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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on July 29, 2020, 06:19:47 PM
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One of 4 Vic clubs. Carlton & North also mentioned along with us. Potential 50k fine. AFL verdict in next 48 hours.
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Richmond, North Melbourne and Carlton face fines after AFL investigates COVID breaches
Tom Browne and Glenn Valencich
7Sport
Published: 29/07/2020
Updated: 29 July 2020 6:29 pm
7NEWS can reveal the AFL is considering substantial fines for three clubs in connection with COVID protocol breaches in the Queensland hubs.
7NEWS understands AFL officials, including chief executive Gillon McLachlan and general counsel Andrew Dillon, have been in high-level discussions with North Melbourne, Carlton and Richmond on Wednesday.
It comes after warnings in recent days surrounding potential breaches from wives and girlfriends who are about to join the league’s Southport isolation hub.
It’s understood the Kangaroos’ breach is in a ‘grey area’, but the AFL is under tremendous pressure from Queensland to come down hard on all three Victorian clubs.
7NEWS understands the AFL is considering fines of up to $50,000, $25,000 of which may be suspended.
The AFL has been entrusted by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, who has given the league licence to host more than a dozen teams and continue the season in the state.
7NEWS.com.au understands the Kangaroos, Blues and Tigers were on Wednesday in discussions with the league about the size of the fine or whether the sanction should be no more than a warning.
Interstate teams, including the 10 Victorian clubs, based in Queensland’s hubs this season are living and working under heavy restrictions.
The Sydney Swans and GWS Giants will shift north to Queensland this week after Palaszczuk closed the border to greater Sydney.
With the Queensland government on edge, any breach - including by the wives and girlfriends allowed into the state on strict orders to follow the protocols - could cancel the season and cost the AFL hundreds of millions of dollars.
The AFL investigations into breaches followed several issues relating to what can and can’t be done in the Sunshine State, queries having ramped up in recent days.
Hundreds of partners and children are preparing to join players, officials and club staff in the hubs from Thursday.
They will first undergo 14 days of quarantine in the Southport transition hub, satisfying Queensland government requirements for their arrival.
However, 7NEWS can reveal the AFL has capped its financial contribution at five weeks; families who choose to stay longer must then take over the bill.
The AFL - paying up to $4 million per week to keep the season alive up north - already lost some patience after club footy managers fielded a considerable number of requests and questions from players and families.
7NEWS revealed on Monday the league had warned wives and girlfriends that the trip is not a holiday and they must adhere to the same strict biosecurity measures as the players and club staff.
A set of Queensland-based grandparents’ well-intentioned day out with a player’s child and separate inquiries about bringing a puppy up to Queensland were among the issues to force the AFL’s hand.
There is a relatively small group of partners and children who travelled with players when clubs first left Victoria at the start of July.
Some social media posts from those already in Queensland have raised eyebrows within the AFL, contributing to this week’s warnings.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-north-melbourne-and-carlton-face-fines-after-afl-investigates-covid-breaches-c-1202348
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Monetary fine would be an absolute joke in the current climate. Clubs are struggling as is and assume they are helping north and Carlton our financially already so what would be the purpose of taking money just to give it back?
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How did we breach?
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Girlfriends or Boyfriends should not be allowed up IMO
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How did we breach?
No idea
Article is so vague
The Age is say8ng it's minor but again not saying what
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Was the WAGS not the players according to Fox Footy.... :shh
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Was the WAGS not the players according to Fox Footy.... :shh
Then it shouldn't be a sanction.
If it's a player it should be a suspension.
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Think they said there won't be player suspensions but the club might be fined... :shh
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Clubs being investigated for COVID protocol breaches as AFL takes tough stance on hub life
By Sam McClure and Peter Ryan
Updated July 29, 2020 — 1
Richmond and Carlton are set to be handed hefty fines by the AFL for COVID-19 breaches in Queensland.
Sources have confirmed to The Age that the family member of a premiership Tiger has been found to have visited a beauty salon and then returned to the hub.
Meanwhile, Carlton is being investigated after it was alleged the grandparents of a senior player’s children visited an amusement park on the Gold Coast.
It’s believed the player’s young children were taken by their grandparents to Seaworld and were then returned to the hub.
The details surrounding both situations are still being reviewed by league investigators but Carlton and Richmond are expected to be handed fines in the tens of thousands of dollars.
In a separate matter, North Melbourne believed it had permission from the AFL to send a busload of wives and girlfriends to the Gabba last Saturday to watch their partners play against Carlton.
When social media photos and footage began to appear, league representatives then contacted the club to ask why wives and girlfriends had been allowed to attend the game.
The club believes they have evidence of permission being granted by league officials.
The partners of the players were all seated in a private corporate area, to ensure there was no contact with the public.The AFL is investigating all three incidents as breaches of league rules only and not state laws.
The alleged breaches come as close to 400 people prepare to fly to Queensland to enter quarantine hubs on Thursday under the AFL banner.
The league would not comment.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/clubs-being-investigated-as-afl-takes-tough-stance-on-hub-life-20200729-p55gq6.html
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Revealed — the three AFL clubs under scrutiny for family hub breaches
July 30, 2020 7:24am
Source: FOX SPORTS
Three teams face fines as large as $50,000 this week after possible protocol breaches while in the Queensland hub.
Plus a Brisbane-based Grand Final is looking increasingly likely.
REVEALED: THE THREE CLUBS UNDER SCRUTINY FOR BREACHES
Tom Morris reports …
Carlton, Richmond and North Melbourne are all facing fines as large as $50,000 this week after possible protocol breaches while in the Queensland hub.
The AFL integrity unit is investigating any wrongdoing, though no players are likely to miss matches for potential errors from family members.
Foxfooty.com.au can reveal three of the alleged breaches.
— Richmond’s breach relates to a player’s partner who visited a day spa.
— North Melbourne’s alleged breach concerns a group of partners that attended a football game.
— And Carlton’s involves kids of a player who were dropped off at their grandparents house. When the player’s partner picked the kids up later, she was shocked to learn that they’d been at a theme park, which is a clear breach of AFL protocols.
It’s understood the AFL is considering suspending half of the three respective $50,000 fines.
The protocols, which have been agreed to by all clubs, are strict and clearly outlined for families to read.
Approximately 400 families will fly to Queensland on Thursday as the AFL continues to escape the COVID-19 virus.
These 400 families will need to spend 14 days in quarantine at a transition hub near Metricon Stadium before seeing players, coaches and staff.
The league has agreed to fund the first 100 people at each club and will split the finances beyond that.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2020-live-updates-covid19-protocol-breach-gold-coast-richmond-carlton-grand-final/news-story/5bceb8cbf9d3b39a13cd93d6066c639c
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Was the WAGS not the players according to Fox Footy.... :shh
Then it shouldn't be a sanction.
If it's a player it should be a suspension.
Unfortunately, there will be a sanction because the "rules" Clubs & players agreed to have been breached
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some wag went to a day spa and put it on instagram
These wags live in alternative universe
absolute disgrace
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Think we can all guess which wag it is...
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No idea but the player should pay half for his girlfriends delinquency
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No idea but the player should pay half for his girlfriends delinquency
Should pay the lot
stuffing joke
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Think we can all guess which wag it is...
Which ??
If you know, you can say
She posted it on Instagram .. really smart
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As a matter of interest, if the families are in quarantine are they allowed direct contact with players?
Surely they should have to go the 2 weeks before they can have any contact with players?
Anyone know?
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I don't want to get the mods in trouble by naming names.
It's only a rumor at this stage.
It will probably revealed soon enough.
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There is only one WAG with the team at the moment. The rest are still all in quarantine away from the players.
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From SEN:
Wife of high profile Tiger went to a beauty salon then put a pic of it on facebook before quickly removing it. AFL acting to appease an understandably jittery Qld govt questioning the risk of having 400 AFL family members up there.
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From SEN:
Wife of high profile Tiger went to a beauty salon then put a pic of it on facebook before quickly removing it. AFL acting to appease an understandably jittery Qld govt questioning the risk of having 400 AFL family members up there.
this is the only reference to the RFC partner concerned
No one has been named by the media
Yes there is speculation on Twitter and I assume facebook
But no name is appearing the mainstream media
Until it does keep the guesses off the forum
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Mark Stevens on 7news just said sanctions are unlikely.
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Mark Stevens on 7news just said sanctions are unlikely.
I thought he said there will be sanctions but not big fines like some are reporting
But TBH I do half turn off when Stevo rabbits on ;D
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The scroll said 'unlikely'. He did say 'heavy' but didn't say what not heavy is ???.
Edit: Stevens just said "very light indeed". So you're right WP. I go and clear my ears out :P.
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Tom Browne after last night's game said a small fine will be handed out today.
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But with the fine she won’t be able to afford her pedicure, scalp massage, facial exfoliation and peel etc :pullhair
Can someone please tell me how she will cope under these circumstances without these essential personal luxuries? What is this world coming to? :rollin
She could just go back to freezing Covid infested Melbourne and enjoyed all these luxuries whilst she’s wearing a mask :shh
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https://www.afl.com.au/news/478344/sanction-guidelines-for-afl-protocol-breaches-by-club-people
$45k fine
$25k suspended for rest of 2020 season
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https://www.afl.com.au/news/478344/sanction-guidelines-for-afl-protocol-breaches-by-club-people
$45k fine
$25k suspended for rest of 2020 season
:lol
Steveo wasn't even close :rollin
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According to Kat McLaughlin on Fox Footy next breach could be a loss of points and draft picks....send the WAGS home now if that's the case... can't take that risk... :shh
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So they named “Cotchin’s wife” on Fox footy tonight. Thanks Eddie. :rollin
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So another club President releases information that the AFL has deemed confidential. I hope the AFL fines him 100k the fat two faced prick
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Confidential LOL
She posted it online herself
Bad luck
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AFL statement on fines confirmed nature of breaches would be kept between AFL and individual club. Fat Ed has gone against the AFL directive. Hope they fry the fat prick
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Don't have a problem with it.
Named and shamed those two moron girls in QLD.
Same behaviour here.
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Revealed: The WAG Instagram post that saw AFL premiers cop big fine
July 31, 2020 6:20pm
by TOM MORRIS WITH FOX SPORTS
The AFL has come down hard on four clubs who have been financially sanctioned for breaching rules in their COVID-19 quarantine hubs.
Hawthorn has been fined $50,000 ($25,000 suspended) while Carlton, North Melbourne and Richmond have been fined $45,000 ($25,000 suspended). The suspended fines last until the end of the 2020 season.
The Hawks’ breach came when several non-selected players who were at last week’s loss to Sydney were escorted by security into the public area at the SCG to get a bag of chips.
The incident did not breach Queensland Government or quarantine protocols, but went against the AFL’s regulations.
Richmond’s breach related to captain Trent Cotchin’s partner, who visited a day spa. Brooke Cotchin posted an Instagram story of her time at Esteem Medi Spa.
In the caption, she wrote: “The most incredible experience today…. My skin was in desperate need of some love. I knew I was in the right place as soon as I walked through the doors of Esteem.”
North Melbourne’s breach concerned a group of partners that attended a football game.
Carlton’s involved kids of a player who were dropped off at their grandparents’ house. When the player’s partner picked the kids up later, she was shocked to learn that they’d been at a theme park, which is a clear breach of AFL protocols.
The AFL also confirmed a second offence would warrant a fine of up to $100,000, with third and subsequent offences potentially resulting in fines, the loss of premiership points or draft picks.
The Kangaroos, who believed the AFL had ticked off family members attending last week’s game against Carlton, released a terse statement after the sanction was revealed.
“The club accepts there needs to be strict adherence to the RTP Protocols, and appreciates the importance of the rules that are in place,” North Melbourne said.
“Although the club believed it was operating with the full approval of the AFL and strongly suggests a communication breakdown is at fault, it accepts the decision that’s been handed down.
“The club will make no further comment in relation to the sanction.”
Speaking on Triple M’s Hot Breakfast this morning, AFL reporter Tom Browne drew attention to the document titled ‘AFL High Performance Centre Family Induction Information’ that was sent to partners and families.
“The foreword is written by Gill McLachlan, it provides an overview of what the HPC (High Performance Centre) is,” Browne said.
“It’s a hotel or resort solely dedicated for the AFL to enable the control of external people entering the facility that includes accommodation, training and the grounds.
“It’s an environment designed to support the wellbeing of players, but this is the interesting bit: what a HPC is not.
“It’s not a family holiday experience with the ability to move freely in the community, it’s not an environment that replicates your normal home living arrangement, and it’s not the same liberties afforded to local communities as part of the state’s current covid restrictions even once — it says in big red letters — once the initial 14 day quarantine day has concluded, strict adherence to the protocols is required akin to stage three government restrictions.”
This morning Collingwood president Eddie McGuire called for the AFL to put any further transgressors of its COVID-19 protocols “on the plane home” to send a clear message to families of players.
Approximately 400 families have begun a two-week quarantine period in Queensland before they’ll be allowed to reunite with players, coaches and staff.
After three clubs and a potential fourth were at the centre of an AFL investigation into protocol breaches from family members, McGuire said the AFL should consider harsher penalties moving forward to make it abundantly clear what can and can’t be done.
“Lets be honest, I think what needs to happen ... do you think the AFL will just come out and say ‘right, here’s what it is and if you do this you’re all clear and if you do that you’re in big trouble and if anybody transgresses you’re on the plane home, we’re not gonna cop this stuff’,” he said on Triple M’s Hot Breakfast.
“I think that’s where it’s gotta be, it’s just gotta be so clear cut that no one can have any mitigation.
“Every time somebody does something in this country ... ‘I thought I could do this, I thought I could do that’, well you can’t, bang.”
When it was put to him that one breach was for travelling to a nail salon which would be allowed in ordinary circumstances, McGuire replied: “Ordinary circumstances you haven’t got the entire AFL in a bunker and the season on the precipice.”
FULL AFL STATEMENT
The AFL has this week reminded Clubs of the importance of the Return to Play protocols as additional club officials and player families arrive in Queensland from Victoria, along with Sydney Swans and GWS GIANTS temporarily relocating to Brisbane prior to their Rounds 9 and 10 matches.
The AFL also formally communicated the sanction guidelines for AFL protocol breaches by Club people from 31 July 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a challenge amongst the wider community.
AFL General Counsel Andrew Dillion said everyone has a role to play in keeping community safe during these times.
“Our primary focus, like everyone around the country, is to play our role in continuing to keep safe the communities in which we play. We know it is a privilege to be able to continue our competition which provides jobs for thousands of people around the country, and joy to millions of fans.” Mr Dillon said.
“The protocols are in place to not only protect players, officials, staff, and now their visiting families, but also the wider community in which we have been given the opportunity to train and play.
“We all have to modify our behaviours in order for the competition to continue in a safe manner.”
SANCTION GUIDELINES FOR AFL PROTOCOL BREACHES BY CLUB PEOPLE
The Sanction Guidelines for AFL Protocol Breaches by Club People (as defined below) will form part of the AFL Rules.
Breaches of AFL Return to Play (RTP) Protocols by Players will be dealt with between the AFL, relevant Club and the AFLPA, as has been happening.
Club People will include:
· Club Staff
· Players’ partners and family members
· Club Staff partners and family members
· Players (in addition to the individual liability of the Player set out above)
Clubs will be strictly responsible and liable to sanction in the event of any breaches of the RTP Protocols by Club People, save for the most exceptional extenuating circumstances.
This strict regime is important for the AFL and the AFL Clubs to protect the health and safety of the community and to maintain the AFL’s social licence to continue the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
From 31 July 2020, Sanctions for Clubs for breaches of the RTP Protocols by Club People:
FIRST OFFENCE – up to $50,000 sanction (50% suspended) – $25,000 included in 2020 Soft Cap
SECOND OFFENCE – up to $75,000 sanction (plus $25,000 from first offence) – $100,000 included in 2020 Soft cap
THIRD & SUBSEQUENT OFFENCE – The Commission or the General Counsel may impose any sanction on any terms or conditions that they in their absolute discretion think fit which may include a monetary sanction, loss of Premiership points or loss of Draft picks.
BREACH NOTICES
The AFL confirms that four clubs have been sanctioned for non-adherence to the RTP Protocols over the last 7 days.
Hawthorn has received and accepted a $50,000 fine ($25,000 suspended for the remainder of 2020 AFL Season).
Carlton, North Melbourne and Richmond have all received and accepted $45,000 fine ($25,000 suspended for the remainder of 2020 AFL Season).
In order to protect the wellbeing of the club people, the details of these breaches will remain between club and the AFL.
The AFL will be making no further comment in relation to the sanctions.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/live-afl-youre-on-the-plane-home-eddies-blunt-warning-as-fourth-club-linked-to-quarantine-scandal/news-story/6abefc941ed74792c6ba7a296c272c93
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No issue with it
But will make 2 points
1/ It is a bit rich of Eddie to suggest that if it happens again people should be sent home after he and his Club excused Sidebottom's drunken stupidity that could have ruined this season. think it is what you call hypocritical
2/ A tad disappointed the Club hasn't released a statement yet
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No issue with it
But will make 2 points
1/ It is a bit rich of Eddie to suggest that if it happens again people should be sent home after he and his Club excused Sidebottom's drunken stupidity that could have ruined this season. think it is what you call hypocritical
2/ A tad disappointed the Club hasn't released a statement yet
The club should say nothing. I dont agree to putting the girl down anymore than she is feeling right now.
Whoever said this is along the same lines as those 2 scrags who fleed victoria into qld are wrong.
agree re: Eddie but did you expect anything else from him?
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I think mrs cotch has been up there over 2 weeks anyway and is not in the new wave of quaranteenees (if that’s a word) so can sort of understand it.
Not ideal but we have to keep living don’t we?
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The club should say nothing. I dont agree to putting the girl down anymore than she is feeling right now.
Whoever said this is along the same lines as those 2 scrags who fleed victoria into qld are wrong.
agree re: Eddie but did you expect anything else from him?
Not suggesting the club should name her, on the contrary think they should protect (for want of a better term).
But just think they should come out say we acknowledge the error, accept the fine and we are all in this together. Take the heat off rather than let the media feed off it.
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The club should say nothing. I dont agree to putting the girl down anymore than she is feeling right now.
Whoever said this is along the same lines as those 2 scrags who fleed victoria into qld are wrong.
agree re: Eddie but did you expect anything else from him?
Not suggesting the club should name her, on the contrary think they should protect (for want of a better term).
But just think they should come out say we acknowledge the error, accept the fine and we are all in this together. Take the heat off rather than let the media feed off it.
fair enough
on a brighter note or sad note eddie has done it again
Collingwood under investigation for covid breach :banghead
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Oh the irony.
What's that saying about throwing stones in the glass house?
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Fined $50,000
$25,000 suspended
Offenders were Bucks and Sanderson playing tennis with Molik apparently
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Hahah sucked in Fat Ed. I’d be advocating for Fat Ed to send them home as he suggested for everyone else only they might start winning with Bucks gone.
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Buckley, Sanderson to pay Pies' huge fine for COVID breach
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COLLINGWOOD has been fined $50,000, half of which has been suspended, after a game of tennis involving coach Nathan Buckley breached the AFL's Return To Play protocols.
Buckley and assistant coach Brenton Sanderson played a game of tennis on Friday in Perth with two people from outside of the group of approved club people.
The pair had been approved to play tennis outside Collingwood's Perth hub on both Wednesday and Friday, but the breach took place on Friday when they played with two people living outside the hub.
Buckley and Sanderson reported the breach to club officials when they realised they may have inadvertently breached the stringent protocols that apply to all AFL people in the League's hubs around the country.
Collingwood said in a statement that Buckley and Sanderson had volunteered to personally pay the $25,000 of the fine that had not been suspended.
"At the time, we believed we had followed and adhered to the protocols as required but after returning to the hotel and re addressing the circumstances it became crystal clear that we had breached the current AFL protocols," Buckley said in a statement.
"The competition is asking its constituents to make great sacrifices for the show to go on and we have all accepted these for the long term future of the industry and the privilege of participating within it.
"In regards to the financial sanctions handed down, Brenton and I have committed to meet this. We both accept responsibility for our actions and are accountable for the outcomes of those decisions, good or bad.
"The members and supporters that underpin the club need to know that their financial and emotional investments directly assist our aspirations on field and will continue to do so."
Collingwood's fine comes after four clubs - Hawthorn, Richmond, Carlton and North Melbourne - were fined on Friday for breaches of the AFL's Return To Play protocols.
AFL general counsel Andrew Dillon said the breach was another reminder of the importance of following the protocols to keep everyone safe.
"The AFL appreciates Collingwood advising the AFL of the breach and their cooperation with the investigation. We note that tennis is an approved exercise activity however approved participants are limited to approved club staff, players, household members and immediate family," Dillon said.
"Notwithstanding the inadvertent nature of this breach, it doesn't excuse the responsibility to abide by the protocols."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/479118/buckley-sanderson-to-pay-pies-huge-fine-for-covid-breach
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Karma’s a bitch Eddie
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So is Eddie going to send Bucks & Sanderson home as that is what he said should happen to the WAGs?!
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Dont be a hypocrite Ed send them home.
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From Benny Gale's Twitter
"We’re committed to doing all we can to ahere to the @AFL COVID protocols. It’s not negotiable! The inadvertent breach this week was disappointing (and Trent immediately offered to pay the fine). It’s a reminder of the fragility of the @AFL competition, and the entire community."
Twitter @brendongale25
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Jon Ralph on Twitter saying Cotch will pay the fine
:clapping
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The club should say nothing. I dont agree to putting the girl down anymore than she is feeling right now.
Whoever said this is along the same lines as those 2 scrags who fleed victoria into qld are wrong.
agree re: Eddie but did you expect anything else from him?
Not suggesting the club should name her, on the contrary think they should protect (for want of a better term).
But just think they should come out say we acknowledge the error, accept the fine and we are all in this together. Take the heat off rather than let the media feed off it.
well well well
afl has stood down mitch cleary after bringing up brooks name on twitter
Utter garbage that was by Cleary. Caro too can get stuffed.
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The club should say nothing. I dont agree to putting the girl down anymore than she is feeling right now.
Whoever said this is along the same lines as those 2 scrags who fleed victoria into qld are wrong.
agree re: Eddie but did you expect anything else from him?
Not suggesting the club should name her, on the contrary think they should protect (for want of a better term).
But just think they should come out say we acknowledge the error, accept the fine and we are all in this together. Take the heat off rather than let the media feed off it.
well well well
afl has stood down mitch cleary after bringing up brooks name on twitter
Utter garbage that was by Cleary. Caro too can get stuffed.
Pretty harsh on Cleary.
Brooke put in on social media herself.
Plus, she was already outed on radio before Cleary reported it.
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Agreed.
Also have no issue with her being named myself.
She's an adult. Don't think the club has to protect her as such. Support her, no problem, but she needs to own what she's done.
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Jon Ralph, Andy Maher and other footy journos on twitter objecting to Cleary being stood down.
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ooh the journos suddenly know how it feels to be hard done by.
Give me a break.
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Hardwick said they (Cotchins) have accepted responsibility for an innocent mistake.
A journo asked if the club spoke to the AFL about Cleary. Dimma replied he doesn't deal with that side of the things.
Cleary's tweet blamed by the AFL for the public traction this got even though Caro mentioned it first without reaction. He also writes for the AFL website so he's been classed as an employee.
Sam Edmund claimed there was an agreement between Richmond and the AFL not to publicly name Brooke.
source: SEN
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Jon Ralph, Andy Maher and other footy journos on twitter objecting to Cleary being stood down.
Spare me. You deliberately breach a condition of your workplace contract and you get fired. Mitch f'd up.
If Ralph and Maher feel so strongly about him then offer him a job. Bloody hypocrites. They luv to feast on a sacked coaches demise yet somehow their colleagues deserve better treatment. FO
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As if the media don't hate us enough already.... :shh
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I can't post it from my phone but Brooke in the HeraldSun says she doesn't agree with Cleary's suspension nor had anything to do with it.
She also apologised. Said she had finished her 14-day quarantine and went to get a treatment believing she had AFL approval. She wouldn't have posted it on instagram if she thought she was doing something wrong.
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Jon Ralph, Andy Maher and other footy journos on twitter objecting to Cleary being stood down.
Spare me. You deliberately breach a condition of your workplace contract and you get fired. Mitch f'd up.
If Ralph and Maher feel so strongly about him then offer him a job. Bloody hypocrites. They luv to feast on a sacked coaches demise yet somehow their colleagues deserve better treatment. FO
Right, so your happy for a bloke to lose his job over it even though Brooke posted it on social media and other journos had already mentioned her name?
Your hatred for journos is clouding your judgement here mate.
No way does he deserve to be sacked over that.
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The other journos weren't subject to confidentiqality restrictions agreed with the AFL. If Mitch don't like it then don't work at the AFL - simple. He was well aware of what he was doing.
I don't hate all journos - some I have a lot of respect for. The bin scabs and ambulance chasers don't deserve anyones respect least of all mine though
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The other journos weren't subject to confidentiqality restrictions agreed with the AFL. If Mitch don't like it then don't work at the AFL - simple. He was well aware of what he was doing.
I don't hate all journos - some I have a lot of respect for. The bin scabs and ambulance chasers don't deserve anyones respect least of all mine though
Hmmm. Your earlier post sounded a lot like you paint all journos with the same 'bin scab' brush.
Pretty harsh on the firing too I reckon. Hope you don't make any blues at work....
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Political footy.
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Mitch Cleary has been reinstated.
source: AFL statement via SEN.
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Brooke has posted on instagram that they're paying/paid the fine.
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Yoko Ono to Richmond's Beatles.... :shh
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Yoko Ono to Richmond's Beatles.... :shh
:lol
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Cotchin doing it 'tough' since AFL breach
Oliver Caffrey and Shayne Hope
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick admits captain Trent Cotchin and wife Brooke have been downcast since the AFL club was fined for the latter's COVID-19 protocol breach.
The Tigers were issued a $20,000 fine after Brooke visited a day spa on the Gold Coast last week.
The Cotchins have since offered to pay the fine and Brooke on Monday apologised via social media.
She also offered support to AFL Media journalist Mitch Cleary, who was stood down by the league over his decision to tweet a screenshot of Brooke's initial Instagram post, which exposed her visiting the day spa.
Cleary was reinstated on Monday after outcry over the AFL's decision.
"As Trent and Brooke do, they admitted they were at fault. It's been tough on them," Hardwick told reporters.
"Everyone's up here trying to do the right thing but the reality is mistakes are going to be made.
"We've just got to understand that sometimes people are going to get things wrong, it's not through any fault of their own, they just made an innocent mistake."
Two-time premiership skipper Cotchin returned from three games out with a hamstring injury for the Tigers' last-start 41-point victory over the Western Bulldogs.
Cotchin is a definite starter for Tuesday night's clash with Brisbane but Hardwick conceded the Tigers will be cautious with the veteran midfielder during a heavy schedule of games.
After battling the Lions, Richmond will fly to take on ladder-leaders Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
Hardwick said the 30-year-old Cotchin will be "less likely" to play against the Power and could be rested.
In a boost for the Tigers as they continue to build momentum in their premiership defence, Nick Vlastuin has recovered from a calf injury and the dependable defender will play against Brisbane.
Key defender Jack Payne will debut for the Lions after veteran Grant Birchall was managed.
Brisbane are second on the ladder as one of the AFL's in-form teams but they will have to overcome a 11-year hoodoo to improve their season record to 8-2.
Richmond have won their past 14 encounters with the Lions, dating back to 2009 and including last year's qualifying final at the Gabba.
It is the longest-active winning streak by one club over another in the AFL.
Australian Associated Press
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