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Australian Football League To Investigate Eddie Betts Signing After Claims By Malthouse

The Australian Football League will investigate claims by former Carlton coach Mick Malthouse that former Sydney Blues forward Eddie Betts "had already been secured by Adelaide 18 months before he left Carlton," according to Greg Denham of NEWS LIMITED. Betts played his last game for Carlton in the '13 semifinal loss to Sydney, but The Australian reported a week earlier "he would join the Crows on a four-year deal" worth A$2M. Under AFL rules, players "cannot sign with a rival club while under contract" and the league said that it would probe Malthouse’s allegation. An AFL spokesperson: "We would make an inquiry to see if we need to do anything that would require us to investigate further." Malthouse claimed present Carlton CEO Steven Trigg, who was the Crows CEO in '13, told him Betts was "stitched up" long before he moved to Adelaide. Trigg "had a different version of his comments at a Carlton list management meeting and emphatically denied Malthouse's claims" (NEWS LIMITED, 5/27).

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