All teams will pay Essendon's legal fees

[FAIRANDBALANCED]

because in the end, its about equalisation. If Essendon use up all their funds on lawyers to take the AFL to court, the AFL will end up bailing them out when they are broke. Ridiculous situation. The other 17 teams need to step in. This is going to be an unbelievable waste of money, and simply an attempt to get the players off on a technicality. Why not just let their cases be heard individually and see if they are guilty? Is that far too simple?

 

[RUNVS]

We won't just pay the legal fees (since the AFL can't let Essendon fold) but we will also have to help out to get Essendon competitive on the field again.

 

[The_Wookie]

I dont see the other clubs agreeing to chip in for Essendons fees. Especially if they are taking on the league in court.

 

[FAIRANDBALANCED]

I dont see the other clubs agreeing to chip in for Essendons fees. Especially if they are taking on the league in court.

Its inevitable. If they dont have enough money to run their club due to legal fees, they will be helped by equalisation. Whether its next year, 2016, 2017 or 2018, it will happen.

 

[jenny61_99]

Little referred to an insurance pay out.

 

[Hawthorn United]

If equalisation is going to help fund them after they go for broke, I'm cancelling my club membership.

 

[boncer34]

Little referred to an insurance pay out.

Jenny don't ruin the fun with a fact please.

 

[ziad]

Little referred to an insurance pay out.

lets see where little sits after the court case

 

[Yoda_]

u sound surprised?

 

[Galileo9]

We won't just pay the legal fees (since the AFL can't let Essendon fold) but we will also have to help out to get Essendon competitive on the field again.

exactly. just like your own club

 

[Glorious couch life]

Jenny don't ruin the fun with a fact please.

Maybe the other clubs are the insurance.

 

[Galileo9]

exactly. just like your own club

i wonder if players are basically paying the club too. essendon agrees to pay the fees, loses, players sue and amount the original amount gets deducted from players' payoffs. win-win, as much as it can be under circumstances, for essendon.

 

[Pack Specialist]

Even if they do get an insurance payout, their premiums will go through the roof.

$$$$$$

 

[jenny61_99]

Who's the insurance company? *silly people r' us?

 

[The 747]

Essendon have substantial investments, that was one of the criticisms of the Flight Plan that they were asking members to fund something when they had substantial funds they simply didnt want to spend. Those investments would be liquidated before the other clubs need to chip in via equalisation, in effect it would mean the entire EFC financial base was destroyed and I doubt anything short of a decade long losing legal fight could do that. Thats my understanding of their finances anyway.

 

[Pack Specialist]

I think the Insurance company was Hird-Dank Chartered.

 

[ajs_bigfooty]

This thread is just plain dumb.

 

[Tiger_man322]

There is no way it would happen. Imagine the shitstorm Eddie and Co will kick up if C'Wood have to chip in for the cheats.

 

[calaisking]

$ydney can pay for it

 

[dmc333]

Little referred to an insurance pay out.

Yeah, they'd have indemnity insurance.

Insurers are always eager not to pay out though.

 

[SBYM]

Sheesh…some over zealous deletions in this thread...

I think the Launceston Bombres has a nice ring to it.

 

[LoungeLizard]

This thread is just plain dumb.

Dumb is a good summary on a program i heard about

 

[EasternTiger]

Cost of litigation allowance?

 

[piesaregreat]

I'm sure insurance policies have clauses guaranteeing payouts for players who have been given banned substances.
Because that is the kind of smart move insurance companies do.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

$ydney can pay for it

Your doing it wrong, the other clubs give us money!