BREACH: Steven Trigg is serving out his suspension. Picture: Dylan Coker. Source: The Advertiser
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou maintains Crows chief executive Steven Trigg was "very severely" punished from the Kurt Tippett saga, but did not merit a life ban.
Demetriou is under fire from the game's Melbourne-based critics for not upholding the AFL Commission's vow to "run out of the game" officials involved in salary cap rorting.
Trigg was suspended for six months - until July 1 - and fined $50,000, while also being left exposed to hefty personal legal bills.
Demetriou says the punishment met the crime committed at the Adelaide Football Club, which also was hit with a $300,000 fine and the loss of draft picks. The penalties were linked to Tippett's illegal contract from 2009 when he sought guarantees on third-party deals and on how he would be traded away by the Crows once he chose to leave Adelaide.
"We are all very disappointed with what happened at the Adelaide Football Club, particularly with someone held in such high regard as Steven Trigg," said Demetriou. "It was completely un-Steven Trigg-like - and unacceptable.
"But I don't believe (Adelaide's breaches) are to the extent of the Carlton Football Club that blatantly cheated the salary cap by over $1 million. Steven Trigg's ban and fine is a very severe punishment."
Adelaide's on-field mission this week of delivering a response to the season-opening loss to Essendon has become seemingly more difficult. The Crows were already expecting a tough night at the Gabba on Saturday when they face NAB Cup pre-season champion Brisbane.
That assignment appears more intense for the response the Lions will have to produce at home after losing their season-opener by 68 points to the lowly rated Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Adelaide's selection options to adjust its under-performing midfield have been enhanced by performances in the SANFL.
Teenager Brad Crouch's long-awaited AFL start - after he was compelled by league recruiting rules to stay in the SANFL last season - now seems certain. There also were encouraging signs from inexperienced midfielders Aidan Riley and Sam Kerridge.
But the case for Richard Tambling to return to the Adelaide 22 to help create much-needed rebound from the back six does not appear to have been made strongly enough by his work with Sturt on Saturday.
Adelaide yesterday confirmed key forward-ruckman Josh Jenkins did suffer a sprained wrist in the season-opener against Essendon on March 22.
But the Crows insist the injury will not stop Jenkins from playing against Brisbane and continuing to fill the role left by Tippett of backing up lead ruckman Sam Jacobs and partnering Taylor Walker in attack.
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