AFL Commission chairman and former Geelong president Craig Drummond has released a statement on his involvement in the Jake Kolodjashnij concussion-based secret contract.
Geelong and Drummond have come under fire in the past few days for the making the deal with Kolodjashnij without telling the league or the AFLPA.
Drummond said he wouldn't be involved in any of the league's deliberations on the Cats' potential punishment.
"This was an extremely complex and sensitive matter, and obligations to both the player and the club were very carefully considered by the Geelong board," Drummond said in a statement.
"Jake's welfare was central to all discussions and I have been thinking of him particularly over the past few days.
"While the player was medically cleared to play, the club engaged in lengthy discussions including with him, his family, doctors, and insurers about his future and the potential risks of returning to play.
"Regardless of the player's agreement, the club went too far in adding a waiver into an informed consent document and it will be removed.
"The waiver did not remove the player's protections under statutory health and safety laws.
"As the club has also acknowledged, there was also a process failure in relation to lodgement of the agreement with the AFL and the AFLPA.
"I have not and will not be involved in any deliberation in relation to this matter and its assessment under the AFL rules and regulations.
"I apologise for the mistakes made in this very complex situation."
