Adelaide Crows CEO Stephen Trigg asks for a second chance Adelaide Crows chief executive Steven Trigg relaxing in the garden at his home in Rose Park with his dog Coco the day before he is allowed to go back to work. STEVEN Trigg will return to work as the Adelaide Football Club chief executive today, maintaining he deserves a second chance. Trigg adds he feels privileged the Crows board did not accept his resignation after the Kurt Tippett scandal that cost him $50,000 and a six-month ban from the AFL. The scandal was a heavy hit to his reputation as one of Australian sport's finest administrators and to the club's respected image. "There are those who will want to chop off my head," Trigg said in an exclusive interview with The Advertiser. I hope reasonable and fair-minded people will say everyone can make a mistake. It was a major blue ... But it was a one-off. More: Inside the Tippett deal Crows chief executive Steven Trigg speaks to the media. I am grateful the Adelaide Football Club board has allowed me to stay in a job I love. I feel privileged to have that chance. And I vow I'll never put the club in that position again. Trigg is the last of the current Crows officials to complete the penalties set by the AFL after the league found Tippett's last contract with Adelaide breached salary cap and draft rules. Football operations chief Phil Harper resumed his work at West Lakes in March after a two-month ban. Sydney Swans' prized recruit Kurt Tippett at the SCG. Rucci's Rip: Trigg has learnt his lesson Tippett, whose defection to Sydney in October exposed the dodgy clauses in his 2009 contract, ended his 11-game suspension last week. On Thursday, Trigg was handed an early insight into the intense public pressure he faces when former Hawthorn president and Victorian premier Jeff Kennett declared the AFL should have banned him for life. "He doesn't know the facts so he would not understand the issues involved," Trigg said. Tippett blames Crows for ban In a far-ranging interview dealing with the scandal and his reasons for returning to the Crows, Trigg said: HE has the full support of the Crows board and this will be backed up by a statement to the club's members from Adelaide chairman Rob Chapman today. HE must regain trust and credibility for himself and the club. TIPPETT'S contract was a "dumb mistake - and we will never return to that situation (to keep a player from a rival club)," he added. THERE is no comparison between his case and the racism row that forced recruiting manager Matthew Rendell to resign two years ago. HE is not concerned his career path to the AFL administration is now blocked by the Tippett saga. HE has used his six-month ban to further develop his understanding of the club's on and off-field needs after visiting international tournaments, venues and sporting teams in Hong Kong, South Africa and New Zealand. "There is so much unfinished business and you don't turn away when you have that fight in you," he said. I also have to set a plan to get over the obstacles we have created (with the Tippett affair). Tippett's first game for Sydney - two goals, loss to Port It is my responsibility to rebuild that trust as quickly and as strongly as possible. Rob Chapman yesterday told The Advertiser "we are a much better football club with Steven Trigg."