Netball Australia has handed down much than $80,000 worthy of fines to the Melbourne Vixens aft a Round 8 lucifer this play against the West Coast Fever had to beryllium rescheduled.
A Netball Australia probe determined that the Vixens, a nine owned and operated by Netball Victoria, breached the Suncorp Super Netball's information statement erstwhile they failed to alert to Perth.
The nine contiguous accepted a good of $50,000, with $25,000 suspended for 2 years.
The Vixens indispensable besides wage $31,702.92, which is the full outgo of the rescheduled lucifer that took spot astatine Brisbane's Nissan Arena connected July 22.
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Netball Australia CEO Kelly Ryan admitted that "clearer processes and protocols" indispensable beryllium enactment successful spot by the league going forward, with the Vixens besides cleared of immoderate deliberate intentions to skip the fixture.
"The COVID-19 pandemic presented unsocial challenges for our contention this year," said Ryan successful a statement.
"Whilst the probe noted this was an unprecedented condition and determination was nary deliberate intent to disrupt the competition, we instrumentality immoderate breach of the rules seriously.
"Netball Australia recognises that clearer processes and protocols are required for the 2022 Suncorp Super Netball season."
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CEO of Netball Victoria and the Melbourne Vixens, Rosie King, said they were "disappointed with the outcome" owed to the contention not exploring alternatives to assistance the nine astatine the clip of the failed fixture.
"We are disappointed with the result considering the grounds we supplied passim the review," King said.
"We are besides disappointed that different options initially presented by the league - specified arsenic to hold the crippled for 24 hours to alteration the full squad to travel, oregon to relocate the crippled to South Australia oregon Queensland - were not explored oregon supported, nor was the league's 'COVID-19 Decision Making Process' enacted which would person provided a model for teams to travel successful specified circumstances.
"We understand, however, that the situation successful which everyone was moving successful was extraordinarily hard with the timepiece ticking and decisions being made nether pressure-cooker conditions. The wellbeing and information of our athletes and unit volition ever beryllium our priority.
"We anticipation that the league's protocols are likewise reviewed arsenic portion of a continual betterment exercise."
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