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Sydney\u2019s season last week spiralled into crisis, with a post-match celebration in Melbourne ultimately triggering a Victoria Police investigation and the dramatic standing down of five players: Bice, Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey and James Jordon.<\/p>\n
The Swans-imposed suspensions were separate from a Victoria Police investigation into a sexual assault report on Monday last week at the Pullman East Melbourne hotel.<\/p>\n
7News Melbourne journalist Tom Morris on Monday night reported Bice was the Swans player who \u201corganised the topless waitresses to come to the Pullman Hotel, he\u2019s the one who paid the topless waitresses to come to the hotel\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe was the younger teammate, the single teammate, who was given the responsibility of doing something that has ultimately blown up the club and potentially the careers of four teammates,\u201d Morris reported on The Agenda Setters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s a young player that\u2019s been put in a position by older teammates that should know a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kids football camp company, 5th Quarter Camps, on Monday confirmed it\u2019d parted ways with Heeney.<\/p>\n
\u201c5th Quarter Camps is aware of a police investigation involving one of its shareholders, Isaac Heeney,\u201d the business confirmed in a statement posted to its social media pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough the investigation remains ongoing and no charges have been laid, given the circumstances and the seriousness of the matter, we can confirm Isaac Heeney will no longer have any involvement in 5th Quarter Camps.<\/p>\n Emotions flare after Swans huge win | 10:09<\/p>\n \u201c5th Quarter Camps takes seriously its responsibility to families, communities and commercial partners. We are committed to providing an environment founded on safety and respect, and doing everything in our power to ensure the wellbeing and experience of every child and family attending our camps remains at the centre of what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe business will continue to operate as planned, with all upcoming camps proceeding and our focus firmly remaining on delivering the high-quality experience our young footballers and their families expect from us.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven the ongoing investigation, 5th Quarter Camps will not be making any further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n It comes after Heeney\u2019s Little Isaac Footy Fever book series was pulled from several shelves across the country, while Colgate has suspended its commercial partnership with the Swans player and Telstra had dropped him and Warner as brand ambassadors.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Channel 7 and The Age<\/a> on Monday night<\/a> reported four Swans officials, who weren\u2019t in the hotel room central to the police investigation and aren\u2019t accused of any inappropriate behaviour, had provided their accounts to police. The four officials named by both Channel 7 and The Age on Monday night are coach Dean Cox, football boss Leon Cameron, head of welfare Brett Kirk and media and communications boss Tom Chadwick. Cameron, Kirk and Chadwick reportedly travelled back to Sydney with the five Swans players across two cars last week after news of the police probe emerged.<\/p>\n The Swans on Saturday released a statement confirming \u201cno member of staff is involved in the investigation\u201d and reiterated no player had been interviewed by police at that stage.<\/p>\n AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon, who addressed reporters on Monday for the first time since the police investigation commenced, said the five stood-down Swans remain eligible to win the Brownlow Medal, but won\u2019t be invited to next month\u2019s count<\/p>\n \u201cThe invitations to the Brownlow will be going out this week. Those players won\u2019t be invited,\u201d Dillon said.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re still eligible for the Brownlow, but they\u2019re under a club suspension, which goes until the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad continue to investigate an alleged sexual assault at the Pullman Hotel, while the Swans continue to maintain no players have been interviewed by police as yet.<\/p>\n Emotional scenes in Swans win | 02:47<\/p>\n The Age on the weekend reported a recording relating to the events at the hotel may exist, \u201cafter a person contacted the club (Sydney) claiming to have information that could be relevant to the investigation\u201d. The Swans then reportedly passed details of this potential recording to the police via the AFL. Dillon said he was \u201cnot aware\u201d of an audio recording that had been handed over to the AFL Integrity Unit, but added: \u201cIf there is a tape that\u2019s relevant to the police investigation, it should be forwarded on to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n Dillon didn\u2019t rule out the possibility of player deregistrations.<\/p>\n \u201cAgain, I\u2019m not going to go into hypotheticals. We\u2019ve got a police investigation that is underway. Once that\u2019s completed, the AFL will make its own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Asked if the AFL had a broader culture issue, Dillon said: \u201cI think the actions of a few don\u2019t take away from the thousands of people involved in football at all different levels who do great things all the time. But what we do know is that we can do things better – and we\u2019ll continue to do that and we\u2019ll continue to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n Dillon later added: \u201cI think the actions of a few don\u2019t define the actions of the entire industry.\u201d<\/p>\n McVeigh set for Essendon job over Hird | 05:55<\/p>\n Asked what his message was to women involved in the game, Dillon said: \u201cI think I\u2019ve made it really clear what the AFL stands for: Respect for women is not negotiable.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s right that people will be asking questions at the moment and I think football is a place where everyone should be feel safe and included. We will continue to work with our playing group and our supporters on making sure that we have an environment that\u2019s like that.\u201d<\/p>\n Dillon last Tuesday released a statement, stressing the league and wider industry must allow the police process to run its course, but said the situation \u201craises broader issues for our game and our responsibilities as a sport\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cSexual assault allegations are serious, regardless of who is involved, what time of year it is, or what they may mean for a season,\u201d Dillon said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur first question should not be what this means for a football club. It should be whether our actions match the standards we stand for and the community expects of us.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a sport, and as an industry, we are clear about the standards we expect and the values we stand for and the need to uphold them.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing clear about our standards also means being prepared to act when those standards are not met.<\/p>\n Follow all the latest developments and updates on the Swans situation in our live blog below.<\/p>\n If you can\u2019t see the blog, tap here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Foxfooty.com.au does not claim to know whether the recording exists or what information it may contain, and is only reporting that a person contacted Sydney about its existence with their details then referred to police.<\/p>\n