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Logo, mini-draft on table

Jon Pierik and Caroline Wilson In-season mini-draft, ban on top clubs poaching free agents and possible sale of AFL logo on front of player jumpers options discussed in bid to ease gap between AFL's rich and poor.

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Adelaide's 'goodwill gesture' costs it draft picks 20 and 54

Caroline Wilson and Michael Gleeson Adelaide has taken the extraordinary step of giving up their first two AFL national draft picks as they brace for heavy penalties from the Kurt Tippett saga.

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No draft penalties likely for Melbourne

Caroline Wilson Melbourne appears to have escaped draft penalties but faces a fine of $500,000 as the AFL investigation into tanking sparked by Brock McLean moved on Friday into the final stages of resolution.

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Tippett, Crows on draft rule charges

Caroline Wilson KURT TIPPETT and his former club Adelaide have been charged with a series of rule breaches by the AFL, and will be summoned to appear before the commission next week.

Schwab on thin ice as sharks circle

Caroline Wilson The last time Melbourne suffered a loss of historic proportions the club sacked its coach Dean Bailey.

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McDonald denies work link to son

Caroline Wilson North Melbourne's football boss denies allegations he linked his own contract negotiations at the club with the recruitment of his son Luke.

Two tribes go to war

Caroline Wilson Young leaders will be chasing old glories in Melbourne season opener.

AFL works on tanking in revamp

Caroline Wilson The AFL is working to outlaw the insidious practice commonly known as tanking in the recognition that it had no specific rule to cover its findings from the six-month Melbourne investigation.

Sydney at war with the Blues

Caroline Wilson EXCLUSIVE The bad blood between Melbourne and Sydney has become toxic.

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Power of 'family' ties Boak to Port

Caroline Wilson Moving to Port Adelaide and deciding to stay there - it's all been part of an emotional football journey for Travis Boak. And also for his mother Chicki.

Roos on hop over McDonald

Caroline Wilson Concerns have followed the journey of Luke McDonald to his father's club.

Dees push to have fine halved

Caroline Wilson Melbourne remains hopeful of diluting its expected $500,000 fine due to alleged tanking.

Demons cleared, guilty, fined

Caroline Wilson In the end it all came down to one meeting in July 2009 in an old tin shed at the Junction Oval known as ''the vault''.

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McGuire 'an amnesiac' on cap fight

Caroline Wilson GWS chairman Tony Shepherd has diagnosed Eddie McGuire with 'a bad case of amnesia'.

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Indigenous team to 'close gap'

Caroline Wilson A bold plan to promote indigenous football talent will see an all-Aboriginal side play in the TAC Victorian under-18 competition this year.

Muck-up to be a stain on Demons

Caroline Wilson Tanking is a sensitive issue, particularly for Melbourne people who know how badly the club botched its attempts to gain early draft picks - and how the club botched the results.

Demons' lame-duck excuses

Caroline Wilson Melbourne lost games on purpose and should be punished accordingly.

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Trigg gets off lightly for his part in scandal

Caroline Wilson The AFL at times is nothing if not an old boys' club.

Anderson resigns, seeks new challenges

Caroline Wilson, Jon Pierik, Scott Spits ADRIAN ANDERSON has resigned from one of the top jobs at the AFL after nine years. In the third executive departure from Andrew Demetriou's team since the end of the season, Anderson's decision to...

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'It's time for me to do something different.' Anderson moves on from the AFL

Caroline Wilson Adrian Anderson has resigned as the AFL’s general manager of football operations after serving a nine-year term.

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