The Sydney Swans have stood five players down for the rest of the season.

Tim Fuller and Matt Krog leave the police investigation where it belongs and dig into the sports law question everyone is asking: how can a club stand down players who have not been charged with anything?

The answer sits in one clause.

Tim and Matt break down the disrepute clause, sometimes called the morality clause, how it is drafted, why the wording decides everything, and why sponsors can hit pause on a deal long before a court says a word.

They cover the two parallel tracks of a police matter and a contract matter, the illicit drug policy questions circling the story, and the very real defamation risk for anyone posting their own version of events online.

Then the money. Swedish private equity giant EQT is set to take a controlling stake in the Melbourne Storm at a reported $150m to $200m valuation. Tim and Matt unpack what a capital raise actually means, why global investors are buying into Australian sport, and what the Wrexham story tells us about treating a club as just another asset.

Plus, natural justice in sporting tribunals, the Van Royen biomechanics appeal, and whether NRL coaches should move to standard employment contracts.

This is two practising sports lawyers talking shop.

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