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Admin errors, not ‘breaches’: How wine and a short vacation led to Geelong’s AFL fine
Geelong Football Club was fined $77,500 for multiple late or non-disclosures of third-party payments from 2019-2024 and will face stricter AFL compliance monitoring for two years.
- On Wednesday, the Australian Football League announced a $77,500 fine for Geelong Football Club , suspending $40,000 for two years pending no further disclosure breaches.
- Following league scrutiny this year, an extended audit covering six seasons examined the club's third-party reporting and expanded the AFL's timeframe under review.
- The Extended Audit identified multiple non‑disclosures and late disclosures with club associates and third parties, while AFLW program errors were administrative and not material breaches.
- The club will be required to implement additional compliance requirements and will be actively monitored by the AFL over the next two years, paying $37,500 if no further breaches occur.
- Steve Hocking, Geelong CEO, said the club fully cooperated, accepted sanctions and will strengthen governance, while the AFL's Extended Audit found no TPP or player movement breaches.
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Admin errors, not ‘breaches’: How wine and a short vacation led to Geelong’s AFL fine
The AFL interviewed Cats officials, and conducted an exhaustive audit of club records, including phones, laptops and emails, before fining the club.
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Geelong Football Club has been fined $77,500 for a series of non-disclosures and/or late disclosures of arrangements with club associates and third parties, that were required to be reported to the AFL. The fine, of which $40,000 is suspended for two years, came after an extended audit into the compliance of the the club with AFL rules relating to the total player payment limit (TPP) and football department expenditure soft cap limit. However, t…
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