I am unaware that Chief has rescinded his long-standing policy of moderators being entitled to have opinions like everyone else. In any case, if you think it's a moderation issue (on a board I don't moderate) rather than a case of you simply not liking what a poster has said,
the rules encourage you to discuss it with admin one-on-one rather than whinging about it publicly.
Returning to the topic of opinions I have long held the opinion that heartland clubs systematically rort the cap by leveraging third party payments. The AFL handwaving it doesn't change my opinion on that whatsoever. Just like their handwaving of the Demons tanking issue doesn't constitute innocence either. The Shied deal is just a continuation of such rorts according to my well honed nose for VFL shenanigans.
There are many other posters in this thread who also believe that the Shiel deal doesn't pass the sniff test. Their status as mdoerator or non-moderator in inconsequential.