Hawthorn's involvement in the drug saga?

[Brishawk]

http://mobile.news.com.au/sport/afl...s-doping-scandal/story-fnelctok-1226632636028




So whose head is left - it's becoming a farce tbh

They have admitted using a banned drug and while I know that ASADA and/or WADA will dish the final punishments I can't understand why the afl is now not doing its bit

That two clubs were shown a letter and neither took a copy is completely unbelievable. It would be the worst approach to managing risks I have ever heard of. It is literally the only evidence they would have to protect themselves in the event of things going south. How can a report into this issue then conclude that the executive on the football department and the football club are not sufficiently at fault to warrant a dismissal. If the CEO of a company was shown a letter from the tax office on a tax ruling and the CEO didn't retain a copy and it turned out the letter was a forgery the CEO would be sacked faster than the press could write the headline 'CEO is an idiot'.

 

[Glacier]

What I find really amusing is the bleating and sooking from the Essendon posters about the threads on the main board and how they are essentially calling for heads to roll yet if it was another club besides Essendon involved those same people would be laying the boots in
Hypocrites

 

[Thaihawk]

I think WADA will hit the team hard.

The WADA Code also imposes sanctions on teams with multiple players found guilty. Clause 11.2, Consequences for Team Sports, states that: "If more than two members of a team in a team sport are found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation during an event period, the ruling body of the event shall impose an appropriate sanction on the team (eg, loss of points, disqualification from a competition or event, or other sanction) in addition to any consequences imposed upon the individual athletes committing the anti-doping rule violation."

The AFL are like grasshoppers in the eyes of WADA. The AFL are in damage control and they know it.

I agree SP. I can't see the AFL taking too soft an approach as they would lose face. Although I'm sure they would just like to slap Essendon softly on the wrist, there is too much for Australian Football to suffer if the penalty does not fit the crime. Vlad doesn't want to be seen as weak by the other codes.

 

[Off The Couch]

I wait with bated breath now for the internal report - it's probably the receptionist who will be given the boot for the following:

Lost the docs letter for the board
Didn't file the invoice in the right cabinet
Didn't take a copy of the letter exonerating the club
Allowed dank to exceed his budget by $100k
Made the appointments across the road for the injections

Poor girl doesn't stand a chance


Jon Ralph just summed it up perfectly - the afl wont move on it ATM because there are QC's lining up ready to take on anyone that moves against the club because more and more the bombers are screaming "WE WAS DUPED"

and Andy saying he will be making no running announcements until ASADA have completed their investigation even though they have admitted to taking banned drugs - it's farcical

 

[Yuley95]

We're through the looking glass people.

 

[IdiotBox]

Ha ha, I like that - escape goats!

perhaps Judas goats might be more appropriate? But who's leading who here?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_goat

 

[Davo23]

What a disgrace. Plus, to read the Essendon boards you would think they had done nothing wrong! Thank god we have journalists like Caro out there tirelessly seeking the truth.

Not you again.

You still pretending to be a Hawk supporter?

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[Baz_hawk]

I have heard the Bombers have a simple scapegoat in place....

 

[Benji McPherson]

Not you again.

You still pretending to be a Hawk supporter?

.

Good on you Davo. I'd offer to meet up for a beer after we play the Swans, but I'm guessing you'd be more likely to be one of our Aurora stadium supporters

 

[Davo23]

Good on you Davo. I'd offer to meet up for a beer after we play the Swans, but I'm guessing you'd be more likely to be one of our Aurora stadium supporters

"Member since October 2012"


A 5 year-old can see through you, mate.

Go back to the Richmond/Essendon/Carlton board and fill your boots.

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[Benji McPherson]

"Member since October 2012"

A 5 year-old can see through you, mate.

Go back to the Richmond/Essendon/Carlton board and fill your boots.

I'd engage but you're one of those internet cat-people so...

And stop using full stops to elongate your posts, it's weird.

 

[Ram-Man]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/-2itgt.html

Espionage at Carlton ...

 

[macdaddio]

Apparently Jobe Watson may be able to keep his brownlow medal if he is found guilty at the discretion of the AFL!
Andy D is doing everything he can to save his job by trying to cover up what he let slide!

 

[Benji McPherson]

What a joke. All the other clubs suspected essendon was cheating, everyone now KNOWS essendon was cheating. And yet there they sit, on top of the ladder and with the reining brownlow medallist.

Pathetic AFL, pathetic.

 

[LuvMyHawks]

The AFL, especially the Dictator, are as rotten as the bombers. As usual the AFL will continue to sweep it all under the carpet. I might add, that carpet is developing quite a bump.
And don't they like the fact the bombers will be banned for six months,IF they are found guilty,it will be during the break AFTER the GF..Whooppee...Time the DICTATOR was told to go..As sly as a FOX..Remember, I'll do it MY way!,,

 

[Off The Couch]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/-2itgt.html

Espionage at Carlton ...

Tis truly an old boys club - why wouldn't the blues have given this information to the afl at the time rather than waiting for a Four Corners exposé to present it.

I have to go get my tin foil hat - maybe they knew giving it to the afl was always going to amount to nothing.

Not a single bomber fan will ever be able to label the blues again because the bombers are no better
Everyday a new club puts in a cameo appearance - scary tbh

 

[Brishawk]

Seems pretty much everyone knew about the drug use. The AFL has to act or they should all be sacked. The AFL commission is sitting on their hands. If this doesn't present a major risk to the integrity of the sport what does?

 

[Benji McPherson]

Seems pretty much everyone knew about the drug use. The AFL has to act or they should all be sacked. The AFL commission is sitting on their hands. If this doesn't present a major risk to the integrity of the sport what does?

It's just pathetic. Even the NRL deal with problems better than this ffs

 

[LuvMyHawks]

Oh, I might add that Ratten will be involved in this Espionage issue with the blues..I'll bet on it,even though I don't gamble..

 

[LuvMyHawks]

Seems pretty much everyone knew about the drug use. The AFL has to act or they should all be sacked. The AFL commission is sitting on their hands. If this doesn't present a major risk to the integrity of the sport what does?

We all know that the AFL will just continue to sit on their hands,as usual..

 

[Brishawk]

Good to see AD going after clubs who dare to suggest that Essendon maybe benefiting from using performance enhancing drugs. It shows real bottle to say show anger towards clubs who aren't cheating while at the same time claiming that it is not certain that Essendon used PEDs even though they also claim the material injected into its players was authorised by WADA as per a letter presented by Dank and Dank has confirmed that the substances injected were banned substances. Super stuff AD

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has accused some clubs of engaging in "scurrilous innuendo" to explain Essendon's unbeaten start to the season.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/demetriou-slams-scurrilous-innuendo-over-bombers-start-20130503-2iwwk.html#ixzz2SCQViFhg

 

[floki]

Dank's letter is not with out an equally useless precedence.

(pictorial godwin ?)

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Seems pretty much everyone knew about the drug use. The AFL has to act or they should all be sacked. The AFL commission is sitting on their hands. If this doesn't present a major risk to the integrity of the sport what does?

Tanking, fixture rigging, non-compliant paper bag player payments, unethical finals rescheduling, unequal and unfair free agency player compensations, dubious MRP findings and penalties, a drug policy that encourages drug use, behind the scenes involvement in assisting franchise clubs and selected others to get marquee players to their teams, dubious player awards including Brownlows and AA nominations, forcing clubs to use other grounds for their home matches, due to poor scheduling and contracting...

 

[Harry Yorkie]

Out of this whole peptides saga the part I'm enjoying the most is watching that traitor Ian Robson squirm, you lie with dogs you get fleas. I hope the pay rise was worth it mate.

 

[Thaihawk]

"I didn't have sex with that girl."

Blatent lies are filling our news stories again!