Roast AFL salary cap investigation into Port's new structure + Triggonometry

[Dobie G]

AFL rules prevent any AFL club having direct coaching on footballers 18 or younger.

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PORT Adelaide say they have nothing to fear despite the AFL's salary cap investigator flagging concerns about the club's revamped structure.
The concerns of AFL investigator Ken Wood were disclosed in an email mistakenly released to media by Port's football operations manager Peter Rohde on Wednesday.
From next season, Port will effectively field a reserves side in South Australia's second-tier competition, the SANFL.
But Wood expressed concern after being alerted by an un-named club, suspected to be Port's bitter home-town rivals Adelaide, to aspects of the Power's reserves deal.
Port will create several youth academies in a revised structure from next season. But AFL rules prohibit any AFL club having a direct coaching influence on footballers aged 18 or under.
Port chief executive Keith Thomas said his club "clearly understood'' that rule.
"They (the AFL) don't want an AFL club having access to under-age players and hiding them inside the system, and that is not our intention at all,'' Thomas told reporters on Wednesday.
Thomas will meet Wood next week to allay any concern.
"It is all above board ... we have no issues at all - I guarantee you,'' Thomas said.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...erves-sanfl-deal/story-fnia6ojc-1226717081657
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[Eddie Dingle]

Complained under the "We are too incompetent to think for ourselves" rule.

**** you twiggy.

 

[Doctor Feel]

...we arent coaching anyone below 18? Thats part of the agreement? Herpaderpafallopiantubes

EDIT: It must be in relation to next year and keeping our juniors. Twiggy is mad and wants to take it out on some kids.

 

[n4nirvana]

Oh Twiggy

 

[Malibu#27]

Portia, this is the rule that prevents us selecting promising U18's

 

[Doctor Feel]

Triggy Having a sook.

 

[ploppy]

a few clubs already have u18 academy's weird rule...psst don't tell the crows but we can start hiding underage centre half forwards now...

 

[finbarr]

I love how increasingly insignificant Steven Trigg and Rob Chapman have become.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Dat dere boy who cried wolf.

 

[Jones2ByrneJones]

 

[Burningleviathan]

Would it be the Magpie father-sons that is the concern?

 

[bomberclifford]

So the SANFL comes back to us with a revised deal, we hold an information evening for our members to present the case, the board considers the CEOs recommendation and accepts the deal and then, in less than 24hrs, "a rival club" expresses concerns to the AFL.

1. It couldn't possibly be any club other than Adelaide.
2. How do they know the fine details of the proposal? Where have they got this information from so quickly?
3. Where is the SANFL in this? They've approved the deal and even allowed some last minute revisions to get it over the line, why have they not made a statement?

Tin foil hat time: this is sounding like a setup.

 

[finbarr]

He can't even pull off the casual look the way Casual Keith can. Comes off looking like he's taking a break from painting his house. And that is the fakest smile I've ever seen. What a complete dud of a human being.

 

[SwampRat]

So the SANFL comes back to us with a revised deal, we hold an information evening for our members to present the case, the board considers the CEOs recommendation and accepts the deal and then, in less than 24hrs, "a rival club" expresses concerns to the AFL.

1. It couldn't possibly be any club other than Adelaide.
2. How do they know the fine details of the proposal? Where have they got this information from so quickly?
3. Where is the SANFL in this? They've approved the deal and even allowed some last minute revisions to get it over the line, why have they not made a statement?

Tin foil hat time: this is sounding like a setup.

What good would a setup do anyway? We haven't actually done anything yet. We've made no attempt to be anything other than open throughout the whole process. The worst that could happen is the agreement is torn up.

My guess is that the AFL will just want clarity on how we manage the youth academies. We obviously can't send Hinkley to coach 14 year olds.

 

[Jumbo]

The camry Squealers

 

[Asgardian]

I love how increasingly insignificant Steven Trigg and Rob Chapman have become.

As are the onfield crowbots

 

[Doctor Feel]

Taking a leaf out of Burtons book.

s**t club, no honour, no history.

 

[Elite Crow]

Sorry to burst your Crows bashing bubble, but channel 9 reported it was an interstate club that complained

 

[Phhht]

Isnt Adelaide an interstate club?

 

[SwampRat]

Sorry to burst your Crows bashing bubble, but channel 9 reported it was an interstate club that complained

This just in: Crows to move to Tasmania in 2014.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Sorry to burst your Crows bashing bubble, but channel 9 reported it was an interstate club that complained

Don't care. Blaming the crows.

 

[Jumbo]

Sorry to burst your Crows bashing bubble, but channel 9 reported it was an interstate club that complained

triggy tipped the interstate club off!

 

[Elite Crow]

triggy tipped the interstate club off!

Look I'm no fan of Triggy but he's not responsible for every * up

 

[Doctor Feel]

Look I'm no fan of Triggy but he's not responsible for every **** up

Maybe we should lay off Triggy else he could get sacked, and we wouldn't want that.

 

[Jumbo]

Look I'm no fan of Triggy but he's not responsible for every **** up