kickthething
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Do you think he would cotton on to that.
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Surely and AFL club or someone with a vested financial interest in a club (e.g. sponsor) would hire an investigator to see what info they can pick up about Geelong's dodgy deals?
And I'd be interested in how they communicate it to prospective players. They can't outwardly tell players as word would get around pretty quickly if they did. But surely there's word out there on how they do it.
Surely they need to be investigated
And I'd be interested in how they communicate it to prospective players. They can't outwardly tell players as word would get around pretty quickly if they did. But surely there's word out there on how they do it.
Surely they need to be investigated
Nobody comes here for "less money" more like way overs :/
Gotta throw massive contracts at our "academy" players as well :/
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As I mentioned earlier in this thread. When I was living in Geelong a little while back it was common knowledge there were deals done.
You can go back to Bomber Thompson getting a heap of land and paying cents on the dollar for Simonds to build houses on it. He made a fortune.
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Less money is just code for 'outside deals' with Geelong. He'll be getting his worth. Their outside deals should be looked at by the AFL and eventually be included in the salary cap. How they're active every year in the trading period is staggering to me. To me something is suss with them. But the AFL are too gutless to investigate a Victorian team though.
If swans pulled shifty deals to attract players to the club, the Queue Be Enourmous.
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And the whinging from Victorian clubs would be deafening and too much to handle.
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It's common knowledge they do outside deals. I want them investigated like the AFL would do to us if we did them. They brandish the 'culture' shit around too when attracting players for 'less' money too. It's exploiting a loophole and rorting the system in a way. Brisbane do it also, hence they're always active in the trading period also.
Is there a restraint of trade issue?
Players are allowed to earn money outside of footy?
So it's a grey area.
I'm more furious about how Geelong got pick 7 last year from the Suns.
That's seems very suss. Needs investigating..can't believe AFL allowed that one.
Players are allowed to earn money outside of footy?
So it's a grey area.
I'm more furious about how Geelong got pick 7 last year from the Suns.
That's seems very suss. Needs investigating..can't believe AFL allowed that one.
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"Chris Judd is set to appeal the AFL's ruling that his long-term third-party sponsorship must now be paid inside Carlton's salary cap.
Since moving to Carlton from West Coast in 2008, Judd has been paid a rumoured $250,000 a year by Visy, though his manager Paul Connors insists this figure is not accurate."
What are the current rules?
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I'm not sure to be honest, does anybody know?
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Doing it for one player maybe a marquee player is fine, but to do this for every trade and say they play for 'less money'? That's where the AFL needs to step in and have a look at Geelong in my opinion. It's exploitation
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It might just be, particularly after the Judd deal like I just put up.
The problem with a lot of these deals are they get the money for literally not doing anything. And more times than not their partner gets a job thrown in too....for 3 times the typical wage at the company.
Why not? The AFL obviously haven't though, so you may be right.
But, But.... We have corporate culture!
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Stringer will fit right in that club
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"Cleary said there were no victims from the public — and the scenes were kept all between the players — but the AFL and the club had become aware of some disturbing activities after an anonymous tip-off. "
What a crock of rubbish. So now you cant have a private players function w no public present and still cope a bake from a winey AFL ... spare me.
"Private function" doesn't give you license to do whatever you want.
The world has far bigger problems than drunken footy players presumably doing some politically incorrect (but not illegal) things at a private function.
But of course, the AFL will once again prove themselves to be our self-appointed moral guardians.
Thankyou AFL, for without you, I would clearly not be on the path of true virtue and enlightenment.
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The AFL isn't responsible for solving world hunger or a ceasefire in Gaza.
The fact that it was a private function and someone felt strongly enough to blow the whistle is a clue.
Do you think that nothing is out of bounds at a company Christmas party?
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What are the odds that one of the boys that are leaving snitched on them.
