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Gary Ablett's 'White Knight'

Posted by: 3AW Radio | 3 March, 2010 - 8:01 AM
Gary Ablett has won the 3AW Football Player Of The Year

Geelong may have found its white knight to keep Gary Ablett at the club.

DONNA DEMAIO reports:

The club has been seeking off field sponsorships - outside of the salary cap - to keep the Brownlow medalist at Kardinia Park with the Gold Coast set to make a blockbuster offer.

The Herald Sun reports one of Australia's richest men, Nigel Austin who owns Cotton On clothing, could employ Ablett for as much as $300,000 a year.

The ambassadorial role with the company would push Ablett's earnings well above a million dollars a year in reach of the proposed GC offer of $1.5 million.

Any deal would be scrutinised by the AFL before being signed off.

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