the VFL has essentially let the Crows & Karl Zippet off & postponed indefinetly any hearing's about salary cap breaches
they will be allowed to participate in the draft as if nothing has happend & if by chance are found to have broken the rules won't see any punishments in effect til 2014
As Jeff Kennett is saying here ... if the VFL are concerned about natural justice then delay the draft & get this sorted first , for if they are found to have seriously broken the rules , yet allowed to play on unaffected throughout 2013 , the comps entire integrity for next season is in question... and he is dead right.
FMD
forget a thrashing with a feather ... even that was seen as too harsh
the NRL dropped an anvil on the Storm for their indiscretions in the space of 3 days ... the punishment was swift & brutal .. almost shocking .. it shook the code to its core.Such is that codes attitude toward its integrity.
same with match fixing allegations .... whack bang wallop & look out anyone who try's that on again
here we have the VFL having no regard .. none whats so ever toward its tarnished , tainted near non existent integrity.
we have the tanking issue showing no signs of progress .. now the salary cap rorting allegations .. thrown in the same basket
are its fans that devoid of any independant thought the VFL knows it can pull the wool over their eyes ... again
if I were a follower of this game .. I'd be utterly embarrased.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6518445451
FORMER Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett last night launched a blistering attack on the AFL for allowing Adelaide to take part in next week's national draft.
"This is absolutely unacceptable what the AFL are doing. It's a disgrace," Kennett told the Herald Sun.
"It's absolutely akin to Racing Victoria allowing Damien Oliver to race, knowing that he had serious charges levelled against him.
"I just cannot accept it. It staggers belief."
In a massive win for the embattled Crows, lawyers for the club yesterday forced the AFL to delay its hearings into claims they cheated on the salary cap with illegal payments to forward Kurt Tippett.
It means the Crows can keep all their picks in Thursday's draft on the Gold Coast - effectively delaying punishment for another 12 months.
An enraged Kennett, who contacted the Herald Sun, called on the AFL to delay Thursday's draft, rather than allow the Crows and Melbourne - under separate investigation for tanking - to take part.
"If they (the AFL) are saying that natural justice has got to be done, well then in that case, I would cancel the draft until the issue is resolved," Kennett said.
"By allowing this draft to continue and these two clubs to participate ... it just makes a mockery of the whole competition. It defies logic.
"I mean you've got a (Family) Court judge on the (AFL) Commission (Linda Dessau) and other people who are very bright individuals. How in God's name can they say that they are administering this code correctly when they allow a decision like this to take place?"
A new hearing date for the Crows is yet to be set but will not come in time to prevent Adelaide from replenishing its list with new young talent.
The Crows have picks 20, 54 and 64.
Melbourne learned last week that it had dodged a draft bullet because an AFL investigation into claims the club deliberately lost games in 2009 was not complete.
The AFL Commission was scheduled to convene on Monday and Tuesday to determine its penalties for the Crows over allegations of draft tampering and salary cap cheating.
Adelaide yesterday revealed the club, chief executive Steven Trigg, football boss Phil Harper and former football operations manager John Reid would be represented separately.
"The AFL has today advised the club and Mr Harper, as well as Mr Trigg, Mr Reid and Adelaide Crows-listed player Kurt Tippett, that the Commission will provide the requested extra time, and that the hearing will not proceed on Monday as previously scheduled, to ensure that natural justice is provided," the league said in statement.
"The 2012 NAB AFL Draft will proceed as scheduled next week."
