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Dunno if I'd blame the reporter.
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Dunno if I'd blame the reporter.
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December last year, you're stretching that a bit.
AFL reviewing illicit drug policy as court documents reveal two AFLW players faced charges in January
Swans AFLW players Alexia Hamilton and Paige Sheppard are sentenced to conditional release orders after being caught with illicit drugs.
www.abc.net.au
Alexia Hamilton & Paige Sheppard according to this report
It happened four months ago. Tom just needed a filler on a slow news week. In Canberra where Lexi comes from it's not even illegal anymore.
Canberra's nation-leading drug-decriminalisation laws have begun. So, what has changed?
Don't get it twisted, drug decriminalisation does not mean hard drugs are legal. Here's what you need to know about the ACT's new laws. The change means people found with small amounts of illicit drugs will get a fine rather than a criminal penalty.
www.abc.net.au
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Two Sydney Swans women players caught with cocaine
The two women were sentenced to a good behaviour bond in a Sydney court in January.
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2 match bans
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Swans AFLW pair banned after being found guilty of drug possession
Alexia Hamilton and Paige Sheppard faced court in January after being charged with possession
www.afl.com.au
In line with the men's treatment. A pity but there you go.2 match bans
Swans AFLW pair banned after being found guilty of drug possession
Alexia Hamilton and Paige Sheppard faced court in January after being charged with possession
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A little silly and they will learn from it
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‘Remorseful’ Swans suspended by AFL after drugs bombshell as details of off-season incident revealed
‘Extremely embarrassed’: ‘Remorseful’ Swans suspended by AFL after drugs bombshell
www.foxsports.com.au
Rowbottom interview
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this reeks of double standards
how many male players have been publically outed and banned in the same way?
and how many male players have been "linked" to various "white powder" scandals but escaped penalty?
maybe i'm forgetting a whole bunch ...
how many male players have been publically outed and banned in the same way?
and how many male players have been "linked" to various "white powder" scandals but escaped penalty?
maybe i'm forgetting a whole bunch ...
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Yes. That's quite recent.
Roughly 2.3x as harsh as the men's, despite the AFLW not actually having a recreational drug policy
They were at the Clovelly pub and were being watched when they went out to a waiting Toyota , that dealer was probably the reason the cops were watching .
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Swans AFLW pair banned after being found guilty of drug possession
Alexia Hamilton and Paige Sheppard faced court in January after being charged with possession
www.afl.com.au
‘Remorseful’ Swans suspended by AFL after drugs bombshell as details of off-season incident revealed
‘Extremely embarrassed’: ‘Remorseful’ Swans suspended by AFL after drugs bombshell
www.foxsports.com.au
I am certainly disappointed in the players but I feel the two game suspension for 'bringing the game into disrepute' adequately deals with the off-season incident, provided there are no repetitions. My main concern is not for the harm the drugs may do to the individuals involved but the bad message in sends to the other players, especially the younger ones. Drugs are harmful and destructive. I don't think use of drugs should be a criminal issue, but it is not something that I think should be acceptable in our playing groups or at our club.
I see drug use by people as a health issue, and drug use by people from the Swans as an internal disciplinary issue. And once they get charged by police it brings the game into disrepute and then they get an AFL sanction too.
I am however concerned for the wellbeing of the players and their mental health particularly with the reporting of the issue.
Well saidSwans AFLW pair banned after being found guilty of drug possession
Alexia Hamilton and Paige Sheppard faced court in January after being charged with possession
‘Remorseful’ Swans suspended by AFL after drugs bombshell as details of off-season incident revealed
‘Extremely embarrassed’: ‘Remorseful’ Swans suspended by AFL after drugs bombshell
I am certainly disappointed in the players but I feel the two game suspension for 'bringing the game into disrepute' adequately deals with the off-season incident, provided there are no repetitions. My main concern is not for the harm the drugs may do to the individuals involved but the bad message in sends to the other players, especially the younger ones. Drugs are harmful and destructive. I don't think use of drugs should be a criminal issue, but it is not something that I think should be acceptable in our playing groups or at our club.
I see drug use by people as a health issue, and drug use by people from the Swans as an internal disciplinary issue. And once they get charged by police it brings the game into disrepute and then they get an AFL sanction too.
I am however concerned for the wellbeing of the players and their mental health particularly with the reporting of the issue.
‘Remorseful’ Swans suspended by AFL after drugs bombshell as details of off-season incident revealed
‘Extremely embarrassed’: ‘Remorseful’ Swans suspended by AFL after drugs bombshell
Rowbottom interview
Did you mean to put that on the media page Ticks , or not
Two weeks is probably fair enough.
While I get that being a police matter it is in the public forum and therefore able to published etc, but there are serious issues with a drugs policy that could see 2 players doing coke, yet 2 wildly different pathways.
2 players - one does coke at a hotel in the off season, one does it the morning before a game.
The one in the offseason gets picked up by the cops and charged, the one in play tests positive on game day yet has no consequence of a criminal nature.
The one in the offseason is named in a public forum, club is aware and is suspended. The one in play, maintains anonymity, club is not informed of the positive test and does not receive a penalty of any form.
As it stands, if you are going to do drugs, you are better off doing coke on a game day than in the off season. Seems ridiculous to me.
2 players - one does coke at a hotel in the off season, one does it the morning before a game.
The one in the offseason gets picked up by the cops and charged, the one in play tests positive on game day yet has no consequence of a criminal nature.
The one in the offseason is named in a public forum, club is aware and is suspended. The one in play, maintains anonymity, club is not informed of the positive test and does not receive a penalty of any form.
As it stands, if you are going to do drugs, you are better off doing coke on a game day than in the off season. Seems ridiculous to me.
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tip of a ridiculous iceberg regarding drugs in society generally, all to do with the categorisation of "legal" and "illegal", which spins the subject off on a thousand tangents
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Isn't game day then a WADA issue as it can be classed as performance enhancing ? Not sure if the woman's game is under WADA yet but the guy from Melbourne was named and couldn't hide.
Regardless of legality of it or the everyone is doing it argument the main issue is that for the game to grow it needs sponsors and corporates are not going to align with sports that are indifferent to drugs , there is probably a fair few parents who wouldn't be too impressed either.
For the two woman if you are on the fringe of selection and not a regular this could be another reason the Swans might let you go.
Two weeks suspension seems about right. Didn't Michael Talia get chopped from the Swans for the same thing ?
Regardless of legality of it or the everyone is doing it argument the main issue is that for the game to grow it needs sponsors and corporates are not going to align with sports that are indifferent to drugs , there is probably a fair few parents who wouldn't be too impressed either.
For the two woman if you are on the fringe of selection and not a regular this could be another reason the Swans might let you go.
Two weeks suspension seems about right. Didn't Michael Talia get chopped from the Swans for the same thing ?
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You genuinely disagree that three months ago is recent for criminal charges?
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