AFL investigators arrive at the Adelaide Football Club Administration in the wake of deals made with former player Kurt Tippett Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Australian
ADELAIDE is embroiled in two of the AFL's biggest investigations in recent memory and living a nightmare that is testing the foundations of the club.
Adding to the inquiry into Kurt Tippett's 2009 contract with the club, the AFL now has ramped up the tanking probe into Melbourne which led to Crows senior assistant Dean Bailey's departure from the Demons and has been simmering since 2009.
Adelaide's plight was highlighted yesterday with former NRL star Israel Folau quitting Greater Western Sydney which clears the way for Tippett to join the Giants in the drafting period.
The explosive issues have been made more volatile with former players and officials being interviewed again at league headquarters and information leaking out to test the mettle of the Crows, the Demons and Bailey.
This comes as a second player reportedly has backed Brock McLean's claims of tanking by the Demons and a former staffer telling The Advertiser the winning chances of at least two Melbourne games were severely compromised by orders handed down to the coaching staff.
A Melbourne insider told The Advertiser here had been a steady stream of people involved with the club back in 2009 being interviewed by the AFL. That came as the Demons were seen to set up a defence on the basis that disgruntled former employers-turned-whistleblowers were motivated by a wish to sink the club.
The Crows distanced themselves from the investigation yesterday, saying they were yet to speak at length to Bailey about the matter.
It is understood the two investigations the AFL is conducting simultaneously into the Melbourne tanking issue and the alleged contract law breaches in Tippett's contract are stretching the league's resources and potentially could delay proceedings.
Some of those involved with Melbourne in 2009 said they were interviewed for the second time by the AFL last week, having first been called to AFL House in August, and it leaves the league's chief investigators Ken Wood and Brett Clothier with a heavy workload.
The Crows had initially thought the investigation into Tippett would conclude this week and there was speculation yesterday a decision was imminent. But the Crows yesterday feared it would not be resolved until the days leading up to the national draft on November 22.
This much is clear: there will be no compensation for Tippett, who was the club's highest-paid player, and the club is likely to be restricted in both this and next year's draft.
Football operations manager Phil Harper said the club was not in a position to make a comment while the matter was being investigated by the AFL. The draft-tampering issue has cast a cloud over the game and the Crows, with the AFL warning that anyone involved in tanking would never work again in football.
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