Chris Judd wants to fight the AFL's decision on his deal with Visy. Picture: Michael Klein. Source: Herald Sun
CHRIS Judd looks headed for the AFL's grievance tribunal as Carlton grapples with the implications of the league's decision to scrap the Visy third-party deal.
The Blues skipper's agent, Paul Connors, with the support of the AFL Players' Association, is planning a bid to revive the arrangement.
Judd is expected to meet with AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson on his return from an Arizona training camp seeking answers.
If the dispute cannot be resolved within 14 days of the meeting, which is likely, Judd will plead his case at the grievance tribunal.
Judd will continue to be paid in the region of $200,000-$250,000 by Visy in an ambassadorial role from next year, but the league's toughened stance means that money must now come under Carlton's salary cap.
It is understood Judd has found that a bitter pill to swallow because it creates a Total Player Payments squeeze that could impact on teammates.
Carlton, which is also assessing its options, may be forced to defer portions of some players' wages to future years to sneak under the cap.
The Blues did not have time to "trade out" a player to make room for the Visy cash because they were not told of the crackdown until October 22 - the final stages of the trade period.
Carlton is seeking answers from the AFL after claiming the original correspondence only contained two lines and did not go into detail.
After five years of having the arrangement outside the cap ticked off, the Blues and the Judd camp are both asking what has changed.
Connors yesterday told the Herald Sun he would talk to Judd on his return from the US, but strongly indicated the grievance process loomed as the next step.
"I just don't see what the difference is between this time and last time," Connors said of the AFL knockback.
"Not much has changed."
The Visy deal was up for renewal and set to be extended for another two years before the AFL moved the goalposts, with Anderson making it clear the rules had tightened.
Connors said the Judd deal with Visy was signed six months after his arrival at Carlton, even though it is generally perceived that it was a key plank in luring the midfielder from West Coast.
Blues chief executive Greg Swann said it was "not ideal" to suddenly have to find room for another $200,000 under the salary cap.
Carlton has made it clear there are 78 similar third-party deals to players across the competition and feels it would be discriminatory if they did not also come under intense scrutiny.
Swann has also raised the prospect of the crackdown sparking restraint of trade court action if the net widens beyond Judd, who had the highest-profile third-party deal.
The shift in policy has caused angst among the playing group one year into a five-year Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The AFL Players' Association sees it as unfairly eating into the earning capacity of its members.
"We have an interest in ensuring the legitimate rights of players to earn commercially through these arrangements are protected and maintained," AFLPA general manager of player relations Ian Prendergast said.
The AFLPA yesterday stressed that third-party payments represent less than 1 per cent of all payments that go to players.
There is a strong feeling among the players the payments are "largely insignificant" and that the league should be focusing on much bigger issues impacting on the equalisation of the game.
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