GAMBLING PROBE [update MFC cleared]

[Debamboozle 29]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/victorian-commission-for-gambling-and-liquor-regulation-announces-own-probe-into-melbourne/story-e6frexx0-1226581447543

[The Red Fox 216]

Bugger

[Sir Why You Little 37,134]

I was waiting for this. Bailey getting 16 weeks was always going to put us in a precarious place.

We may still have to go to court....

[rjay 25,093]

I was waiting for this. Bailey getting 16 weeks was always going to put us in a precarious place.

We may still have to go to court....

Of course it was 'WYL' the AFL does not work in a vacuum and I have reservations about our settlement here. Too smart by half.

[Sir Why You Little 37,134]

Yep we should have said all along "fcuk this we are going to court"

All or nothing...you have to spend $$$ to make $$$$.

By rolling over today we are now wide open.

Losing $5million a year would take us out.

[1858 285]

So is this a new investigation as of yesterday or was it already in progress?

[Sir Why You Little 37,134]

This will start now. There is guilt, so the Gamers are ready to circle.

[McQueen 17,867]

Okay.

So if the VCGLR inquest findings are different than the AFL's, where does that leave us, and more intriguingly the AFL?

Will the AFL defend its findings and take on the VCGLR?

FMD, can't we just get a friggin break?

[1858 285]

This will start now. There is guilt, so the Gamers are ready to circle.

The greatest irony that will be lost on many is that we were long shots with the bookies in that game against Richmond yet we won easily on the spread. We actually performed much better than the betting market expected us to.

Unlike Carlton who threw games they were favourites in.

[Sir Why You Little 37,134]

The greatest irony that will be lost on many is that we were long shots with the bookies in that game against Richmond yet we won easily on the spread. We actually performed much better than the betting market expected us to.

Unlike Carlton who threw games they were favourites in.

yep, but that is the least of our worries now.

The Head Coach has been banned from the game for 16 weeks. We are wide open now bugger it.

[Macca 17,034]

yep, but that is the least of our worries now.

The Head Coach has been banned from the game for 16 weeks. We are wide open now bugger it.

We're possibly going to find out what's in the 800 page report now. Although I've no idea how transparent these VCGLR investigations are. Maybe our legal eagles will know.

The AFL's 'want' to keep everyone in the dark (on the detail) has attracted the wrong type of attention by the looks of it.

[1858 285]

We're possibly going to find out what's in the 800 page report now. Although I've no idea how transparent these VCGLR investigations are. Maybe our legal eagles will know.

The AFL's 'want' to keep everyone in the dark (on the detail) has attracted the wrong type of attention by the looks of it.

This is where we see how much damage Anderson and those two arsehats have done.

Even if the practices were dodgy in collecting info, the VCGLR may not give a [censored].

[Sir Why You Little 37,134]

I doubt the VCGLR was even mentioned in that 800 pages.

You wonder if anyone saw this coming from HQ??

And will they care??

I get the feeling we signed off way to early on this festering mess.

[Macca 17,034]

This is where we see how much damage Anderson and those two arsehats have done.

Even if the practices were dodgy in collecting info, the VCGLR may not give a [censored].

Yep, it could just be about the 'evidence', not how it was procured.

I doubt the VCGLR was even mentioned in that 800 pages.

You wonder if anyone saw this coming from HQ??

And will they care??

I get the feeling we signed off way to early on this festering mess.

More so if the VCGLR look over the report and then make their findings - in turn, they could make a judgement at a later date. We then may find out the detail in the report.

We were alerted and forewarned about a month ago that the VCGLR could get involved. I guess most of us thought that once the AFL came down with a 'Not guilty of deliberately losing matches' we were out of the woods.

[Sir Why You Little 37,134]

Yep, it could just be about the 'evidence', not how it was procured.

More so if the VCGLR look over the report and then make their findings - in turn, they could make a judgement at a later date. We then may find out the detail in the report.

We were alerted and forewarned about a month ago that the VCGLR could get involved. I guess most of us thought that once the AFL came down with a 'Not guilty of deliberately losing matches' we were out of the woods.

but they didn't.

Bailey & Cuddles were suspended.

Guilty. They just changed the backdrop.

[P-man 13,366]

It literally never ends.

[Carrot Top 947]

I doubt the VCGLR was even mentioned in that 800 pages.

You wonder if anyone saw this coming from HQ??

And will they care??

I get the feeling we signed off way to early on this festering mess.

Take a chill pill FFS.

As if this wasn't going to happen, and as if our lawyers weren't aware of that.

There is no evidence. There never was. Nobody was match fixing.

Keep the knife away from the wrists, please.

[Hulett Packard III 166]

The fact of the matter is that there is no legal case against Melbourne and even Caroline Wilson grudgingly admits it

Demetriou defended his late withdrawal from Tuesday's public announcement saying it had been McLachlan's investigation, not his.

He said the evidence and findings had been put before an independent Queen's Counsel who had agreed the investigation had no sufficient evidence against any other officials or board members.

So the Demons won the legal argument that they did not tank. McLachlan admitted he wasn't even sure what tanking meant.

See the article with hastily changed title -

Demons cleared, guilty, fined

Edited February 19, 2013 by Nark Meeld

[Fitz Fitzpatrick 886]

This is a very dark day for the Club. Perhaps the club has never been at greater risk of folding than now with the gaming commission investigation being launched. They are clearly not happy with the outcome of the AFL's investigation or they would not be bothering with this. If the club loses the gaming revenue then that will be the end of the MFC. Im a glass half full bloke but this is a very perilous turn of events.

[ThreeOneSix 954]

Gambling agencies, etc should stay right away from our game.

If they go hard against us, they will be at risk that the AFL drops them completely.

The last mob to go against Andy D was the media and look at them drying their eyes atm.

[Dockett 32 1,239]

Take a chill pill FFS.

As if this wasn't going to happen, and as if our lawyers weren't aware of that.

There is no evidence. There never was. Nobody was match fixing.

Keep the knife away from the wrists, please.

Pretty quick response from VCGLR however, almost as if they were awaiting the outcome.

Eddie's recommendation seems to have been the correct one.

Still your putt AFL and MFC.

Silly sanction from AFL and Gillon has left the door wide open. Wonder if VCGLR will include Carlton and others in their investigations now as we were found not guilty. Surely sooner or later all clubs accused of the same use of the AFL's rules should be drawn into this, as should have been the situation in the first place.

[Freddy Fuschia 747]

The AFL only needs to send them the Queens Counsel's opinion to satisfy them that there's nothing for them to see here.

Unlike the AFL, the gaming authorities are answerable to someone else and would need to justify the expenditure from the public purse if they went to the lengths involved in a full blown enquiry. Would they do that when an independent Queens Counsel says there's no case in law for Melbourne to answer?

On top of that there's the other clubs who have been accused of tanking in the past. Can the gaming authority ignore the Kreuzer Cup of Terry Wallace's admission that he didn't coach to win in order to get Cotchin?

Time to start writing to your local MP's.

[Biffen 12,947]

Pffft....

It's all sewerage down the pipeline now.The deal is done and they can all go and get farked.

Mark Robbo probably feels "confused and insulted"most of the time because he is a dunce and a [censored] living in complex times.

Any other beatches wanna crack?

I've got a special hatred building for Carlton.

Brock,Flack,BP and possibly Paulo? seem to be the snitches .

We've copped enough Flack.

Time to give these Carlton hoes the hypocrit Blues.

[Deemachine 58]

This is a very dark day for the Club. Perhaps the club has never been at greater risk of folding than now with the gaming commission investigation being launched. They are clearly not happy with the outcome of the AFL's investigation or they would not be bothering with this. If the club loses the gaming revenue then that will be the end of the MFC. Im a glass half full bloke but this is a very perilous turn of events.

I'm also an eternal optimist, but I agree. Losing the pokies revenue will be the death of the club, wonder who they'll merge us with.... Probably Essendon.

[old dee 23,872]

I'm also an eternal optimist, but I agree. Losing the pokies revenue will be the death of the club, wonder who they'll merge us with.... Probably Essendon.

Not the worse idea I have heard!

They are building a lovely new complex near the airport.