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Perth cop a 8 point "suspended" sentence for their breach, coming off the back of SF and EF having their seasons seriously impacted by immediate point loses. Especially given the breaches of both SF and EF were significantly less than that of Perth, all are what have been classified as "admin errors" rather than deliberate attempts to cheat the system. 

 

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Bazza wrote:

Perth cop a 8 point "suspended" sentence for their breach, coming off the back of SF and EF having their seasons seriously impacted by immediate point loses. Especially given the breaches of both SF and EF were significantly less than that of Perth, all are what have been classified as "admin errors" rather than deliberate attempts to cheat the system. 


 

That sounds like a “sook”to me Bazz.

If you listen to Brad Dodd on Sports Breakfast this morning I think the commission has come around to realising that taking premiership points is a bit severe for unintentional "admin errors". Been a few changes on the commission maybe brought a different approach.

Brad said it was a complex system with a lot of moving parts. They are going to have to work closely with clubs instead of sneaking up on them and going gotcha.

But the loss of 5 player points is going to hurt our depth. It means we will have to chop 5 players off our list.

DD wrote:

If you listen to Brad Dodd on Sports Breakfast this morning I think the commission has come around to realising that taking premiership points is a bit severe for unintentional "admin errors". Been a few changes on the commission maybe brought a different approach.

Brad said it was a complex system with a lot of moving parts. They are going to have to work closely with clubs instead of sneaking up on them and going gotcha.

But the loss of 5 player points is going to hurt our depth. It means we will have to chop 5 players off our list.

He did seem to indicate that 5 one point players would be cut. Maybe they could consider cutting 1 underperforming five point player instead. Anyway we will wait and see.

This has set a precident. How many clubs now can cheat the cap/points and say "ohhhh admin error....sorry" 

I think Baz has a point. Given the history of clubs contravening the salary cap, I think it should be a strict liability situation where intention doesn't come into the equation. Either a club broke the TPP cap or it didn't and there should be a schedule of penalties depending on the $ value and whether there's been prior occasions as well.

It might make clubs pay a bit more attention to their finances and how they spend it.

BC wrote:

I think Baz has a point. Given the history of clubs contravening the salary cap, I think it should be a strict liability situation where intention doesn't come into the equation. Either a club broke the TPP cap or it didn't and there should be a schedule of penalties depending on the $ value and whether there's been prior occasions as well.

It might make clubs pay a bit more attention to their finances and how they spend it.

Careful what you wish for BC. Has your club been audited yet? How far should they go back? Fringe benefits??? Undeclared!!! 

Mate...during the glory days when we were winning flags, Subi's accounts were torn to shreds and rightfully so. When the club signed Daniel Chick and Phil Read in the same year, I thought they were having a laugh and fully expected the club to go the high jump.

Thankfully my club is one of the few not to be caught out and fingers crossed it stays that way.

Baz.....mate the WAFC were very Kamilla, Paddy C, Ronald McDonald like with that woke decision not to come down hard on PFC....just how society is I guess these days.....imagine Perth getting a 3 match penalty on top of their crap zones, regular  injuries and Parfitt most probably getting snapped up in the midseason draft in 2025.....be a total kick in the goolies for a club and it's fans already feeling hard done by after 40 + years of hardship