Voss to cats?
Yes we can never have enough Brisbane premiership players. I think it should become club policy.And Black and J Brown
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Voss to cats?
Yes we can never have enough Brisbane premiership players. I think it should become club policy.And Black and J Brown
Just a naive question from me
Why would Thompson be charged and Goodwin wouldnt-there both assistant coaches there -and Goodwin was aware what was going on - he and Hird had communication with Dank in regards to the antiageing stuff they were both taking
Just dont want any harm to Geelong re Thompson -seems odd he was charged-and Goodwin wasnt
What if the Dons argued failure of process in that conclusions have been reached before all the evidence is in?I don't know.
If penalties include the loss of points, I think it certain that Essendon will issue a writ claiming the decision is invalid, and seeking an injunction against the loss of points until the case is heard; that the AFL will oppose both claims but, if an injunction is granted, ask for an immediate trial; and that the court will very probably grant that application, so the court case takes place before the finals start. But there are any number of permutations. The court may, of course, dismiss outright Essendon's initial application for an injunction; it depends upon what legal grounds are available to Essendon, and how strong they are.
I think it will make an interesting change from the usual pre-finals ad infinitum injury reports, etc.
What if the Dons argued failure of process in that conclusions have been reached before all the evidence is in?
What if the Dons argued failure of process in that conclusions have been reached before all the evidence is in?
Thompson is the puppett [Hird] controllerJust a naive question from me
Why would Thompson be charged and Goodwin wouldnt-there both assistant coaches there
It's unnaproved by WADA but atleast to my understanding is not covered by ASADA policy in any way which is where the lines get blurred.Interesting they said AOD was not approved by WADA but no infractions for players yet... unless more evidence comes to hand..
They can't issue infractions anyway at the moment because it's only an interim report... still a lot that can happen with all this..
What if the Dons argued failure of process in that conclusions have been reached before all the evidence is in?
Individuals from the club and the club itself would not have engaged counsel unless they intended to fight. Little has made that clear in any event. Seems to me to be a failure of process for a body to reach conclusions and impose penalties without having all the evidence before it. That won't occur until the final ASADA report is in.I think there are two investigations going on here in parallel 1) bringing the game into disrepute via shitty management practices and here the AFL would have almost a free hit 2) the whole drug use ASADA/WADA investigation. Two quite different but parallel investigations with different penalties.
P.S. I don't know far Essenscum will take taking this to court, I'd imagine there would be a pretty iron-clad contract between the AFL and clubs which means in the event of a buggering the club has to bend-over and take it... if you will...
From my reading of what is publicly available ASADA didn't make any crucial findings that weren't in the Switowski report. Following Switowski Essendon conceded some protocols were sub par. Did so again tonight. Governance is part of the equation. Until evidence relating to the other part of the equation is in it's hard to see that procedural fairness has been met.AM the governance issue is pretty open and shut aside from any ASADA investigation.
Interesting that someone who claims to have a source that is 'running at 100%' on the essendon board says there is no chance at all of them losing points.. claims the afl want to strip them of 1st 2 round draft pics the next 2 years, big fine and wants to give the 4 individuals named suspensions (6 months)
Essendon will refuse to accept the god Hirdy and others going down and this is where the courts will come into it.
He also thinks the players are completely fine and WADA have no interest in going after them...
Their skipper has admitted being injected with what by all accounts is a banned drug. How the Bombers fans think that the players will escape sanction is beyond me.
Watson admitted to being injected with what he "believed" to be AOD-9604.
The problem is they don't actually have any concrete proof.
They don't have any proof of which players were injected with which illegal substance, if any, which is why none of them have been charged, and why that part of the investigation is on-going.
Watson admitted to being injected with what he "believed" to be AOD-9604.
The problem is they don't actually have any concrete proof.
Which is not good either.... surely they should know what a player was injected with.. meaning the docs and player..
It all just sounds like total bullshit.
Of course they knew. How could they not? This is all just an arse-covering exercise of mammoth proportions, and the drooling Bombers fans are lapping it up like a dog goes after his own vomit.
They don't have any proof of which players were injected with which illegal substance, if any, which is why none of them have been charged, and why that part of the investigation is on-going.