[2] A year following their Brier championship, the team finished second in a bonspiel, earning them more than $3,000, more than the allowable $150 by the Ontario Curling Association.

At the time, the OCA forbade professional teams from participating in Brier playdowns.

Phillips donated his money to charity, but the rest of his team kept their earnings, and were thus were suspended from OCA competitions.

[4] In addition to his on-ice accolades, Phillips co-founded the Ontario Curling Report.

[4] His father Alf Phillips Sr. was an Olympic diver,[5] and represented Ontario at the 1956 Brier.