It honestly staggers me that someone could complain about a slap on the wrist fine that the AFL paid for themselves.

It's done. It's over. Finished. We're a new club.

Freo and North are about to compete for finals and placing themselves in the best position to compete in September. It's quite a different scenario and I have no problem with it.

Sorry, but this entire saga goes beyond putting yourself "in the best position to compete in September" It is about a principle which goes to the very heart of the integrity of the AFL and the fact that a good man's reputation was sullied by a kangaroo court and a travesty

Edited September 7, 201510 yr by iv'a worn smith

'I had no hesitation at all in the first two years of ensuring this club was well placed for draft picks,'' Bailey said. ''I think what we've done is the right thing by the club, and if it cost me my job, so be it. But the club is always bigger than the individual.

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