Tippett suspended for 11 games

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Charges ... Kurt Tippett is facing a hearing at AFL House in Melbourne. Source: Michael Klein / News Limited

The AFL has thrown the book at Adelaide Football Club and Kurt Tippett after a hearing into charges regarding salary cap breaches and draft tampering.

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AFL commission chairman Mike Fitzpatrick made the announcement saying the commission wanted to send a message to the AFL community.

Tippett was handed  a 22-game ban but 11 of those games will be suspended for the next five years. He was also suspended from competing in the pre-season competition and fined $50,000.

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The homeless key forward released a statement saying he was disappointed his trust had been taken advantage of.

"I trusted the Adelaide Football Club and for the duration of my contract I did my utmost for the club on and off the field. It is bitterly disappointing, then, to learn that my trust and best endeavours have been to my substantial detriment," he said.

"I pleaded guilty to the two charges on advice without any admission of liability and despite being assured there were valid defences available to me in respect to both charges.

"I am glad that this matter is now finalised and I look forward to moving on and playing football."

His former employers, Adelaide Crows were fined $300,000 and banned from the first two rounds of the 2013 draft.

Crows chief executive Steven Trigg was fined $50,000 and banned from football activities - including attending AFL games - for 12 months, six months of which is suspended for 5 years.

Former Crows football operations manager John Reid was also banned for 12months, six months of which is suspended for five years. Reid's replacement, Crows current football operations manager, Phil Harper was banned for two months with a four month suspended sentence.

The Crows had already withdrawn its first two picks in the recent draft, saving it from further sanctions.

Fitzpatrick commended the Crows on their co-operation during the investigation but such transgressions could not be tolerated.

"There can be no room in our game to breach our rules," he said.

"The investigation into Adelaide Football Club and its servants seeking to circumvent the salary cap and draft ... the AFLC regards this case as a very disappointing one and wants to send a message to all 18 clubs and all supporters."

After being banned for six months, Trigg said the club had over reached when trying to secure its star forward.

"I hope to that this outcome represents the end of the Kurt Tippett affair, which has of course been a very unhappy one for the Adelaide Football Club," he said.

"We were dealing with a player who was very homesick, a player who was unhappy in the city of Adelaide and one with an offer from the Gold Coast to join them on what were very favourable terms.

"Those responsible over reached in those arrangement that the club now admits were in breach of the rules. For that I'm very sorry.

The club has paid a very high price for an error in judgement."

The charges stemmed from the three-year contract Tippett signed with Adelaide in 2009, which made him the Crows' highest-paid player.

Adelaide had entered into a side agreement to trade Tippett to the club of his choice for a second-round draft pick when the contract finished at the end of the 2012 season.

Charges over payments of $200,000 to Tippett outside the salary cap were also investigated.

One of Tippett's suitors, Sydney Swans, released a statement saying the ban would not deter them from drafting the key forward.

"Although the decision is obviously a disappointing setback for Kurt, we have always seen Kurt as a long-term player and we will go to the pre-season draft with the intention of selecting him if he's available at our pick," Sydney Swans general manager of football, Dean Moore said.

Their competitors, Greater Western Sydney, said now that the investigation was over the club would evaluate Tippett's benefit to the club.

"We now want to see the financial terms on which he will nominate for next month's draft so we can assess his affordability," CEO David Matthews said.

"We also have to consider whether he is the right fit for the club as we continue to build a strong culture amongst our young playing group.

"These are all factors we will now carefully consider over the coming days before making a decision on whether to draft him with our first selection."

The AFLPA said it noted Tippett had accepted the sanctions with legal advice but was concerned about the severity of the sentence.

"We do have some concerns at the severity of the penalty imposed on the player, given that he was taking advice from senior executives at the club and his advisors," a statement from player relations general manager Ian Prendergast said

"Half a season out of a short playing career has a much more serious impact than 6 months out of a much longer career in administration or management."

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