The extra carrot of a role as an environmental ambassador at the Pratt-owned Visy was an added bonus. How this is not included in Carlton’s salary cap is a mystery to me but that is another story.

Carlton, with pick one and three and Pratt as president, were in the box-seat

That's not what I heard...

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/74131/default.aspx

Good artcle by Lethal but then he flowers it up with this comment.

Seems like a fair question to me...

Seems like a fair question to me...

It would be a fair question as long as Voss, Black, Lynch, Aker, Power etc. etc. never received money from 3rd parties. Obviously that did not happen whilst Lethal was coach.

It would be a fair question as long as Voss, Black, Lynch, Aker, Power etc. etc. never received money from 3rd parties. Obviously that did not happen whilst Lethal was coach.

Lethal was coach not CEO or club president.

I wouldn't expect Ratten to have anything to do with Judd's financial arrangements and I doubt Lethal did with his Brisbane players.

It's a fair question when any of these arrangements occur; doesn't matter if it's Judd, Brisbane players, James Hird the stockbroker or whomever.

But he is commenting on something that the AFL has already ticked off as being legit. So by making the comment, he is trying to be a journo who hangs around garbage cans.

The question is fair when it is asked of ALL players, but the fact of the matter is, that question is only asked in relation to Carlton.

And unless you have worked in the inner sanctum at the Lions don't assume to know what Lethal knew about player contracts or how heavily involved he was with the player contracts.

What a load of crap.

I don't give a rat's arse if the AFL ticked it off. The fact that they're complicit in what's clearly a way of giving Judd more money for very little doesn't make it right.

If you're going to have a salary cap in the first place then no player should receive any additional remuneration from anyone connected to the club they play for - end of story.

Take off your navy blue glasses for a minute. If this was any player from any other team this place would be up in arms. Just like it was (or TBV/CSC were) back when Hird suddenly became a stockbroker.

I'm happy to see the club work the system to their advantage but don't get all huffy and puffy when someone questions what's clearly dodgy (if AFL sanctioned) behaviour.

Lethal was coach not CEO or club president.

I wouldn't expect Ratten to have anything to do with Judd's financial arrangements and I doubt Lethal did with his Brisbane players.

It's a fair question when any of these arrangements occur; doesn't matter if it's Judd, Brisbane players, James Hird the stockbroker or whomever.

Not only was Simon Black allowed to work at the Bank of Queensland, he was given a Bank of Queensland franchise in a predominant area.

We wont question that though because as we all know, it is only Carlton that cheats!!

No, no, no, he purchased it with his money and with his financial friend as a partner. Nothing sinister.

it's amazing the number of people around here who think that just because the AFL agreed to the Judd deal it's somehow unlike the dodgy crap that goes on at every other club.

The way I see it, it is exactly like the dodgy crap which goes on at every other club, this time, we've been smart enough to get in on the action, and get the insurance of having it officially sanctioned by The AFL rather than do it the old way, which cost us massively, or not do it at all, which would mean we'd be miles behind the game.