 After the penalties, the club's was not only forced to pay the $930,000 fine, but also (and, ironically) settle the under-the-table contracts it still had with Silvagni and Bradley.By 2005, the club was close to requiring assistance from the AFL's Competitive Balance Fund.To stay afloat, the club took a loan of $1,500,000 from the AFL in 2003 – a loan which it was still yet to repay as late as 2009.