News AFL corruption & alleged secret drug testing

[SavDog23]

It's a disgrace that the RFC keeps allowing the AFL and media to throw shit at us and ream us every week, and the club does nothing about it.

I love Richmond but I don't think I'll be renewing my membership next year. There's no enjoyment anymore.

 

[Tiges1229]

He is gutless

Yep weak as piss

 

[Tiges1229]

Albo…..lol

Albo to busy sending more $$ to Israel to massacre more children and women

 

[Tiges1229]

I have zero doubt the afl told them to ream us hard after 2020 and its still going

100%

 

[NaturalDisaster]

It's a disgrace that the RFC keeps allowing the AFL and media to throw s**t at us and ream us every week, and the club does nothing about it.

I love Richmond but I don't think I'll be renewing my membership next year. There's no enjoyment anymore.

Tbf, if there is genuine corruption against us, if they did try to do something it would probably just make it worse.

Hopefully there is a royal commission into AFL corruption at some point, especially now that these allegations have come to light.

 

[STRUGGLETOWN EST1885]

And we all thought Mick Warner was sent to the bottom of the Yarra River in a set of concrete shoes years ago. A big round of applause to the great man rising to the occasion and giving them hell.

 

[Coach_Required]

So, let me get this right?

The 3 strikes policy is a complete farce and a waste of time. I'm no fan of West Coast but should they sue the AFL for compensation regarding the Ben Cousins fiasco? Afterall, the AFL were supposed to sweep it under the carpet. Youd be pretty filthy if you were an Eagles supporter.
Essendon fans trying to lob themselves in this group can GTFO they were actually injecting performance enhancing drugs not recreational drugs.

Also is Barrett fair dinkum? Thats a very long string he is using trying to link our poor behaviour in 2020 to the Melbourne footy club having a drug culture.

 

[Mr Magic]

Looks like Brendan Gale dodged a bullet

 

[kozi]

People crying about it being bad for betting companies if they don’t get all the right info

The horror of rortbet only making 10.5 billion instead of 10.6 dunno how I’m sleeping tonight

 

[Mr Magic]

More corruption allegations at AFL House
Gil may have stepped down, but they’re gonna drag him back in to face allegations of banned / illicit drug tampering corruption and other goings on at Melbourne Football Club, under his watch. Let’s wait n see if the MFC have the cahoonas to drag the AFL down with them.
There’s already a thread on this on the Main Board.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-drugs-bombshell-mp-tells-federal-parliament-of-secret-illicit-drug-tests-allegedly-authorised-by-leagues-top-medico/news-story/e5999f6f4d289e358d3fa0c4533c1a38

I thought the leadership was going to the toilet and then this pops up, coincidence?

I think there has been a few conflicts at the top

 

[Mr Magic]

Wow, wow and wow
Wilkie has just successfully torpedoed the Tasmanian stadium, right?

I think this is far from a sealed deal but I am a distant observer with no connections

 

[Coach_Required]

“I’m not buying it”: Garry Lyon and Demons CEO clash over club culture concerns

“We haven’t got a cultural problem.”

www.sen.com.au

AFL House

 

[tunksy]

Sigh. This competition is ****.

 

[Barunga Bullet]

The trouble with the AFL whingeing through their media shills about Richmond's behaviour in the hub is that there is nothing substantial in it bar:

• the Stack/CCJ hub breach for which the cub was duly punished and which the club did not have direct control over, and
• the Mrs Cotchin breach and ditto.

None of those people who committed those breaches are anything to do with the club any longer.

Vague allegations of "acting entitled" or even trying to point to the coach having an affair with another person within the hub cannot be told apart from idle gossip, which is precisely what it is.

What was really going on was Geelong was cheating the soft cap to try to get a massive advantage and this was sanctioned and facilitated by Steven Hocking from within the AFL, and they were fuming when it did not amount to a Geelong Premiership due to the presence of that big bad party spoiling monster that was Richmond. So they took their corrupt cheating even further with Geelong designed rule changes that were also aimed to specifically bring Richmond's game plan undone.

Geelong and the media would have us believe that great guy Chris Scott worked for nothing in 2020 allowing "others to keep their jobs." Code for he was paid off the books so Geelong didn't have to lay off other coaches like Richmond and other clubs did.

It is just amazing that now as the corruption of this lying cheating organisation is laid bare that they still think they can divert public attention by referring to the big bad monster Richmond's "misbehaviour" in the hub in 2020.

How you could possibly fall for that is beyond me RJK, but then you were never the sharpest tool.

Didn't Gary Rohan have an affair in the hub also?

 

[guruisatiger]

Props to all the campaigners calling up SEN off a long run up and hammering Wankley

Tell me me more
I wasn't listening

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

AFL drugs bombshell: MP tells federal parliament of secret illicit drug tests allegedly authorised by league’s top medico​

A Melbourne Football Club doctor has sensationally admitted to conducting “off the books” illicit drug tests – allegedly authorised by the AFL – to help players evade detection on match days.
The doctor-turned-whistleblower says players who confessed to having taken drugs in the days before AFL games were given secret tests to ensure their systems were clear or were advised to “fake an injury” so they would not risk being tested and suspended for breaches of the World Anti-Doping Agency code.

Federal MP Andrew Wilkie told parliament on Tuesday night he had received a signed statement from former Demons head doctor Zeeshan Arain in which he accuses the AFL of facilitating the clandestine drug tests at Dorevitch Pathology in Heidelberg.

Mr Wilkie called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to intervene in the scandal.


In a stunning address, Mr Wilkie said: “I rise to bring the house’s attention deeply troubling allegations of egregious misconduct within the AFL provided by former Melbourne football club president Glen Bartlett, former Melbourne football club doctor ZeeshanArain and Shaun Smith, father of Melbourne player and now alleged drug trafficker Joel Smith.

“The allegations include the prevalence of drug abuse and other prohibited behaviour across the AFL, off the books drug-testingof players at Dorevitch Pathology in Heidelberg, facilitated by the former chief medical officer of the AFL Peter Harcourt, the resting of players testing positive in these secret tests, ostensibly on account of injury, wilful inaction by AFL chairman Richard Goyder, and former CEO Gill McLachlan ….

“Here is what happened as has been described to me: The AFL wants the player to play at all costs and so the cover up begins.

“If there are no illegal drugs in the player’s system they are free to play and if there are drugs in their system the player is often asked to fake an injury.

“They are advised to lie about a condition, while the results of the off-the-book tests are kept secret and are never shared with Sports Integrity Australia or WADA.

“In other words, hundreds of thousands of Australians will watch the game not knowing that the game has been secretly manipulated by the AFL and thousands of Australians will bet on that game not knowing the game has been secretly manipulated by the AFL.

“So next time you hear a player has a hamstring injury, you could be forgiven for wondering what is really going on.

“But as Dr Arain explains this isn’t just a Melbourne problem, it is an AFL problem with multiple players coming to Melbourne from other teams with pre-existing cocaine dependencies more than suggesting that drug testing workarounds are commonplace elsewhere in the AFL.

“The documents in my possession also indicate a shocking unwillingness of senior AFL executives to address drug abuse by players and executives, particularly in relation to cocaine use.

“For instance here are very detailed notes of a telephone meeting between Gill McLachlan, Richard Goyder and Glen Bartlett.”

The AFL has a longstanding contract with Dorevitch Pathology to conduct testing for its controversial out-of-competition illicit drugs code.

Match day drug tests are conducted by SIA officers under the world anti-doping code.

The stunning claims are likely to draw the interest of WADA chiefs, SIA and the Albanese Government, which has responsibilities under the global anti-doping code.

Mr Wilkie said the allegations were deeply troubling and called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to review the signed statements and “personally intervene in this matter”.

“It is not an exaggeration to say the off-the-books testing scheme I’ve described sees the AFL effectively involved in a multi-hundred million dollar fraud on governments and taxpayers.

“Aussie Rules football is far too important to our nation. I call for intervention at the highest level and ask the PrimeMinister to personally intervene in this matter … because right now Deputy Speaker the term white line fever has taken on a different and sinister meaning at the AFL.”

Joel Smith failed an anti-doping drugs test last August after traces of cocaine were detected in his system from a urine sample taken by SIA testers on match-day.

He has since been accused by SIA of cocaine trafficking and faces a lifetime ban from sport.

In Shaun Smith’s statement, detailed by Mr Wilkie, he said: “If I had known of a massive drug problem in the AFL when my son was 14 I would have said you’re playing baseball, you’re playing something else.

“Something is not right when you get so many broken players.”

Cocaine is considered to be a performance-enhancing substance if detected on game day.

Dr Arain was sacked by the Demons in October 2020 after eight years as head doctor – just days after raising serious concerns about the club’s culture with chief executive Gary Pert.

Lawyers for Dr Arain hit the club with an unlawful dismissal claim, which led to a significant settlement. Dr Harcourt, an AFL life member who became embroiled in the Essendon drugs scandal, stepped down as the league’s chief medical officer in October 2021.

The AFL and Melbourne are being contacted for comment.

The government Tuesday night blocked attempts by Mr Wilkie to formally table the signed statements to parliament.

MICHAEL WARNER​

REPORTER

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...o/news-story/e5999f6f4d289e358d3fa0c4533c1a38

Fecking 'ell my man Michael Warner giving it to the The AFL Old Boys Club...who would have thunk it!!!!

 

[Drunken Wookie]

It's only a matter of time before umpire directives are uncovered and the tin foil hatters are vindicated.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

AFL drugs bombshell: MP tells federal parliament of secret illicit drug tests allegedly authorised by league’s top medico​

A Melbourne Football Club doctor has sensationally admitted to conducting “off the books” illicit drug tests – allegedly authorised by the AFL – to help players evade detection on match days.
The doctor-turned-whistleblower says players who confessed to having taken drugs in the days before AFL games were given secret tests to ensure their systems were clear or were advised to “fake an injury” so they would not risk being tested and suspended for breaches of the World Anti-Doping Agency code.

Federal MP Andrew Wilkie told parliament on Tuesday night he had received a signed statement from former Demons head doctor Zeeshan Arain in which he accuses the AFL of facilitating the clandestine drug tests at Dorevitch Pathology in Heidelberg.

Mr Wilkie called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to intervene in the scandal.


In a stunning address, Mr Wilkie said: “I rise to bring the house’s attention deeply troubling allegations of egregious misconduct within the AFL provided by former Melbourne football club president Glen Bartlett, former Melbourne football club doctor ZeeshanArain and Shaun Smith, father of Melbourne player and now alleged drug trafficker Joel Smith.

“The allegations include the prevalence of drug abuse and other prohibited behaviour across the AFL, off the books drug-testingof players at Dorevitch Pathology in Heidelberg, facilitated by the former chief medical officer of the AFL Peter Harcourt, the resting of players testing positive in these secret tests, ostensibly on account of injury, wilful inaction by AFL chairman Richard Goyder, and former CEO Gill McLachlan ….

“Here is what happened as has been described to me: The AFL wants the player to play at all costs and so the cover up begins.

“If there are no illegal drugs in the player’s system they are free to play and if there are drugs in their system the player is often asked to fake an injury.

“They are advised to lie about a condition, while the results of the off-the-book tests are kept secret and are never shared with Sports Integrity Australia or WADA.

“In other words, hundreds of thousands of Australians will watch the game not knowing that the game has been secretly manipulated by the AFL and thousands of Australians will bet on that game not knowing the game has been secretly manipulated by the AFL.

“So next time you hear a player has a hamstring injury, you could be forgiven for wondering what is really going on.

“But as Dr Arain explains this isn’t just a Melbourne problem, it is an AFL problem with multiple players coming to Melbourne from other teams with pre-existing cocaine dependencies more than suggesting that drug testing workarounds are commonplace elsewhere in the AFL.

“The documents in my possession also indicate a shocking unwillingness of senior AFL executives to address drug abuse by players and executives, particularly in relation to cocaine use.

“For instance here are very detailed notes of a telephone meeting between Gill McLachlan, Richard Goyder and Glen Bartlett.”

The AFL has a longstanding contract with Dorevitch Pathology to conduct testing for its controversial out-of-competition illicit drugs code.

Match day drug tests are conducted by SIA officers under the world anti-doping code.

The stunning claims are likely to draw the interest of WADA chiefs, SIA and the Albanese Government, which has responsibilities under the global anti-doping code.

Mr Wilkie said the allegations were deeply troubling and called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to review the signed statements and “personally intervene in this matter”.

“It is not an exaggeration to say the off-the-books testing scheme I’ve described sees the AFL effectively involved in a multi-hundred million dollar fraud on governments and taxpayers.

“Aussie Rules football is far too important to our nation. I call for intervention at the highest level and ask the PrimeMinister to personally intervene in this matter … because right now Deputy Speaker the term white line fever has taken on a different and sinister meaning at the AFL.”

Joel Smith failed an anti-doping drugs test last August after traces of cocaine were detected in his system from a urine sample taken by SIA testers on match-day.

He has since been accused by SIA of cocaine trafficking and faces a lifetime ban from sport.

In Shaun Smith’s statement, detailed by Mr Wilkie, he said: “If I had known of a massive drug problem in the AFL when my son was 14 I would have said you’re playing baseball, you’re playing something else.

“Something is not right when you get so many broken players.”

Cocaine is considered to be a performance-enhancing substance if detected on game day.

Dr Arain was sacked by the Demons in October 2020 after eight years as head doctor – just days after raising serious concerns about the club’s culture with chief executive Gary Pert.

Lawyers for Dr Arain hit the club with an unlawful dismissal claim, which led to a significant settlement. Dr Harcourt, an AFL life member who became embroiled in the Essendon drugs scandal, stepped down as the league’s chief medical officer in October 2021.

The AFL and Melbourne are being contacted for comment.

The government Tuesday night blocked attempts by Mr Wilkie to formally table the signed statements to parliament.

MICHAEL WARNER​

REPORTER

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...o/news-story/e5999f6f4d289e358d3fa0c4533c1a38

TELL ME MORE, TELL ME MORE...HA HA...

 

[smasha]

Look who’s in charge of the umpires to Dan Richardson sacked by RFC .
It’s an easy thing to do as well in general talk while all maggots are together ,
“ oh bloody Richmond Neil Balme had a go at us pre season , then of course you probably had Dan Richardson telling umps how bad he was treated at the club etc etc , all in general talk but all getting a point accross to hate Richmond

Giesch was appointed the same job straight after getting the arse at Richmond.
And we got towelled up by the umpires back then.
Corrupt Football League.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

FINALLY!!!

 

[kozi]

Tell me me more
I wasn't listening

Wankley trying to defend the cfl to a bunch of callers that had their facts right

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Just like every other scandal this will blow over and nothing will come of it.

The Old..."they are too big to let fall"...lets do some tinkering around the edges instead!

 

[SunshineBoy]

It's only a matter of time before umpire directives are uncovered and the tin foil hatters are vindicated.

Someone always talks , to keep a secret everyone must be dead

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Hopefully WADA are tuning in to this imbroglio...

 

[Groupie_]

It's only a matter of time before umpire directives are uncovered and the tin foil hatters are vindicated.

should blackmail the gambler one to blow the whistle on em all