A former A-League captain allegedly exploited a power imbalance with his team members when he asked them to earn yellow cards.

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Ex-Macarthur Bulls duo Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis admitted they were paid $10,000 each by skipper Ulises Davila for referee-issued cautions for foul play in December 2023.

Their lawyers emphasised the unbalanced relationship between the players and their captain during sentencing submissions at Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday.

"Davila was not only the captain of the team, but the captain of the scheme," Baccus's lawyer Bryan Wrench said on Wednesday.

"He was the one who organised it. He directed it. He

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