goodness me, that place is a mess

Which age group, boys or girls?

How the hell would this even happen?
Surely the parents would have known in the very least.

incident after another incident...

U14 girls. Family allegedly a key sponsor at the club

Remains to be seen how much (if any) culpability the club deserves

I guess the only way to stop rogue actors is to request birth certs as mentioned above

I have it on good authority that the girls mum registered her as one year younger than her actual birthdate. Not only in basketball, but in netball too.



@hoopjunkie and @bluey, the two recent and well publicized scandals are not the doing of the club, but moreover of two individuals. One of which will be categorically cleared of all and any wrongdoing following a police investigation.



Birth certificates are now required for ALL players registered at the club.



The club handled the other issue professionally upon learning of the complaint and was advised there was no case to answer.

What has been written in the Herald Sun and the Age is factually incorrect on many counts and has only added to besmirch a persons character that will be proven to be innocent of the accusations levelled at them.

that's good to hear I guess BigJase. Strange to think that both the Age & the Herald Sun would print something of this nature if they can't back it up though. You would think their editors would be all over things like that.

Strange ? Media do nothing but write material that can't be backed up with facts. Guilty by media is the way it works. I hope Sandy ask for a full apology if proved innocent. Media watch on abc is worth watching to enlighten your knowledge.

When I read this, I assumed it would be to gain some sort of a competitive advantage (either team or individual) and therefore likely be in a team at a high level, VC, VC reserve etc. But for it to be in a fourth team, why would anybody do that? What's to gain?

Yeah agree it's a bit odd, and a pity that clubs cannot trust parents to do the right thing / enter the right date because it just makes more work for people checking etc. Clubs don’t have endless resources. Assume all clubs will now start checking if they don’t already.

Rep is a lot more competitive than it was 20 years ago

Maybe faking the age made the difference between this girl getting selected for a rep team or not

Our club checks birth certificates at their first tryout for the club
I assumed everyone did this?

Happened in my team as a kid. 2 mates wanted to play together. We (and they) were rubbish though!

The other complaint sounds pretty serious @BigJase. I would have thought a complaint that has ended up with Socit would require mandatory reporting to police straight up. Was it the BA Integrity department that advised there was no case to answer?
@Bluey not only the editors but also the legal departments. All very strange.

Where there is smoke there's fire BigJase.
Surely big clubs do their due diligence when recruiting coaches rather than reputation alone. Keilor + Sabres +???
Associations need to do better. If so called CEO weren’t glorified court managers they would apply the same rigour as their counterparts in corporate world when recruiting.
Same for the board. They are ultimately liable here.
Interesting times ahead for these clubs and BV.
Might need to subscribe to the Herald Sun.