Kurt Tippett to the Swans? **UPDATE: Tippett requests trade to Sydney***

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With gws and Brisbane entering the Tippett sweepstakes. What is everyone's thoughts on the possibility of using scare tactics on Tippett and the swans to drive tippetts price up and make him select a higher salary to clog up the swans cap????
This is what I think they ae doing.

What would they think is the benefit they would receive from being constantly linked to him in the media? Given that he wants to come to us, it can only drive the price up. Why would they do that? If they did want him, they could just keep silent and hope Tippett nominates the salary that he had already agreed to with the Swans from year 1 - maybe $650K. By being linked to him the salary could be $1m.

Although now I think they've half talked themselves into it ...
 

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They're panicking over on the Crows board. Apparently some Adelaide radio station has reported a rumour that Tippett has informed all clubs that he will retire if picked up by anyone other than the Swans. I highly doubt this rumour has any basis in fact, but it is quite amusing watching the Adelaide board explode.
 

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They're panicking over on the Crows board. Apparently some Adelaide radio station has reported a rumour that Tippett has informed all clubs that he will retire if picked up by anyone other than the Swans. I highly doubt this rumour has any basis in fact, but it is quite amusing watching the Adelaide board explode.
It's 5AA who yesterday 'reported' that the AFL had agreed to go easy on Tippett if he agreed to join the Suns.
God I actually feel sorry for the Adelaide people.
They have Rucci, Cornes & Rowe feeding them bullshit day in day out, making stuff up that quite often contradicts what they 'reported' the day before.
 

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They're panicking over on the Crows board. Apparently some Adelaide radio station has reported a rumour that Tippett has informed all clubs that he will retire if picked up by anyone other than the Swans. I highly doubt this rumour has any basis in fact, but it is quite amusing watching the Adelaide board explode.
How are we panicking? We no longer ahve any chance of getting any compo for him no matter where he goes. Now we just want some lulz and hope he pisses off the AFL more than we have.
 

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Just heard Sheedy on SEN, it's safe to say they need the AFL to approve GWS paying him outside the salary cap (marketing allowance) in order to afford him, when asked whether they would pick him even if he didn't want to play for them he said he doesn't know.

24 hours after the Izzy decision and I've now got some confidence that we'll still get him.
Would love to see that happen, if you want to see the whole league go legal there it is, for start there would be ACCC. Action as it would be anti competitive as Tippett and Swans and Lions and Suns could question why their offers weren't granted same conditions, it could come very close to collusion, but definitely anti competitive, as it stands with a handful of players already on these agreements other players/clubs would already have a very strong case, why is it ok for some but not others? Very very dangerous ground they AFL dares to tread...
 

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They're panicking over on the Crows board. Apparently some Adelaide radio station has reported a rumour that Tippett has informed all clubs that he will retire if picked up by anyone other than the Swans. I highly doubt this rumour has any basis in fact, but it is quite amusing watching the Adelaide board explode.
That's chalmers 2.0

No way its true
 

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Lost me with Wallaby bob, my memory must be fading
He was one of the locals associated with the wrestling (remembering that at that time even though Mario & Spiros were domiciled in Australia they weren't thought to be locals) #http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_McMaster along with Larry O'Dea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_O'Dea & Ron Miller. He was apparently only a ref at the time I would have seen him so my memory is questionable too.

Saturdays & Sundays on 9 at noon was my fathers favorite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling_(Australia) . Even taken out to the old Sydney Stadium a few times.
 
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