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Geelong fined for series of third-party payment breaches
SEN • October 8th, 2025 2:41 pm
Geelong have been dealt a $77,500 fine by the AFL as a result of an extensive audit over third party payments.
An investigation that looked over a six-year period found that the Cats had issued a number of infringements regarding third-party payments.
However, the club was found to have not exceeded any rules surrounding the AFL’s total player payments limit or player movement rules, with the AFL discovering that the club simply failed to disclose payments across both the AFL and AFLW.
Of the $77,500, $40,000 will be suspended pending further breaches, however the club will now be slapped with tighter restrictions over a two-year period.
As revealed by 7News’ Mitch Cleary, Bailey Smith’s deal with Cotton On was not a subject of the audit, and was ticked off by the AFL.
