Crows 'tamper' affair

[T Dog]

^^ you said his name >:(

Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett, Tippett

Valdemort, Valdemort, Valdemort,,,Tippett, Tippett, Tippett >:(

[valkorum]

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

[nas]

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

Haha just seen the show Beetlejuice today at Universal Studios in Orlando!!!!!!!!

[Antsey]

What an unmitigated flower up.  So disappointed with the Crows executive.

[Grazz]

And just keeps getting worse.   

[Toga]

Hate to add salt to open wounds but:

"That a club would seek to secure a player’s services for an extra three years by agreeing to trade at the end of the contract, and for that to not occur, is completely unsatisfactory.

"We are also mindful that this outcome has not only impacted on Kurt, but also another player [Jesse White] who is an innocent third party unfairly caught up in these circumstances."

Source:
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150362/default.aspx

[Tominator]

Crows are going down for this... Kinda wish we got White and Pick 23 now

[Ziplock]

so the issue here is that there was an extra bit on a contract signed that was not shown to the afl, that stipulated the trade firstly, and secondly around an extra 200k a year?

does the player actually have any responsibility to present the contract to the afl? or is that completely the clubs prerogative? I don't know, and imo it's 50/50 as to whether the club would have to do it, or whether the club and the player would have to, but if it's solely the clubs responsibility, tippett could be entirely innocent of this situation, and thought that the entire contract was signed off by the afl.

it'd explain why the tippett camp has been pushing for the honouring of the agreement so hard, while the adelaide camp denied its existance for so long...

is that's true (and it mightn't be, does anyone know any more info on how this works?), then adelaide have well and truly flowered their own player.

[Grazz]

I would say there would be as much responsibility on the player, manager as is on the club to do what is right but the penalty would be heavily weighted towards the club as its the club the presents the contract to the AFL. There is a clause in all AFL contracts that asks is there anything outside of this contract being of further inducement/payment or otherwise that is not listed in this contract that you are aware of. The player, manager and the club all have to sign this aswell. might not be worded exactly as i wrote it but you get the gist.

[Dudge]

I'd like to add to all this, a different slant. Lord forbid, how do we really know the Crows are the only club that has alledgely done this., we realistcally don't to be honest.  I believe most clubs would have something going on, whether thats a free drinks pass at their local or anything really. But the unfortunate thing is the Crows may have got caught!.  I would also like to say, that this current saga i feel, will be firmly dealt with by the AFL. As some of you know my allegiance is not with the Crows, so if they have done whats being said they've done, then they have to cop a reasonable penalty. but i wont say their the only club with " secret " deals, maybe the silliest (paper trail )

[tbagrocks]

This annoys me to Dudge as I feel breaches are rort through the AFL and some dick has dobbed in Adelaide.

[Dudge]

This annoys me to Dudge as I feel breaches are rort through the AFL and some dick has dobbed in Adelaide.

It does'nt really annoy me tbags,as i don't follow the crows. All i'm saying is, we all sometimes wonder how certain teams can afford all their stars, or how can such-a-such team pay players X Y Z  all this money. Just saying : :-\

[Grazz]

I'd like to add to all this, a different slant. Lord forbid, how do we really know the Crows are the only club that has alledgely done this., we realistcally don't to be honest.  I believe most clubs would have something going on, whether thats a free drinks pass at their local or anything really. But the unfortunate thing is the Crows may have got caught!.  I would also like to say, that this current saga i feel, will be firmly dealt with by the AFL. As some of you know my allegiance is not with the Crows, so if they have done whats being said they've done, then they have to cop a reasonable penalty. but i wont say their the only club with " secret " deals, maybe the silliest (paper trail )

I dont doubt there is a few others if not more stretching the boundaries of the rules if not breaking them. Clubs are under intense pressure to deliver results be it for supporters, sponsors etc and some will sucumb to the dark side. Majority of supporters regardless of what team you pick would want their club to be doing everything on the up and up and they would be as gutted as Crows supporters are when they get caught. All the same there are no excuses for doing it but i appreciate the sentiment in what you wrote.

[Hagebear]

As a Crows supporter I shake my head in disappointment at the club. But I have no sympathy for them with watever punishment gets handed down to them. That's what u get for paying that spud Tippett more money then he was worth in the first place, and how disappointed would Mark Ricciuto be?? He told the Crows the should of drafted him 3 years ago when he first wanted to go back to Queensland as he could see this showerfight would happen. Well I hope u learn ur lesson Adelaide!

[Hagebear]

And to think we knocked back pick 8 last year for him. And now look at us!!  Bout to be broke and lose Tippett and probably draft picks for nothing! This is starting to make the fact we made a prelim pretty insignificant!