Geelong rorting the system

[Sttew]

He said that before the "monster" penalty (as Mitch Cleary labelled it) was revealed and he was alluding to media interest, not the AFL audit. Good try.

 

[Elixuh]

He said that before the "monster" penalty (as Mitch Cleary labelled it) was revealed and he was alluding to media interest, not the AFL audit. Good try.

Geelong is feeling the heat. Your president is a weak link and is crumbling.

 

[thumbs_up]

I hope the AFL looks into the Cats' third party payments of cocaine over the next few years. I believe it will make up about 50% of Smith's salary, allegedly.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Absolutely shocked. Always the ones you least expect

 

[daniel_4tw]

So one of the conditions being AFL to keep a close eye on Geelong’s books from now on with extra reporting. Explains why the suddenly dropped out of the Curnow race.

 

[Satan]

So one of the conditions being AFL to keep a close eye on Geelong’s books from now on with extra reporting. Explains why the suddenly dropped out of the Curnow race.

ran out of cheap farms

 

[nineteen eighty]

Piss taking aside i think public perception will hurt Geelong more than the actual penalty.

People look to them as a standard of professionalism in the AFL along with the negative reactions of Bailey Smith/Mad Monday its not been a good year for them.

Public perception. Nah nothing sticks.

Over the years:

• rape allegations (before most BF posters time I imagine)
• Dank association before he became famous through Essendon
• Tyson S overdose
• Coach payments through Morris
• Coach makes journo cry (or was it staffer?)
• Bailey Smith bulltish with the journo and other actions that led to the CEO of the AFL to meet with him
• “Administrative/ Book Keeping” errors (we’re being played for fools on this one)

I’m sure I’ve missed a few things.

Any one of those affect their public perception?? Not one iota!!

 

[BrownPaperBag]

Oh should we sack the girl who does the admin who missed.

If you miss the cover up it’s a pretty big error

 

[DangerSloane]

May I just correct "the same thing" to
(1) SALARY CAP BREACH
(2) TAMPERING WITH THE FRICKING DRAFT
(3) CLUB AND CEO PLEADED GUILTY TO REDUCE THE PENALTY

Your club/brand should have been deregistered.

1. If this isnt a cap breach then neither was that.
2. Didnt actually tamper with anything. You clearly have no knowledge of the situation
3. The penalty was then not reduced - Geelong didnt plead guilty or admit guilt...it was found through an audit - THIS IS WORSE.

 

[DangerSloane]

That’s a weird thing to post in a thread about Geelong but I get it may be hard for people to process their feelings when they throw a tantrum

You done crying yet?

Chris Scott whinging about the sub rule after continuing to play a bloke with a broken arm was peak Geelong.
Whinge whinge whinge without ever looking in the mirror.

 

[Spearman]

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.

A BYOBeef BBQ

 

[Satan]

Public perception. Nah nothing sticks.

Over the years:

• rape allegations (before most BF posters time I imagine)
• Dank association before he became famous through Essendon
• Tyson S overdose
• Coach payments through Morris
• Coach makes journo cry (or was it staffer?)
• Bailey Smith bulltish with the journo and other actions that led to the CEO of the AFL to meet with him
• “Administrative/ Book Keeping” errors (we’re being played for fools on this one)

I’m sure I’ve missed a few things.

Any one of those affect their public perception?? Not one iota!!

Stokesy ?

 

[Munich]

When you have geelong/ Collingwood running the afl... this is what you get. 2 tier competition.

Geelong and Collingwood lol.

 

[DangerSloane]

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.

Do YOU get the difference?

Even with Tippett's TPP we would've been UNDER the cap.

 

[Satan]

You done crying yet?

Chris Scott whinging about the sub rule after continuing to play a bloke with a broken arm was peak Geelong.
Whinge whinge whinge without ever looking in the mirror.

Geelong instead at three-quarter time subbed out Rhys Stanley for tactical purposes after Brisbane began to push away. And speaking after the match, Scott said the uncertainty around the severity of Cameron's injury made a call on the sub, which is expected to be removed for 2026, particularly challenging to manage

It was only a flesh wound

 

[longdonkey]

77k half suspended for rorting the system is an absolute bargain isn't it ? If anything it is incentives it further as the cost of doing dodgy business is so low

I bet it won't even come out of the soft cap like they did with us each time Hinkley went loco.

 

[STPer18]

I bet it won't even come out of the soft cap like they did with us each time Hinkley went loco.

It wouldn't matter if it did, we have so much soft cap space with most of Scotty's pay coming from his extracurricular jobs. I think he's only listed as a part-timer with Geelong FC.

 

[Coasters7]

Doesn’t really matter if they were still inside the cap. Not disclosing payments outside the cap is a form of salary cap cheating. Got off very lightly.

 

[Bagger72]

A fine with a suspended sentence for salary cap breaches and yet "we did not cheat"....

What planet does Hocking think we are on.

 

[daniel_4tw]

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

 

[STPer18]

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

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

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

Man all these admin errors keep happening to Geelong guess the reviewed processes failed again?

 

[SSSSSS]

$40k of the fine is suspended.

So it's not even a slap on the wrist. Just a tickle....

 

[PhatBoy]

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

Sounds huge

 

[SSSSSS]

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