or Women’s Senior Australian Football games (in aggregate) as a goal umpire in the NTFL Premier League, or any game in which the NT Thunder (or any successor representative team) or a Northern Territory representative team competes, and has given not less than ten (10) years’ service to Australian Football in the Northern Territory; or
(C) not met the requirements of clauses 9.3(c)(iii)(A) or 9.3(c)(iii)(B) above, but has umpired 200 Men’s or Women’s Senior Australian Football games (in aggregate) as either a field and/or boundary umpire and a goal umpire in the NTFL Premier League, or any game in which the NT Thunder (or any successor representative team) or a Northern Territory representative team competes, and has given not less than ten (10) years’ service to Australian Football in the Northern Territory.
Furthermore, a person shall not be deemed to be elected as a Life Member until they have notified the Company that they accept their election as a Life Member of the Company.
A person who has accepted their election as a Life Member shall be announced at the next Annual General Meeting.