Salary Cap Issues - Norwood, West & Port

[UK Fan]

But seriously, unless we're talking $100,000 or more, what's the big deal!

Steven Trigg has hacked into centurions safooty account ???

[CENTURION]

Penalties are written into the regs..... For breach of less than $10k the fine is dollar for dollar. $10k to $50k the fine is $50k and no recruiting for a year.

What's the ruling if you are a repeat offender like Norwood.

Nothing. We offended once, we haven't offended since.

Were you holding your breath and stamping your feet whilst you made this post.?

[UK Fan]

Btw did ya predict this happening Nostradamus

At least the massive exodus of players from Elizabeth Oval means you won't have to face this rumour for a year or so.

I'll take that as a no.

[fester69]

Penalties are written into the regs..... For breach of less than $10k the fine is dollar for dollar. $10k to $50k the fine is $50k and no recruiting for a year.

What's the ruling if you are a repeat offender like Norwood.

Nothing. We offended once, we haven't offended since.

Were you holding your breathe and stamping your feet whilst you made this post.?

Fact is we pay per game, not per season. Mcguinnes played 4, Campbell none, Jericho 11, Newton 11, Batsanis 14 etc.

When and if an "official" charge is laid and we give our FACTS to the SANFL we will be well UNDER the salary cap.

[Brodlach]

Clubs budget on a certain number of injuries in a season and West didn't have as many as expected according to Russell. Only very slightly over apparently and they let the SANFL know as soon as it was discovered

I wonder if this is the reason why West was rotating players late in the season

[dedja]

Why don't West just change to a performance pay structure based on goals kicked ... will never get near the salary cap then.

[JK]

The SANFL Salary Cap people work with the clubs and tell them how they're tracking, so West and the SANFL must have known well in advance that they were going to be over.

[topsywaldron]

Still no comment on the actual topic from Topsy.

Dittmar and/or his employer better have a good lawyer is what I'm hearing.

There you go sweetheart.

[MightyEagles]

seriously, who cares. What difference would it have made?

Ssssh don't spoil the fun

Took two teams cheating to end the dynasty

North actually ended the dynasty in the first semi


Westies don't have a paper bag sponser like the doggies do

No The Eagles ended it last year with a 3 point win in the Grand Final.

[Booney]

Knew it all along, North are the true morale premiers of the SANFL!

Most clubs would have a high morale if they won the flag, but not take the moral high ground if they cheated the cap.

[CENTURION]

seriously, who cares. What difference would it have made?

Ssssh don't spoil the fun

Took two teams cheating to end the dynasty

North actually ended the dynasty in the first semi


Westies don't have a paper bag sponser like the doggies do

No The Eagles ended it last year with a 3 point win in the Grand Final.

wrong, North ended it this year, by ensuring that We didn't make ANOTHER Grand Final.

[Brodlach]

Member email from West;

The West Adelaide Football Club regret to advise it has breached the SANFL salary cap regulations. At no stage was our salary cap breach intentional. We prepared and submitted our player contracts at the start of the season on the same basis as previous years using certain assumptions which turned out to be incorrect. A complete declaration of our player contracts were fully and transparently disclosed to the SANFL at the appropriate time early in the 2012 season. We take full responsibility for this outcome and apologise to our members, supporters and the SANFL football community for the unintended breach.

The Club understands the South Australian Football Commission will be meeting early next week to discuss the matter and will make no further comment until the Club has been advised of the Commission’s decision.

Kym Russell
Chief Executive Officer

[on the rails]

Love to see the full disclosure of the breaches - my mail is that West are substantially down playing the extent of their issues re their public comment to date?

[Brodlach]

OTR have you heard hom much they went over?

[JK]

Still nothing on Adelaidenow about it, which is unusual

[Dutchy]

Member email from West;

The West Adelaide Football Club regret to advise it has breached the SANFL salary cap regulations. At no stage was our salary cap breach intentional. We prepared and submitted our player contracts at the start of the season on the same basis as previous years using certain assumptions which turned out to be incorrect. A complete declaration of our player contracts were fully and transparently disclosed to the SANFL at the appropriate time early in the 2012 season. We take full responsibility for this outcome and apologise to our members, supporters and the SANFL football community for the unintended breach.

The Club understands the South Australian Football Commission will be meeting early next week to discuss the matter and will make no further comment until the Club has been advised of the Commission’s decision.

Kym Russell
Chief Executive Officer

It is is not intentional then it has to be incompetent. Simple management would advert this.

[Dogwatcher]

Still no comment on the actual topic from Topsy.

Dittmar and/or his employer better have a good lawyer is what I'm hearing.

There you go sweetheart.

Congrats. Finally, an on-topic post where you didn't bag the Dogs.
We should have a celebration, darling.

[Squawk]

The SANFL Salary Cap people work with the clubs and tell them how they're tracking, so West and the SANFL must have known well in advance that they were going to be over.

I'm thinking the same - if it was the case they should have known in advance, it could have been headed off by the club and/or the SANFL, before it transpired into a breach.

Suddenly, the Foxtel Cup and R24(?) team selections have a bit more perspective.

[Brodlach]

Still nothing on Adelaidenow about it, which is unusual

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl ... 6521980309

[topsywaldron]

Congrats. Finally, an on-topic post where you didn't bag the Dogs..

My overwhelming sense is that of relief tinged with a soupçon of validation.