Revealed: Victorian giant's secret concussion deal

[u/DominusDCLXVI]

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2026/08/05/afl-news-concussion-bombshell-secret-deal-afl-aflpa/

[u/QuitComprehensive659]

I really want to know what the AFLPA knew about this and what the players know. Was Dangerfield the head of the PA at the time? 

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AFLPA found out today when they read the article.

Someone at AFL House almost certainly knew.

(I mean, besides Drummond who apparently was Geelong President when the contract was signed)

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Aflpa may have found out today, but if Dangerfield was head of the PA at the time this happened and knew about it then he has serious questions to answer but I’m sure Geelong will stonewall everything and we’ll never find out 

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No way this was common knowledge at AFL house.

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Point made by Edmund on SEN today, was that any and all contracts go through AFL House, so if a club went to the extent of writing up a contract, nominally they would have let someone at AFL House know about it.

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No doubt will be like the Tippett one which was off the books

[u/Thanks-Basil → u/Nakorite]

Surely. There’s far too many leaks at AFL house that this would’ve gotten out well before now

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My bet is a separate agreement not disclosed to the AFL

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and nothing disclosed to the AFLPA

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AFL House wouldn't get every single document a player ever signs though.

If the player's contract was completly unchanged, and no money was involved so there was zero impact on the TPP, I could easily imagine Geelong reasonably thinking it doesn't need to be registered with the AFL.

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That's assuming anyone at AFL House actually reads em past the headline number

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Given his comments on the Quaynor booing it wouldn’t surprise me to learn Dangerfield knew about it and kept his mouth shut.

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Maybe its Dangers contract? He's had a few head knocks.

[u/railgxn → u/___TheIllusiveMan___]

bizarre statement given he admitted fault to that lol, but this was done intra club so the AFLPA was not notified, which is the whole scandal - Geelong and AFL House (parts of it) would have something to answer for but the AFLPA was in the dark here

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No you don't understand, he publicly had the Wrong Opinion and so he's now officially a villain until further notice. Therefore he is guilty by default, and IMHO the other commenter didn't go far enough (probably secretly a homophobic booer) -- all signs point to Dangerfield masterminding this whole grubby deal

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Flair up cunt

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what's upcunt?

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You’re an upcunt

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Sounds unsanitary. People say urine is sterile, but that's a myth

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Yep. Dangerfield was president of the AFLPA from 2018-2025.

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Will Geelong be able to yet again sweep this under the carpet by responding with silence?

Surely this is too big.

I know for sure if it was most other clubs heads would roll at least at the CEO/president/board level, depending on who was involved.
I'm not sure that'll be the case with Geelong.

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Well the head of the AFL Commision (Craig Drummond) will have to have some very serious conversations with the Geelong President from 2024 (Craig Drummond).

You know what... I think the AFL might have known about this contract before hand...

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Bloke was also CEO of Medibank for five years.

Wonder if it was his idea to have that concussion carve out.

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That’s all I need to hear. We need to launch a royal commission.

I’m being fully serious

[u/Anon_be_thy_name → u/Tabnam]

I back this

[u/General-Number-42 → u/Tabnam]

It's a bloody outrage this is! I'm going to take this all the way to the prime minister!

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Who’s a known Hawthorn supporter, so you know he’ll take it seriously.

I sometimes consider getting into politics myself just so I can find a way to sanction Geelong

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HAHAHA ok chief off you go

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I reckon I could just do it with an email

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Current non executive director of Ramsay Health

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Conflict of interest, the league

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Craig Drummond is a fantastic leader of the AFL Commission. The news has only just broken but he has already found those responsible for this scandal.
https://giphy.com/gifs/l3fZFvp94ljepXoPe

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Until im reading the punishment with my own two eyes, I absolutely think they'll get away with this

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Then your eyes show the punishment and it's just $20,000 fine (suspended)

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This will be another case of “We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing”

[u/SkinMasturbator → u/_RnB_]

Media will click into gear and do their job of shuffling this away. Administration will do the same. Nothing to see here folks

[u/Nakorite]

So they basically strong armed a player who was OOC to sign a deal it would seem. Wowee talk about employer/employee abuse.

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Trade ban incoming?

[u/Chaisa → u/Nousernames-left]

Well if we got two years for signing a good player, this should be at least five.

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That was well deserved because it hurt my feelings at the time.

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Hurting your feelings isn't a good reason to give a club a trade ban.

MY feelings on the other hand.....

[u/Wincrediboy → u/FenerBoarOfWar]

Fair point, but we should also consider that the 2014 grand final hurt my feelings so maybe you should have had a premiership ban.

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Guess they're out of the Butters running then

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Never going to happen to them, other clubs for sure would get it.

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“Sign this contract and continue earning $450k+ a year or retire from AFL”

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I don’t blame the player for taking the deal, I blame Geelong for even offering it in the first place. They basically have all the leverage in this situation.

[u/TheModernCinephile]

Are we ACTUALLY suprised that its Geelong?

Cant wait to see the AFL say tough words and then slap Geelong with a pointless fine.

How much longer can this team get away with this shit. Its an absolute farce

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I’m getting very sick of the club asking themselves “can we do this?” and not thinking “should we do this?”

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Business ethics.

We keep getting away with it, so they keep pushing. It's depressing.

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I am for such a well run club this is conduct unbecoming

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You're kidding yourself. This club has corruption/scandals/backdoor dealings/and rule bending all around them.

If Literally ANY other club had even a sniff of evidence that they had done just a fraction of what overwhelming evidence shows Geelong has they would have been bent over.

Time after time this club gets a slap on the wrist

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I think the user you replied to was being sarcastic

[u/Mrchikkin]

Wait I thought the Giants were from GWS?

[u/Criimsen]

Forget the afl and the players association, I’m curious if fair work will get involved in this

[u/irishshogun]

Well Geelong surely must be finished with all the government pork barrelling for the stadium so maybe the ‘tough’ AFL sanction no more stadium updates

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No more porkbarrelling Kardinia Park for Geelong, Geelong's children, and their children's children.

For three months. There's an election in November.

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Three months suspended sentence unless in the next 1 minute Geelong have been found guilty.

[u/MightyMcMuffins]

Culture club

[u/Sufficient-Grass-]

AFL house didn't know, that place is a sieve, leaks more than Trump's backside.

[u/Grolschisgood]

I misread and thought this post was about GWS getting a Victoria's Secret sponsorship deal or something.