Geelong has been fined for third-party payment irregularities between 2019 and 2024.

The AFL announced on Wednesday that the club had been fined $77,500, $40,000 of which has been suspended.

Channel 7 Chief Football Reporter Mitch Cleary said while the club hadn’t breached the salary cap, the months-long investigation had uncovered other inconsistencies.

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“The AFL has discovered that the Cats had not been informing the AFL as they are required to do over those third-party payments,” he said on 3AW Afternoons.

“It’s a bit of a slap on the wrist in the scheme of things.”

Matthew Lloyd said the penalty would be perceived as “wet lettuce” by those not supporters of Geelong.

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“I don’t think the neutrals will be happy with that … they think it’s a wet lettuce leaf,” he said.

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