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ST KILDA recruit Jake Carlisle is expected to have commercial aspects of his lucrative contract modified after a meeting with club chiefs on Friday shortly after he returned from the United States.
Carlisle and his manager Anthony McConville met with CEO Matt Finnis and chief operating officer Ameet Bains on Friday where it is believed the additional services agreement (ASA) in his contract was discussed.
The former Bomber, who cut his off-season trip short to return to Australia, was said to be shattered when he confronted the club bosses.
Carlisle's contract is for four years with a trigger for a fifth and understood to be worth up to $600,000 a season.
At this stage there are contrasting suggestions as to what modifications would now be made to Carlisle's contract.
Sources close to Carlisle suggest his football terms won't be changed, but it is understood the Saints expressed concern at the brand-focused ASA component.
AFL.com.au does not believe his entire contract will be torn up and rewritten, as has been reported.
Before Friday's meeting, the AFL Players Association was not expecting Carlisle's freshly signed contract to be changed.
The Saints are in the early stages of mapping a strategy to punish the key defender without crushing him and preventing him from playing the football he was recruited to produce.
Carlisle was expected to be hair-tested upon his return from the US but it is understood that alone will not be enough for him to register a strike under the illicit drugs policy.
He will be target tested by the League though if his hair test returns a positive result, following an admission of "inappropriate behaviour" and a video that depicted him snorting a white powder.
The revamped two-strike policy, which has been floated with clubs but has not been released publicly, is believed to include a suspended fine for a first strike and a four-match ban, as well as a fine, for a second strike.
A third strike could include a suspension of up to 12 weeks, club sources have confirmed.
Late on Thursday, Finnis told radio station SEN the Saints would expect Carlisle to receive a strike "if [he] is found through some kind of police activity or otherwise or nominates himself" to have taken an illicit substance.
Clubs do not receive the names of players who have tested positive to hair tests, but they receive data on how many tests have been conducted at their club and the number of positive results.
The Saints' leadership group, which is due back at the club on November 23, has said it is "filthy" at Carlisle's overseas behaviour when he was on the verge of signing a long-term deal with the club.
While Carlisle is expected to appear before them soon after pre-season training starts, it is believed captain Nick Riewoldt isn't due back in Australia until late December.
Riewoldt, 33, is expected to return to the US with his American-born wife after playing in next month's International Rules Test in Ireland.
The club's off-field leaders held a phone hook-up with the senior players on Thursday before Finnis responded to the video, which aired on Channel Nine on Wednesday night.
The AFL Players Association has backed the conduct of Carlisle's manager, McConville, who was alerted about the vision of Carlisle by Channel Nine on Tuesday this week.
McConville didn't inform St Kilda about the video before Carlisle signed his new contract with the Saints. The controversial vision aired on A Current Affair hours after paperwork was signed.
