Discussion 2023 General AFL Discussion - Part II

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Magpies deny players involved in explicit viral video and warn fans of criminal offence

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Collingwood officials have come out strongly this week in the face of various wild rumours circulating the club. In a prepared statement the club has let it be known that "no current or past players from the club have performed in, filmed, or watched any video displaying illegal activity or intimate behaviour, indeed no such video exists, in fact video technology does not yet exist."

The statement went on to make a wide-ranging series of claims such as "there are no public toilet cubicles in Victoria anymore", "the drug cocaine hasn't yet entered Australia" and "all of our married players only have intimate relations with their wives safely at home in the missionary position and solely for the purposes of procreation with the objective of creating future father-son guns for Collingwood Magpies, a club which may or may not in fact exist."
 

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Not taking into account the afls drugs and strike policies, and whether doing coke is illegal, and how most players do it etc - a discussion for another day - how on earth does Joel what‘s his name get 3 months suspension OUT of season?
What kind of suspension is that?
Total Mickey Mouse operation.
 
Diehard Saint said:
Not taking into account the afls drugs and strike policies, and whether doing coke is illegal, and how most players do it etc - a discussion for another day - how on earth does Joel what‘s his name get 3 months suspension OUT of season?
What kind of suspension is that?
Total Mickey Mouse operation.
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I think its Asada rather than the AFL.
 
SaintsSeptember said:
I think its Asada rather than the AFL.
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Thought I heard on the radio that it wasn’t. Maybe I was mistaken.
Seems light on for ASADA.

Either way, the three strikes policy is a joke. Funny how players never, ever seem to get a third One. They completely smarten up after two 🙄
 
Diehard Saint said:
Thought I heard on the radio that it wasn’t. Maybe I was mistaken.
Seems light on for ASADA.

Either way, the three strikes policy is a joke. Funny how players never, ever seem to get a third One. They completely smarten up after two 🙄
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yeah its odd.
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Illicit drugs: Australian sports intervene while WADA spectates

The World Anti-Doping Authority looks on from the sidelines in case there is an opportunity to punish athletes’ involvement with illicit drugs out of competition.
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Diehard Saint said:
Thought I heard on the radio that it wasn’t. Maybe I was mistaken.
Seems light on for ASADA.

Either way, the three strikes policy is a joke. Funny how players never, ever seem to get a third One. They completely smarten up after two 🙄
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AFL retain the three strike policy, just removed the "ye shall not be named!" attachment on a strike being gained regardless of when it is attained.

The usual policy that is signed essentially boils down to "I will not, in good conscious, be caught snorting white powder in public or being hung by pants on a pole in the morning by uniformed individuals" it's not a "I won't use X" document, just an I won't get caught doing it document which is why when Cousins did get caught, he GTFO of the fishbowl of a 2 club town and straight to being the "I'm responsible now" Tigers to curtail their late night drink shenanigans and right the image spectrum.

Remembering that to date, Tigers are the only club to have actual individuals picket their home base for change of leadership, talking signs and yelling picketing. They had massive issues back then, just hid them well from eyes.

This 3 month instance is 100% WADA and by association ASADA directive, which as soon as it got on ASADA radar every sport summarily said "yeah sure" to adapting it as obviously, you like being a valid competition nationally. There is nothing in any of that as to "when" it happens, such minute things are left to companies such as the AFL to figure out how they get adapted, not bodies such as WADA and ASADA, they just say if you're guilty or not and write the laws then try to enforce them.

As to your last point, AFL wise, they have a time limit it's not a 1 and done. Yeah system is a joke as it can be beaten by pacing and moderation as much as knowing when you might be tested since you do get a heads up mostly, we just would never know how many got a strike since previous AFL went "yeah we're only telling you at 3 strikes who it is" on the matter, or guys that straight tested positive in match as no way you are hiding that sort of news to rug sweep what a massive issue illicit use is in sports.

You think the Bombers drug thing was in isolation and came from just them? Same with the Eagles, it just had to be in Perth and had to them right? Nope, they're just the ones that went hard and thus obvious.
 

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Gears was always interested in coaching, good to see him taking his first steps in the AFL, think he could be good.

Dylan Roberton was another one who wanted to coach. What happened to him post playing?
 
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Seems a strange appointment given the total lack of leadership built within the team when he was captain.
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To be fair, Gears was a rock in a pretty ordinary era. You wouldn't find many players in the AFL with a better attitude and generosity of spirit than him. He treated people well from an impoverished old lady to a corporate big wig and looked like he enjoyed being there with all of them. If you have a few poor relationships around the club he'd be a very handy culture builder.
 
gringo2011 said:
To be fair, Gears was a rock in a pretty ordinary era. You wouldn't find many players in the AFL with a better attitude and generosity of spirit than him. He treated people well from an impoverished old lady to a corporate big wig and looked like he enjoyed being there with all of them. If you have a few poor relationships around the club he'd be a very handy culture builder.
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Will be the right fit at the Dogs then, they need culture building
 
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