The AFL have officially put Geelong on notice that star midfielder Bailey Smith faces punishment if he continues to post controversial content on social media.

The league’s legal counsel, Stephen Meade, last week wrote to Cats CEO Steve Hocking after Smith posted, then deleted, a thumbnail image from a nine-year-old episode of The Footy Show on YouTube, in which AFL personality Sam Newman verbally attacked Age football journalist Caroline Wilson.

Smith made the post just days after Wilson wrote a column criticising Smith for an offensive social media post during the Cats’ Mad Monday celebrations where Geelong best and fairest winner Max Holmes dressed as Wilson.

Wilson was also critical of the club’s decision to not publicly take action over Smith’s behaviour.

Smith had previousl

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