Chapman: I'm standing by my man

Tough times: Crows chief executive Steven Trigg speaks to members of the media at Crows HQ in West Lakes the day after the AFL Commission hearing. Picture: Dylan Coker Source: The Advertiser

ADELAIDE chairman Rob Chapman yesterday reiterated his support for besieged chief executive Steven Trigg, while the man suspended for six months for his part in the Kurt Tippett salary cap scandal planned an overseas study trip.

Chapman said Trigg had the full backing of "every player, every staff member, every coach, every sponsor and every vice-president", despite admitting his guilt in the case.

"There have been impassioned pleas from many of our key stakeholders to retain Steven," Chapman said.

One of the most important, Crows star Patrick Dangerfield, tweeted on Saturday: "Great decision by our board today! The board has backed Triggy and Harps in and the players certainly do as well! #greatoperators".

The AFL last week suspended Trigg for six months from January 1 and fined him $50,000, and football manager Phil Harper was suspended for two months.

Trigg can not attend matches, training, hold a club title or be paid during his suspension, but there is no ruling against him furthering his career with a fact-finding mission with other national or international sports bodies.

"I do need a spell and after 11 years in this role, where you're just going flat out the whole time, there is a little bit of upside in having a spell. I didn't want it to be this way," Trigg said.

"What I really want to do at some stage is get out, under my own steam and my own cost, and go and look at some world sport so I can learn some things, bring them back here and put them into place.

"Whether that's other codes, other clubs, other sports, I'll spend a bit of time doing that. It needs to be mapped out. I don't want to waste it."

Media commentator Graham Cornes, a former Adelaide coach, has a different take to most critics, describing Trigg's penalty as "way too severe".

In a column for the Adelaide Advertiser, Cornes wrote of the $50,000 fine: "It seems a ridiculous amount compared with the club's penalty of $300,000."

Another respected former Crow, Chris McDermott, has backed Trigg to remain as chief executive.

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