Crows burnt in pie fight

The Crows are paying the price for greed

The AFL has another beef with the Adelaide Crows over these TV ads featuring former star forward Kurt Tippett.

Kurt Tippett appears in one of his Tippett's Tips ads for Balfours Pies. Source: Supplied

A SERIES of ads featuring Kurt Tippett in a chef's hat could land Adelaide its own kitchen nightmare.

Tippett featured in the ads, dubbed "Tippett's Tips", as part of a deal with the iconic SA bakery that was allegedly arranged by the Crows outside the salary cap.

Third-party deals are common in the AFL - Chris Judd's arrangement with Visy is the best known - but it is against AFL rules for clubs to be involved in the deals.

The Crows allegedly arranged for extra payments for Tippett outside the salary cap worth up to $300,000 when he was convinced to re-sign with the club in 2009.

The Balfours deal was believed to be worth about $40,000.

Tippett, the Crows and key officials will front the AFL Commission on Monday to explain why they should not face severe penalties for tampering with the draft and cheating the salary cap.

It is not known if Balfours sold any extra pies thanks to Tippett's appearances, or if any SA blokes cashed in on his advice to pass off a Balfours pie as a home-cooked meal on a dinner date.

But at least Tippett has a back-up career as a chef or an actor if he is deregistered by the AFL.

Today, Tippett's lawyer added to the storm when he said on Adelaide radio that Tippett was a "backward" Queenslander and in South Australia "people don't understand much over here".

Watch Tippett's starring role above.

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