Fair bet that St Kilda's Salary Cap will be investigated

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Matt Hansen was at St Kilda for a while too.

I think Waldron head hunted him after he took over at the Storm.


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ausfatcat wrote:
joffaboy wrote:
bozza1980 wrote: I still can't get my head around the fact that if you had a second set of player payments why this second set would be anywhere near a pre arranged visiting salary cap investigator.
this.

It is unbelievable, the stupidity of the fraudsters is incredible.
not really apparantly there was a whistle blower so they knew where to look
makes perfect sense that a whistle blower is involved. very very sad for the supporters.

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Post: # 910870Post evertonfc »

Hold on to your hats, guys.


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nothing to worry about guys


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Hold onto your hats but dont worry, guys.


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Re: Fair bet that St Kilda's Salary Cap will be investigated

Post: # 910889Post saintsRrising »

philip wrote:Given Brian Waldron has been implicated by the NRL and now SEN for his alleged role in the salary cap rorting, it is a fair bet that additional scrutiny will now be placed on the Saints player payement/contracts while he was our CEO.

Expect there to be stories on this and on us in the papers over coming days.

I'm hoping like hell we are ok, because I have that many Carlton friends who will only be too happy to return my jibes with interest!!!

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I understand that when Carlton was done that ALL clubs were investigated.


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Post: # 910904Post saint75 »

We are jumping at shadows.

Cooking the books is pretty old school anyway. The new way of doing things is to find businesses to sponsor players outside of the sport. Look at Judd and Visy, Ablett and Cotton On (potentially), etc, etc. All the clubs do it now. The AFL cannot touch you for that.


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Post: # 910905Post Bernard Shakey »

What's worse the AFL or the ATO?

I say burn the books and let the ATO have a go.


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Post: # 910910Post bigcarl »

butterss had pretty firm control of the purse strings back then. i doubt bw had access to that type of money or the permission to splash it around.


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Premiers stripped of 2 premiersahips and 3 minor premierships.

I knew it had to be Geelong but the media seem to have got the story confused.

IT MUST BE GEELONG how else could they be better than the Saints.


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Post: # 910921Post loris »

bigcarl wrote: butterss had pretty firm control of the purse strings back then.
Now why doesn't that fill me with confidence :roll: :roll:


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saintsrus wrote:I guess its good we didnt win any premierships to have taken away :)

Collingwood are desperate, they still want our 1966 flag.


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loris wrote:
bigcarl wrote: butterss had pretty firm control of the purse strings back then.
Now why doesn't that fill me with confidence :roll: :roll:
he was tight as. kept the club on a firm financial footing and wouldn't have paid players over the odds (IMO).


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joffaboy wrote:
plugger66 wrote:When did Waldron leave. Wasnt it about 2006. Even though we were a good side back then I doubt we would have been 100% of the cap because we were young. They would have needed room as the players got older and wanted more money. Hopefully everything is Ok but of course we should be investigated as should the Tigers. If we cheated we deserve what we get.
Archie was there in 2006. Must have been 2005 at the latest.
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Post: # 910939Post Unforgiven »

Bit of a relief, surely we wouldn't have been anywhere near the salary cap in 02,03 and we only started to get good at 04 where many people would've already been signed onto contracts going into that year


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Post: # 910941Post ace »

Opportunity begging.

Sponsors needing a new sport and team.

Get cracking Saints admin.

Have them signed up before breakfast.


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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/a ... -tfyo.html

THE AFL will investigate St Kilda players' contracts during Brian Waldron's stewardship of that club from 2002 until 2004.

The Age understands investigator Ken Wood interviewed Waldron in 2003 over the Saints' departed ruckman Peter Everitt, who demanded more than $100,000 from his former club as he tried to recover money from his old contract. The Everitt case is expected to be looked at again.


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Fabulous, are they going to check Richmond as well :roll:


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Really, if they were serious, they would investigate the entire code.

Same goes for League.

If one's doing it, sure enough the rest will be too.


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Post: # 910997Post OneEyedSainter77 »

Is anyone else worried about the implications this will have on our club's integrity?

I might be making a mountain out of a molehill here but I can't help but worry just a little.

Someone reassure everything will be fine.

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OneEyedSainter77 wrote:Is anyone else worried about the implications this will have on our club's integrity?

I might be making a mountain out of a molehill here but I can't help but worry just a little.

Someone reassure everything will be fine.

Both Hammill and Gehrig were already at the Saints (on contracts) prior to Waldron taking over as CEO.

Maybe an extension/new contract was signed for both whilst he was in charge, but those contracts would have been scrutinized a number of times by the AFL already.

St Kilda, like all AFL Clubs uses certain schemes to pay its players adn the AFL have investigated those schemes a number of times.
They have all been passed.


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Don't forget that GT had a hand in player contracts and the AFL would like nothing better than to destroy his credibility. A new investigation is highly possible.


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Post: # 911005Post bigcarl »

Waltzing St Kilda wrote:Don't forget that GT had a hand in player contracts and the AFL would like nothing better than to destroy his credibility. A new investigation is highly possible.
rb would have signed off on everything, though. the club wasn't spending much in those days if the financial reports are anything to go on (IMO).


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Post: # 911007Post Mooksy »

markp wrote:Hold onto your hats but dont worry, guys.
Well I'm certainly worried. Very worried.


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