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They are the sport's governing body. They're in a position to do what they like, which at this stage is nothing. Compared to other sport's governing bodies' actions this is a rather soft stance.Until the AFL are advised otherwise I don't see how they are in a position to ban players who have breached the WADA code when ASADA and WADA have not confirmed that they do so.
As an example, cycling is full of cheats but when admissions of guilt and positive tests rock up the UCI bans fly, and teams withdraw from events.
Interesting point was made on radio last night - if Jobe is banned in the future, given his admission of guilt is there a case to be made that Essendon fielded an ineligible player against the Eagles (and all future games up until the ban)? Since I can't find the relative AFL regulations, FIFA regulations award the match to the opposition. There's certainly a can of worms waiting to be opened if Jobe continues to play.