Geelong rorting the system

[Bagger72]

The AFL said it has been systematic cheating for six years not one offs.

 

[DangerSloane]

Geelong’s books must be quite complex if it took 6 years to conduct an audit. Hmmm.

Thats what happens when you need to piece together shredded documents 1 piece at a time.

 

[RedWhite4Ever]

 

[B4Bear]

If I, an employee of the Federal government was to accept a gift like what the players did here, and was caught.

I would be charged by the federal police with fraud for corrupt behaviour.

The Army would place me before a Courts Martial, I would end up discharged, potentially in prison and the loss of my benefits.

But because it is ‘only a football club’, the corruption is laughed off as not important.

Be it bags of cash, cheap farms, TTP or gifts in kind; it all stinks to high heaven.

A NSW premier lost his job over a single bottle of expensive wine he failed to declare, but nothing to see here.

Would there be nothing to see here if a bookmaker had made these payments?

 

[SSSSSS]

Maybe Geelong need to stop hiring the local yokels as admin staff.

 

[Sttew]

The AFL said it has been systematic cheating for six years not one offs.

Please provide a link for that finding.

 

[RonnieRaven]

Cats aren’t rorting the system they are apart of it.
They adjudicate their own conduct.
Only have to look at the discrepancies in punishment of late to see that
King Kenny got 20k for raising his arms
Scott shits on a vision impaired reporter
“Sorry”
A few non pc dress ups/ words at giants mad Monday last year
Players charged with conduct unbecoming
Fines suspensions
Cats with a few non pc displays
“Sorry”
Swans sign a player legally
Draft penalties
Cats fault on financial records for 6 years
70k fine nothing to see here

 

[Munich]

The farm of a club associate...so they got close.

Hahaha.

I bet Ralph was typing this up through gritted teeth.

 

[SSSSSS]

Former Geelong employee finds Geelong has done no wrongdoing.

 

[Wojcinski]

Former Geelong employee finds Geelong has done no wrongdoing.

which former employee was that again?

Geelong issued with monster fine over multiple payment breaches

An extensive audit from the AFL over a six-year period has found a series of serious infringements.

7news.com.au

"The AFL said its GM of clubs — finance, performance and growth, and former Cats employee, Simon Kelleher, had no involvement in the investigation."

 

[bzparkes]

Former Geelong employee finds Geelong has done no wrongdoing.

That employee was in charge of the books at the time. He was auditing himself..

 

[Sttew]

which former employee was that again?

Geelong issued with monster fine over multiple payment breaches

An extensive audit from the AFL over a six-year period has found a series of serious infringements.

7news.com.au

"The AFL said its GM of clubs — finance, performance and growth, and former Cats employee, Simon Kelleher, had no involvement in the investigation."

But hey, let's not allow the facts to get in the way of the hysteria amongst posters.

My Top 5 'WTF' posts thus far, and forgive me for paraphrasing some of the posts:

1. What Geelong did is the same as Adelaide's draft tampering and salary cap breaches in 2012
2. Former Geelong employee finds Geelong has done no wrongdoing.
3. The AFL don't even try and hide their own biased corruption
4. The AFL said Geelong has been systematically cheating for six years not one offs.
5. I've never been less surprised to be here. This is the Carlton salary scandal all over again.

 

[RCAB]

2022*

At least Geelong can now claim to have their own dynasty... The Third-Party Payments Dynasty and backtobacktobacktobacktobacktobackbacktoback

 

[SSSSSS]

which former employee was that again?

Geelong issued with monster fine over multiple payment breaches

An extensive audit from the AFL over a six-year period has found a series of serious infringements.

7news.com.au

"The AFL said its GM of clubs — finance, performance and growth, and former Cats employee, Simon Kelleher, had no involvement in the investigation."

Look man I'm just here to have a good time. I ain't here to read.

 

[Superstar swan]

Joel will probably loan ford the money needed to pay the fine

 

[Aphrodite]

Only. Carlton. Cheats.

 

[RCAB]

I've said my piece as have others. Admins - can we get this thread locked? This is getting a bit silly.

Give back the 2022 and we'll lock it. Deal?

 

[RCAB]

The AFL don't even try and hide their own biased corruption

Because it doesn't even really matter that much in the end, it's just a game. A British and corrupt game.

 

[Carnthefkntigs]

Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

49

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

’s three jobs not investigated?

 

[Whiskers]

But hey, let's not allow the facts to get in the way of the hysteria amongst posters.

My Top 5 'WTF' posts thus far, and forgive me for paraphrasing some of the posts:

1. What Geelong did is the same as Adelaide's draft tampering and salary cap breaches in 2012
2. Former Geelong employee finds Geelong has done no wrongdoing.
3. The AFL don't even try and hide their own biased corruption
4. The AFL said Geelong has been systematically cheating for six years not one offs.
5. I've never been less surprised to be here. This is the Carlton salary scandal all over again.

As Ralph said.
If they think there’s a cover up, they will continue to do so.
It doesn’t matter what facts we bring.

This thread is for the lower common demonstrator’s to attack us anyway

 

[RCAB]

Tippetgate was 200 thousand dollars over the salary cap.

Geelong was found to not breach the salary cap.

Do you get the difference? One club did not cheat the salary cap while the other club did cheat.

Nobody other than Geelong people think this is the only thing Geelong did wrong.

But even Geelong people know that the AFL is a corrupt organisation that's only interested in optics.

You're 2022 flag is now tainted in everyone else's eyes other than AFL media sycophants .. You can bleat here and everywhere else as much as you want but nothing will change that.

I still don't think it's as tainted as the Dogs in 2016, that was PURE CHEATING.

 

[numbwombat]

If I, an employee of the Federal government was to accept a gift like what the players did here, and was caught.

I would be charged by the federal police with fraud for corrupt behaviour.

The Army would place me before a Courts Martial, I would end up discharged, potentially in prison and the loss of my benefits.

But because it is ‘only a football club’, the corruption is laughed off as not important.

Be it bags of cash, cheap farms, TTP or gifts in kind; it all stinks to high heaven.

A NSW premier lost his job over a single bottle of expensive wine he failed to declare, but nothing to see here.

Would there be nothing to see here if a bookmaker had made these payments?

It’s far worse than that, I’m afraid.

If a general in wartime were found to be accepting secret under-the-table gifts from another country he would be executed; likely hanged.
Scott and co have gotten off very, very lightly indeed.

I’m deeply ashamed of the club, as should all members be. The primary charge, the free use of space on a farm for a campsite is no small thing; imagine had the U18 academy children who received this brazen, corrupted gift gone on to murder the farmer and to fornicate with the farm animals; the Geelong Football Club would rightly have been held morally and legally responsible.

Shame! Shame to the club unto the ends of the earth.

 

[Whiskers]

Only. Carlton. Cheats.

Nah, bombers did also. Hawks in the 80s, Roos in the 70s.

There are some respectable clubs like Geelong out there and than there’s a few others.
You can hand that ‘95 flag back sometime soon thanks.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Geelong has the most games played by FS players of any club in the league. Big a big margin.

So in reality it’s…Geelong rort the FS for decades and win flags off the back of it, benefit more than any club in the league…as soon as the FS retire and there is no benefit, complain that it’s unfair.

Clinical.

Oh god you're right! Take away all the father sons on our list!

Sorry Jed you're pretty much done anyway

 

[CatToTheFuture]

No one mentioning that Geelong also got done for cheating salary cap 2012-2020?

Cats whacked with $40K fine for ‘inadvertent administrative error’

Cats whacked with $40K fine for ‘inadvertent administrative error’

www.foxsports.com.au

So they’ve been cheating the cap since 2012 through 2019 and then 2019 through 2024?



“We made an inadvertent administrative error in our TPP related reporting that has been repeated over eight years,” Cats chief financial officer Simon Kelleher said.

“As soon as we discovered this error, we advised the AFL. The AFL investigated the matter and have passed down the sanction. We accept the penalty and have thoroughly reviewed our processes to ensure full compliance going forward.” - March 5, 2020

Is that what the article says? Maybe read it