Geelong rorting the system

[Ceehook]

when the Geelong players flaunted it at their Mad Monday it sort of says something.

We need a clean out of AFL house

Q - How's that going to happen

A - boycott Geelong games , if attendance is down just 20% it will sting and if we , the football public lobby Channel 7 , don't show Geelong games , in enough numbers , and their viewer numbers are down something will spill

 

[STPer18]

The Extended Audit reviewed a six-year period (2019-2024) and confirmed no breach of AFL TPP limits and no breach of player movement rules by the Club, its people or any associates of the Club during this timeframe.

Feels good to be so clean. The club should all celebrate the findings with a huge gathering at the Cameron/Stanley/Hawkins farm. Or Baz's acreage.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Because when they did fess up the paperwork was absolutely immaculate and totally reliable and showed everything was tickety boo despite being hidden for years.

Yep of course. Wonder if forensics have investigated when the records were created and last updated or just took their word for it, because i doubt afl has an investigation team with enough skill

 

[Elixuh]

Will Cotton On be paying the fine?

 

[joe444]

when the Geelong players flaunted it at their Mad Monday it sort of says something.

When this is your troll, you know you're done.

As others have noted, that's Geelong and Port audited. Sixteen clubs to go. Better get those books in order, otherwise an AFLW player forgetting to mention a hire car is going to be very much the tip of the iceberg.

Wouldn't want to be Brisbane / Brighton Homes right now.

 

[Wojcinski]

Feels good to be so clean. The club should all celebrate the findings with a huge gathering at the Cameron/Stanley/Hawkins farm. Or Baz's acreage.

 

[catman2006]

Feels good to be so clean. The club should all celebrate the findings with a huge gathering at the Cameron/Stanley/Hawkins farm. Or Baz's acreage.

We should ask Ford, Cotton on and Morris Financial if they would like to contribute.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Can we get Woodside to sponsor Warner a month before he signs a contract with Freo.

As long as it is done before he signs his contract with Freo, we should be all clear.

Warner signs for 9 years at 170k P/Y

Also he is now on the board of Woodside, which includes 20m of stock with a Put option on it.

Honestly. If that's the fine, you are not a serious club if your not doing it.

 

[daniel_4tw]

Just because AFL soft with the punishment doesn’t take away that Geelong have been caught cheating.

And to think these were the ones the AFL could find. Quite possible cheating for longer these were just the ones they got caught doing.

 

[unitedhawk2]

I'm guessing Hocking, Scott et al will be mad at the AFL for having the temerity to fine Geelong based on an external audit, rather than cancelling said audit and allowing the club to conduct its own internal investigation, like it did with the shenanigans around Mad Monday.

 

[STPer18]

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The AFLW diversion worked a treat - from the sounds of things they didn't even touch on the farmland. Best the club lay low for a year or two and then business as usual can resume. We've still got the VFL diversion tactic to pull next time they investigate us in a decade too.

 

[JimmyBC]

40k suspended lol

Remember when they fined little Kenny wenny Inkley 20k for flapping his wings? far ken LOL

 

[joe444]

Just because AFL soft with the punishment doesn’t take away that Geelong have been caught cheating.

And to think these were the ones the AFL could find. Quite possible cheating for longer these were just the ones they got caught doing.

Yep. Excellent deductive reasoning. This is so much fun right now.

 

[joe444]

Mind you, it ain't over.

Caro could still find a way to make this about Bailey Smith

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[LordLucifer]

$77K fine ........... wow, the AFL really belted them around the ears with that one.

 

[STPer18]

So with $40k suspended we'll basically be paying a tad over $10k more than the fines Mark Keane racked up over the 2025 season. Scotty could cover that with one shift at Morris Finance.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Wait

$77K fine ........... wow, the AFL really belted them around the ears with that one.

Wait so they cheated? whats the fine for then

 

[PhatBoy]

when the Geelong players flaunted it at their Mad Monday it sort of says something.

We need a clean out of AFL house

Q - How's that going to happen

A - boycott Geelong games , if attendance is down just 20% it will sting and if we , the football public lobby Channel 7 , don't show Geelong games , in enough numbers , and their viewer numbers are down something will spill

The fact that you don’t understand satire and two men in their early 20s do is fairly amusing

 

[rdhopkins2]

That’s a big wet lettuce leaf punishment. Cats would be laughing.

 

[Wackajack]

As crooked as a spiral staircase that club.

Third party payments
Farms that are free to a good home
Previous Coach and his frozen water selling business
Current coach and his external employment opportunities
Dangerfield winning a Ford-sponsored award, playing for a Ford-sponsored club, driving away in a Ford Mustang lmao come on seriously.....

 

[STPer18]

$77K fine ........... wow, the AFL really belted them around the ears with that one.

Over half of it suspended. Hocking used the cheat code again.

 

[FootyLad0]

Geelong busted breaching third party payments...

Geelong caught NOT breaching the salary cap.

Read big fella, read

I’m gonna celebrate with a big purchase of the latest in the Spring collection from the lovely Cotton On

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Geelong caught NOT breaching the salary cap.

Read big fella, read

And melbourne was caught not tanking....

 

[JasRulz63]

Instead of letting the AFLW player borrow the Ford, I wonder if they'd thought about having a competition with a Ford Mustang as the prize for her to win.

 

[Satan]

Feels good to be so clean. The club should all celebrate the findings with a huge gathering at the Cameron/Stanley/Hawkins farm. Or Baz's acreage.

Pattys boat worth a few bob