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The Crows, a number of the club's current and former staff members and Tippett himself have been charged with "engaging in conduct prejudicial to the draft" and salary cap breaches.
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A specially convened meeting of the AFL Commision is being held to deal with the matter, with the various parties involved facing substantial penalties if found guilty.
The Crows face the prospect of being stripped of selections in up to four drafts, while Tippett faces the possibility of being deregistered.
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Adelaide chief executive Steven Trigg and the club's chairman Rob Chapman both refused to answer questions from a large media pack when they arrived at AFL House for the hearing, which began shortly after 8am on Friday morning.
Crows football manager Phil Harper and former Adelaide staffer John Reid were also stony faced as they entered the building, while Tippett and his legal representatives did their best to avoid the cameras.
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The charges that are being heard by the AFL Commission stem from the contract that Tippett signed with Adelaide in 2009, which made him the Crows' highest-paid player.??
Adelaide is alleged to have agreed to trade him to a club of his choice for a second-round draft pick when the contract finished at the end of 2012.??
A further payment of up to $200,000 to Tippett outside the salary cap is also alleged to have been made by the Crows.
Last week the Crows voluntarily surrendered their first two picks in the NAB AFL Draft, saying the shock move was a "gesture of goodwill towards resolving the [Kurt] Tippett matter".??
AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson welcomed Adelaide's move, saying it would work in the Crows' favour when the AFL Commission reviewed the case.??"
Absolutely, I think this is definitely something that will be taken into account in Adelaide's favour as an appropriate step should they be found guilty," Anderson told reporters on the Gold Coast before the draft.
"I think it's better for the game ... in all the circumstances and they should get credit and will get credit for that."
