Angry Carlton hit Blues star Jarrad Waite's hip pocket Jarrad Waite has been hit with fine by the Blues for incurring another suspension. THE AFL Players' Association is powerless to stop Carlton from fining Jarrad Waite after the Blues used a little-known rule to come down hard on their suspended forward. So angry was Carlton at Waite's sixth and latest suspension - for headbutting Melbourne defender Tom McDonald in his first game of the season in Round 6 - it hit him in the hip pocket. Waite was fined half his weekly wage, which is believed to be in the vicinity of $10,000. While it is rare for a club to fine a player for an on-field act, the AFLPA said it was allowed under the standard playing contract. The rule states clubs can withhold 50 per cent of a player's salary for the period they are suspended. Carlton football manager Andrew McKay stressed the Blues had moved on, declaring the club had fined Waite on the Monday after the Melbourne game. The punishment was instigated by the Blues' administration and ticked off by coach Mick Malthouse and the leadership group. Obviously we have those grounds in the standard playing contract that you can do this type of thing, so that's what we went ahead and did. But Jarrad is looking forward to playing again. He was very disappointed in how it all unfolded and he had his tails between his legs all week. He's learnt his lesson and is very disappointed in his actions. We wanted to hit it quickly and move on. Insiders say Waite understands Carlton's reaction and while he would obviously prefer not to have been fined, he has accepted the punishment. Malthouse was furious immediately after the Blues narrow loss to St Kilda on Monday night, with the team sorely missing a key target inside 50m before Lachie Henderson was swung forward late. The veteran coach lashed Waite when the pair briefly crossed paths in the rooms after the game, aware the result could have been different had the athletic goalkicker been available. Carlton captain Marc Murphy said Waite's suspension was "just a stupid thing to do." "'Waitey' has got to be better than that, and he knows that," Murphy told the AFL website. It's been a work in progress for him. Obviously he's had a few suspensions over the years for doing silly little things that there's just no need to do. As a leader of the club he's got to set the right example for all the other players. Former Carlton coach Dennis Pagan understands Malthouse's frustration. He coached North Melbourne in a preliminary final loss in 1997 when star players Glenn Archer and Wayne Schwass were unavailable because of suspension. A furious Pagan famously gave Schwass a verbal spray in the players race moments after the game. It can be very costly for teams. It's very, very frustrating," Pagan said yesterday.