Here's an article on the story…
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-tr ... a723504258The commentary on Betts is porbably the most pertinent, I think the stuff around his sons is always going to be difficult to interpret, but SOS' version of signing Eddie isn't…
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Silvagni on Wednesday, though, said the club’s list management “all agreed” that Betts should come to Carlton, but added he had reservations because the goalkicker’s homecoming would come “at a price”.
Silvagni confirmed he wasn’t aware or consulted by Liddle before the Blues boss offered more money to Betts.
“When someone above decides ‘well, you know what I’m going to change those rules’ – and the reason why you get a little bit annoyed and frustrated at times is that when we went into the Carlton Football Club … our list wasn’t in a good state and either was our salary cap,” Silvagni said.
“You work really, really hard to get your salary cap and TPP into a position that you know you can look after the players now and you can look out of place in the future. But when certain people start splashing money out after we all agree what that payment should look like … I don’t find that fair. And that’s what I said at list management (meetings).
“We all have a responsibility to make sure that those players are looked after that are loyal to that football club. When you have people at football clubs overrule your decisions that you’ve worked so hard for – and because they want memberships to look great or they want the accolade that we’re bringing someone back – is their intention the right intention for the Carlton Football Club? And I don’t think it was.”