Geelong rorting the system

[FreddyTwoShoes]

Is it the same people or are you just making lazy hivemind assumptions?

Lazy hivemind assumptions.

 

[Freomaniac]

I just think Geelong have found a lot of ways to shadily pay their players under the table, and that the AFL doesn't really want to investigate and create a scandal. I mean I doubt Geelong are the only ones, but I think they are the best at it.

Salary cap is way bigger now. 17 million was the Salary cap in 2024. It is now 17.7 million dollars in 2025.

It might hit 20 million dollars per club when Tassie comes in the comp in 2028.

You are a swans fan. I knew how you guys fitted Kurt Tippet on your salary cap in 2012.

You had Daniel Bradshaw on your list for 3 seasons on $600,000 a year. He played in 2010, retired in the middle of 2011. You still had to pay out his final year on his deal for that 2012 season.

Swans won the flag in 2012. So Swans had around $1.5 to $2 million freed up. For 3 reasons.

1. Dan Bradshaw's contract was up. So that's $600,000 freed up.

2. Like most sides, swans cut or traded their dead wood. So that is 4 or 5 players on $200-$300,000 a year. So that's $1- 1.5 million freed up there.

3. Salary cap increases every year. So the cap went up $500-$600,000 that season.

Tippett eventually filled Dan Bradshaw's spot both in full forward position and wages.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

AFL won’t reveal outcome of review into Chris Scott’s third-party deal with club sponsor

Sammy Edmund has the latest.

www.sen.com.au

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[Sentinel]

AFL won’t reveal outcome of review into Chris Scott’s third-party deal with club sponsor

Sammy Edmund has the latest.

www.sen.com.au

This kind of transparency doesn't arouse suspicion at all

 

[Slime Roy]

Turns out Hocking is actually happy with the "outcome"

 

[Cam Payne]

AFL won’t reveal outcome of review into Chris Scott’s third-party deal with club sponsor

Sammy Edmund has the latest.

www.sen.com.au

This kind of transparency doesn't arouse suspicion at all

If it's being handled in secret, it's hard not to think somethings a bit shonky.

 

[STPer18]

The league also denied it had launched an investigation into Scott’s deal, as per reports last year, instead saying it routinely reviewed the third-party arrangement like all other proposed commercial contracts across the competition.

The AFL said Scott’s Morris Finance job and the soft cap implications – if any – were a matter for Geelong.

Cats chief executive Steve Hocking would not comment on the financial implications of Scott’s role with the company, but said the club was completely satisfied with the outcome and that the coach had done nothing wrong.

Andrew Dillon and Laura Kane learning very quickly where they sit in the grand scheme of things. IF Steve Hocking says it's fine, THEN the AFL too says it's fine.

 

[Sentinel]

If it's being handled in secret, it's hard not to think somethings a bit shonky.

We don't need to know what he or any other player/coach with a third party deal is being paid, the AFL are very protective of not disclosing that kind of information and I don't think that's a big deal. But not wanting to say whether they're in or out of the cap makes no sense:

"The AFL argue that by revealing what decision it had made would mean every player, staff and coach with a commercial arrangement would need to have their club’s cap position publicly stated – a door it does not wish to open."

All it does is make people assume it's dodgy. Open that door ffs.

 

[Gavin Excell]

AFL won’t reveal outcome of review into Chris Scott’s third-party deal with club sponsor

Sammy Edmund has the latest.

www.sen.com.au

This kind of transparency doesn't arouse suspicion at all

I agree
It would be great that all third party deals across the competition were published

 

[Sentinel]

"The AFL said Scott’s Morris Finance job and the soft cap implications – if any – were a matter for Geelong."

 

[Atomboy]

AFL won’t reveal outcome of review into Chris Scott’s third-party deal with club sponsor

Sammy Edmund has the latest.

www.sen.com.au

This kind of transparency doesn't arouse suspicion at all

No transparency like AFL HQ transparency.

This really is on the nose.

 

[Muddiemoose]

I agree
It would be great that all third party deals across the competition were published

Yeah even if it’s all above board it’s the type of stuff that just lends itself to speculation

Sure there would be a lot of articles and what not when it’s all first released but it would all just become a non news factor once the novelty of the information has worn off

 

[Gavin Excell]

Yeah even if it’s all above board it’s the type of stuff that just lends itself to speculation

Sure there would be a lot of articles and what not when it’s all first released but it would all just become a non news factor once the novelty of the information has worn off

I think the Players Association and their agents have been dead against publishing salaries and other arrangements

It's hardly a novel concept either. Politicians, senior public servants and execs of listed companies all have their salaries in the public domain

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

What a surprise...

 

[Mitchell Madness]

I think the Players Association and their agents have been dead against publishing salaries and other arrangements

It's hardly a novel concept either. Politicians, senior public servants and execs of listed companies all have their salaries in the public domain

Player agents and the PA know it will expose a lot of shady dealings if salaries are published. What we see in the media is what the agents tell the media, not the reality

 

[Celebrity 101]

Tall poppy syndrome within Australia on full show again.

Chris Scott working a second job in addition to being a head coach of an elite sports club (helping to set himself up job wise post footy since he won’t be the coach forever) - and people find a way to strike him down.

I think it’s damn well impressive and speaks volumes about CS’s commitment to his own family and professional development. Shame on anyone for putting a man like that down

 

[Pistol Night]

Tall poppy syndrome within Australia on full show again.

Chris Scott working a second job in addition to being a head coach of an elite sports club (helping to set himself
up job wise post footy since he won’t be the coach forever) - and people find a way to strike him down.

I think it’s damn well impressive and speaks volumes about CS’s commitment to his own family and professional development. Shame on anyone for putting a man like that down

Thanks Brad

 

[yeahmate]

Must be really dodgy if even the AFL aren't trying to whitewash it with a "we investigated and are satisfied everything is in order" media release

 

[Noidnadroj]

He will just say that they turned a blind eye on that score because it happened to a cats player

It’s very clear.

You are better off drinking/drugging yourself in a public place to the point of requiring an ambulance, than you are playing dress-ups at a private function (no AFL penalty for Tyson).

You are also better off driving your car on the wrong side of the road and causing untold mental and physical damage to an innocent road user, than you are playing dress-ups at a private function (no AFL penalty for Atkins).

Or maybe give a $100k loan to a club sponsor with the promise of 15% interest … how’d the investigation into those planned dealings for Selwood pan out? Oh, there wasn’t one…

And now the investigation into Chris Scott ‘he who said AFL coaching is a thankless job that he’d recommend nobody takes on due to the stress’ and his extra job at a major club sponsor, has resulted in the AFL refusing to divulge the results of their investigation.

Bahahahahaha.


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[Noidnadroj]

I find it weird how a Richmond supporter spends the majority of their time on this forum posting about Geelong.

I know … I can’t believe this forum isn’t filled with Geelong supporters telling us how their club rorts the system. Weird.


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[Noidnadroj]

If Noah Belta played for Geelong we'd have that covered up. Isn't that what the last 5 pages of Tyson Stengle angst is all about? Try keep the personal insults out of it instead of letting your emotions take over.

Tom Atkins pleaded guilty to reckless driving on the wrong side of the road that resulted in a 3-car crash and serious injuries to innocent road users. He was found guilty.

What was the AFL sanction he received?

Balta is facing non-AFL charges and pleaded guilty to an assault … he was sanctioned by Richmond (aka the AFL) with 4-weeks on top of usual court related penalties.

What did Atkins get?


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[Pistol Night]

Tom Atkins pleaded guilty to reckless driving on the wrong side of the road that resulted in a 3-car crash and serious injuries to innocent road users. He was found guilty.

What was the AFL sanction he received?

Balta is facing non-AFL charges and pleaded guilty to an assault … he was sanctioned by Richmond (aka the AFL) with 4-weeks on top of usual court related penalties.

What did Atkins get?


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Probably a small acreage and a Cotton On gift hamper

 

[STPer18]

Tom Atkins pleaded guilty to reckless driving on the wrong side of the road that resulted in a 3-car crash and serious injuries to innocent road users. He was found guilty.

What was the AFL sanction he received?

Balta is facing non-AFL charges and pleaded guilty to an assault … he was sanctioned by Richmond (aka the AFL) with 4-weeks on top of usual court related penalties.

What did Atkins get?


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Atkins is a Geelong player. He probably gets a high-five as we cover up yet another story with utmost ease.

 

[Taper]

The best thing is we've still got a tonne of cap space. Once Cameron moves off his current contract we might not have a single top 50 paid player in the comp.

Just wait for the melts when we bring in another couple of prime aged guns over the next year or two.

Zak Butters, Aaron Cadman and Harley Reid come out of contract at the end of 2026.
Word is the club have been in contact with the management of all three players about potentially coming to the Cattery.
Imagine the melts if we get one of them, let alone two or all three.

 

[STPer18]

Geelong CEO “really happy” with the outcome of AFL probe into Scott’s club sponsor role

“We acknowledge that and we're really happy with the outcome of it.”

www.sen.com.au

Geelong CEO Steve Hocking is ‘really happy’ with the outcome of the AFL’s review of Chris Scott’s third-party deal with club sponsor Morris Finance.

While SEN’s Sam Edmund reported that the league won’t reveal how the investigation played out, Hocking says that the existing deal between the sponsor and Scott hasn’t changed as a result of the review.

Under rules introduced in 2024, senior coaches can have 20 per cent of their salary paid outside of the soft cap. Scott’s role with Morris Finance is as Chief of Leadership and Performance.

“We’re not concerned at all, and we’ll continue to work with Morris, and Chris as well has got his own relationship with them as well.

“There’s no change at all (to the deal).”