It's no deal, Joel

Geelong captain Joel Selwood, pictured here at a clinic for Barooga Football Club juniors, will lose a third-party property deal at the end of the season. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Source: Herald Sun

GEELONG captain Joel Selwood's property deal with Cats patron Frank Costa will continue within the salary cap this season before finishing.

The AFL on Monday knocked back Selwood's deal with Costa Property Group as part of the crackdown on third-party payments by league salary-cap boss Ken Wood.

Land development business Costa Property Group had paid first Gary Ablett and then Selwood to have their images used on billboards in the greater Geelong area.

Now with the AFL rejecting the deal, Geelong has accepted it will have toinclude the money in the salary cap this season.

It is understood Geelong has sufficient room in its injury payments allowance to absorb the money believed to be $30,000-$50,000 - without any effect on Selwood (right) or any other player.

Geelong might have appealed against Wood's decision, but the league is seen to have total discretion over the issue.

So rather than take on the AFL about a matter not of its own making, Geelong will move on, despite its frustration the deal is not considered legitimate.

Selwood was furious at reports last year during the Kurt Tippett scandal that had him under investigation for the Costa contract.

But the focus on Carlton skipper Chris Judd's deal with Visy has clearly affected Selwood's arrangement, which Costa said should be ticked off as a fair market deal.

"I have always felt it has no need to go into the cap, because it has value in it for us," the former Cats president said last night.

"But the AFL says it has to go into the salary cap, but there is area in the injury (allowance).

"We are very open about what Joel does.

"His name is pretty high profile in the area so we get the benefit of having him on sales boards and as an ambassador for us.

"We spoke to the AFL and explained what we were doing and they (had) seemed quite happy with the details.

"What we are paying is not a big amount of money, and it's worth having a bloke like Joel."

The Herald Sun revealed in November the AFL had ruled that the final year of Judd's six-season deal with Visy could no longer be exempt from the salary cap.

LUCKLESS Brisbane Lions utility Brent Staker has had surgery to clean up cartilage in his left knee as he tries to make a long-awaited return.

Staker will be sidelined for six to eight weeks, forcing him to miss the NAB Cup.

The 28-year-old's two knee reconstructions were on his right knee.

with AAP

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