Tippett suspended for 11 games

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Charges ... Kurt Tippett is facing a hearing at AFL House in Melbourne. Source: Michael Klein / News Limited

The AFL has thrown the book at Adelaide Football Club and Kurt Tippett after a hearing into charges regarding salary cap breaches and draft tampering.

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AFL commission chairman Mike Fitzpatrick made the announcement says the commission wanted to send a message to the AFL community.

Tippett has been banned from competing in the pre-season competition and 22 regular-season games but 11 of those games are suspended. He was also fined $50,000.

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Adelaide Crows were fined $300,000 and banned from the first two rounds of the 2013 draft.

Stephen Trigg was fined $50,000 and banned for 12 months, six months of which is suspended for 5 years.

John Reid was banned for 12months, six months of which is suspended for five years.

Phil  Harper was banned for six months, four months of which are suspended for five years. Tippett out of pre-season 22 games,  11 games $50,000

Fitzpatrick commended the Crows on their co-operation during the investigation but such transgressions could not be tolerated.

"There can be no room in our game to breach our rules," he said.

"The investigation into Adelaide Football Club and its servants seeking to circumvent the salary cap and draft ... the AFLC regards this case as a very disappointing one and wants to send a message to all 18 clubs and all supporters."

The charges stemmed from the three-year contract Tippett signed with Adelaide in 2009, which made him the Crows' highest-paid player.

Adelaide had entered into a side agreement to trade Tippett to the club of his choice for a second-round draft pick when the contract finished at the end of the 2012 season.

Charges over payments of $200,000 to Tippett outside the salary cap were also investigated.

One of Tippett's suitors, Sydney Swans, released a statement saying the ban would not deter them from drafting the key forward.

"Although the decision is obviously a disappointing setback for Kurt, we have always seen Kurt as a long-term player and we will go to the pre-season draft with the intention of selecting him if he's available at our pick," Sydney Swans general manager of football, Dean Moore said.

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