Ricky Nixon has warned of future "underground agreements." Source: Herald Sun
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FORMER player manager Ricky Nixon is predicting an explosion in "underground agreements" similar to the one engulfing Adelaide and Kurt Tippett.
The Crows, Tippett and Tippett's manager Peter Blucher are under AFL investigation over an alleged written agreement which guaranteed the player passage to the club of his choice for a second-round draft choice.
The agreement - signed off via email - was not presented to the AFL when Tippett signed at the end of 2009 season.
Nixon said yesterday increased player movement via free agency and trades will mean increased agreements between club and player.
The difference will be they will handshake deals.
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"I reckon it's opened Pandora's Box," Nixon said.
"There will be plenty of handshake deals or side deals for want of a better word to satisfy players to sign early, rather than wait until they come out of contract or they become a free agent."
And then clubs will back themselves to keep them.
"And you can have as many (AFL) investigations officers as you like, but at the end of the day what ability have they got to uncover handshake agreements?
"It becomes more underground because no-one's officially going to touch anything to do with technology."
Nixon, who was a prominent player manager before being deregistered by the AFL Players Association, said he believed the AFL and clubs faced mounting concerns
"With free agency and restricted free agency, there's going to be a lot of agreements going on," Nixon said.
"A player is going to say, `I don't want to sign next year because I'm going to be an unrestricted free agent', and the clubs will say, ``We want you to sign but if you wan to go, we'll let you go,' and the club will agree to it just to get him a cross the line."
Nixon said an explosion in side deals will mirror an explosion in player movement because of free agency.
Nixon cited Gary Ablett leaving Geelong two years ago, and Brendon Goddard leaving St Kilda this year, as well as Tippett leaving the Crows.
"If it is five players this year, it will be 10 next year, and if it's 10 next year it will be 20 the year after," Nixon said.
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