Opinion Non-Crows AFL 11

[Kane McGoodwin]

If the AFL investigate this now after not investigating it earlier it makes a mockery of them policing the soft cap

They should have already known and investigated it

Yes, it's only because of public pressure.

What a joke of a league.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

yep

They would have thought 'yeah no worries (who cares if dodgy, we don't want to bring attention to it)'

Then once there's some criticism / conjecture...'we will investigate!'

Investigation: guy rings company and asks 2 or 3 questions.

Outcome: 'We have investigated and are satisfied that there is no issue'

If cleared by the AFL, we should be lining up sponsors to give some of our coaching staff part time jobs... or ideally a new senior coach with good money.

 

[treeman]

yep

They would have thought 'yeah no worries (who cares if dodgy, we don't want to bring attention to it)'

Then once there's some criticism / conjecture...'we will investigate!'

Investigation: guy rings company and asks 2 or 3 questions.

Outcome: 'We have investigated and are satisfied that there is no issue'

Yeah in about 2 weeks I'll expect that response.

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[El Doederino]

If cleared by the AFL, we should be lining up sponsors to give some of our coaching staff part time jobs... or ideally a new senior coach with good money.

I expect this is what’s happened. Every other clubs lined up gigs for their coaches through sponsors and wants it signed off.

 

[Coopers]

Do you think the inquries are something like "WHOA CHRIS! NOICE! You reckon they can get me a side gig too??!?"

 

[jackster83]

The AFL investigating Geelong is the equivalent of the ACCC investigating Qantas.

 

[Coopers]

If the AFL investigate this now after not investigating it earlier it makes a mockery of them policing the soft cap

They should have already known and investigated it

C'mon, if it hadn't hit the media, they wouldn't have needed to do that.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

The AFL investigating Geelong is the equivalent of the ACCC investigating Qantas.

Geelong have already written the report on behalf of the AFL.

 

[Coopers]

If cleared by the AFL, we should be lining up sponsors to give some of our coaching staff part time jobs... or ideally a new senior coach with good money.

Obviously if we do it, there will be a huge fine. We'll need to pre-emptively give up our first and second round picks, just so they are nice to us and only fine us our next years first round picks.



Now that said, I reckon I'm up for a gig as part of the investigative team. Probably even less work in that for good $ than what Chris Scott will be doing for Morris Finance.

 

[ams4crows]

Draft and trade sanctions please!!! Extended year Soft cap reduction for Geelong please!!

Actually punish Geelong the club in some way

 

[SugarShane]

Call me old fashioned but I think the best way to deal with this is to flood Morris Finance with 1 star Google reviews

Or phone them every 5 minutes and ask to talk to Chris. And if he's not there insist he calls you back, and then keep calling and asking if he's back in the office yet.

 

[SugarShane]

Chris Scott in a few days:

"I now see that this position is not a good luck for league and will be stepping down from the position with full payment for the length of contract that I signed."

 

[El Doederino]

Chris Scott in a few days:

"I now see that this position is not a good luck for league and will be stepping down from the position with full payment for the length of contract that I signed."

He will also be donating his wages from Morris Financial to charity (the Cotton On foundation)

 

[Mr_Moogle]

The part I find surprising about Geelong isn't that the AFL licks their arses, it's that the other big Victorian sides don't seem to be kicking up a stink about it. I always assumed Victorian football rivalries at the big clubs would act like a regulating mechanism if any of them ever had too much power or was getting a favourable deal compared to the others.

 

[tinman]

The AFL investigating Geelong is the equivalent of the ACCC investigating Qantas.

Let’s hope so. ACCC took Qantas to Federal court who just hit them with $100m in penalties over Qantas selling tickets on cancelled flights.

Same ACCC that’s had great results with the big supermarkets, Flight Centre and Trivago amongst others.

Don’t see any similarities whatsoever with the AFL but opinions hey?

 

[baldandbroke]

The part I find surprising about Geelong isn't that the AFL licks their arses, it's that the other big Victorian sides don't seem to be kicking up a stink about it. I always assumed Victorian football rivalries at the big clubs would act like a regulating mechanism if any of them ever had too much power or was getting a favourable deal compared to the others.

You think this only happens at Geelong?

No one is sticking their head up ... as every other AFL club doesn't want any extra media attention to be given to their side deals. I would not be shocked if the AFL knows about ALL of them, and approves of ALL of them.

All clubs do this stuff, some are just better at it than others.

 

[Captain Furious]

For someone who doesn't engage much in the details of contracts, can someone explain to me why Jaidan Stephenson would get a red cent of his $500K next year, let alone a huge chunk (reported to be $300K), given he's walked away from it?

 

[rocket18]

If cleared by the AFL, we should be lining up sponsors to give some of our coaching staff part time jobs... or ideally a new senior coach with good money.

I wouldn't wish Nicks onto any of our sponsors.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

I wouldn't wish Nicks onto any of our sponsors.

I'd be okay with crypto.com.

 

[El Doederino]

For someone who doesn't engage much in the details of contracts, can someone explain to me why Jaidan Stephenson would get a red cent of his $500K next year, let alone a huge chunk (reported to be $300K), given he's walked away from it?

I doubt its as simple as he "walked away" and instead his retirement is mutually beneficial for player and club and so they share in taking a hit

I would expect if North had an attitude of not paying a red cent, then Stephenson would play out his contract putting in as minimal effort as contractually obligated to get paid. Which helps no one.

See Winston Bogarde at Chelsea.

 

[Barneythecrab]

I doubt its as simple as he "walked away" and instead his retirement is mutually beneficial for player and club and so they share in taking a hit

I would expect if North had an attitude of not paying a red cent, then Stephenson would play out his contract putting in as minimal effort as contractually obligated to get paid. Which helps no one.

See Winston Bogarde at Chelsea.

Making room for a delisted player from collingwood.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

For someone who doesn't engage much in the details of contracts, can someone explain to me why Jaidan Stephenson would get a red cent of his $500K next year, let alone a huge chunk (reported to be $300K), given he's walked away from it?

Paying him for his list spot

 

[WaynesWorld19]

The news the AFL is sticking with the 4 bench players and a vested player, saves us from the merry go round every 5 years

The bench configurations change so frequently is frustrating .....frustrating in that whatever configuration the AFL sets, the Coaches complain insidiously until a few years after it changes AGAIN

We've had the 5 man benches B4 .....and the Coaches complained they were disadvantaged if an injury occurred ......hence what we have now

Coaches are a bunch of whingers .....play the cards dealt to you ....I'm sure they're smart enough to manage that

 

[Mr_Moogle]

You think this only happens at Geelong?

No one is sticking their head up ... as every other AFL club doesn't want any extra media attention to be given to their side deals. I would not be shocked if the AFL knows about ALL of them, and approves of ALL of them.

All clubs do this stuff, some are just better at it than others.

Fair call.

The richer, better connected sides benefit from this being legal. A bit of naive of me to think they'd campaign for a fairer league. Right now they'd be taking notes on how to be more like Geelong.

All of this is so excruciating given how much they ****ed us over for Tippett.

 

[George Kramer]

The news the AFL is sticking with the 4 bench players and a vested player, saves us from the merry go round every 5 years

The bench configurations change so frequently is frustrating .....frustrating in that whatever configuration the AFL sets, the Coaches complain insidiously until a few years after it changes AGAIN

We've had the 5 man benches B4 .....and the Coaches complained they were disadvantaged if an injury occurred ......hence what we have now

Coaches are a bunch of whingers .....play the cards dealt to you ....I'm sure they're smart enough to manage that

And the impact on the players? No worries making a player sit on the pine except for 4 minutes?

When did we have 5 man benches?