Adam Cooper
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Connolly and Bailey bear the brunt of AFL tanking probe
Adam Cooper The AFL has suspended former Melbourne coach Dean Bailey and the club's ex-football operations manager Chris Connolly - both will keep their jobs.
A timeline on 'tanking' in the AFL
Compiled by Adam Cooper A timeline on the tanking issue in the AFL
Tanking: now the government is involved
Adam Cooper Victoria's gambling regulator has been asked how to ensure punters have confidence in the integrity of AFL games amid the tanking investigation centred on Melbourne.
AFL
Crows to button up on drug allegations
Ashley Porter, Adelaide, and Adam Cooper Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson asks Crows fans to show the opposition respect.
Demons cop huge fine on the chin
Adam Cooper Melbourne president Don McLardy insists his club’s integrity is intact.
AFL priorities were wrong, says Roos
Adam Cooper and Deborah Gough Ex-coach blames AFL for creating environment in which teams encouraged to perform poorly.
Australian football
Integrity intact: Demons
Adam Cooper Dees slugged $500,000 for being responsible for two former officials who acted outside AFL rules in 2009.
Football
Puzzled Newbold backs AFL boss
Adam Cooper Jeff Kennett's successor as Hawthorn president says the AFL has made some puzzling rulings.
AFL
AFL to go in hard to curb drug use
Adam Cooper AFL clubs will have their staff audited, sports science staff registered and be instructed to undertake mandatory reporting of any doping issue in an attempt to stamp out widespread illegal drug use...
Wilderness for Dees: Kennett
Adam Cooper Former Hawthorn president says Demons could face a decade in the AFL wilderness.
AFL
Sheedy weighs in on Demons' woes
Adam Cooper Kevin Sheedy says he saw "problems coming" at Melbourne when granted a "Clayton's interview" by the Demons for their then-vacant coaching position in 2007.
Sheedy spotted demons at Melbourne
Adam Cooper KEVIN SHEEDY says he saw ''problems coming'' at Melbourne when granted a ''Clayton's interview'' by the Demons for their then-vacant coaching position in 2007.
Sheedy saw Dees' problems coming
Adam Cooper Veteran coach says he foresaw problems when interviewed by Demons in 2007.
Current Demons unaffected by tank turmoil: Clark
Adam Cooper and Caroline Wilson Melbourne forward Mitch Clark says the tanking investigation circling his club is having no impact on the players as they prepare for the 2013 season.
