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Wally from Will...
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Frankston Dolphins Football Club faces dual probes into alleged fraud, toxic culture
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for those with a subscription to the Herald-Sun, some concerning headlines for Frankston IF the story is true 

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/f...

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UpTheDolphins
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Just got done with the article. 

Given that there are active investigations going on I probably won't be saying much about it (not that I know a lot) but needless to say I'm shaken to find out it was this serious.

Wally from Will...
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yes, very worrying at any time but on the eve of the season it's a real concern - players and sponsors could be scared away with startling headlines like that 

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UpTheDolphins
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Agreed. I'm extremely concerned to find out that both the police and WorkSafe are involved. Given how late the club has been in holding its AGM, I suspect (or at least I hope) that a general meeting will be organised soon and members will be offered some explanation and that whatever key positions are now vacant can be filled before the season begins. 

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I can't comment right now. I fear I understand quite a bit of what's going on here, but have no direct knowledge and speculation would be dangerous. I promise this much though, our club has no issues with misogyny, and we are not a "toxic" culture at all. Footy clubs are made up of humans, and humans make mistakes at times. We're gonna stick together and move through this and be a better club for it. 

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Pimentver
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Let’s see what happens plenty of football clubs get in bad situations and come out of it fine just look at port and the cfmeu debacle

MegaA
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Can't see the article - does anybody know if any other media outlet has posted this story ?

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UpTheDolphins
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See if this archive link works. 

https://archive.is/s5A1F

MegaA
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Read it soon after on reddit, thanks anyway.I like Frankston as a club and hope it's all a media blow up

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