News Jason 'McGrath' levels drug-taking accusation at the Lions - Which is categorically debunked

[John]

LOL! Fearless journo.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Writing for readers? As opposed to what?

 

[Haso]

God I wish I could read this forums "media" links in tapatalk

Will have to wait for morning to read those things Haso posted.

Tweets from a WAFL journalist from Perth named Chris Pike:

Did anyone even check out this Jason 'McGrath' character out before reporting his crap with the @BrisbaneLions? His name is Jason Singh2 hours ago via web

@gleebo29 Distant relation but only through marriageabout 1 hour ago via web

@gleebo29 Haha i have no idea. Fair to say Ash and his family are not happy to be linked to him!about 1 hour ago via web

 

[Haso]

Writing for readers? As opposed to what?

I guess 'somebody' was responsible for hiring him.

 

[John]

Quoted a single source who lacks credibility or the correct name.

OK. So at Midnight he is going to name names I presume. It is very exciting. It almost makes me want to go out and purchase a Courier Mail. Maybe not. Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davis is far more interesting and hopefully there is a chapter on the demise of King Rupert's realm soon.

 

[John]

Writing for readers? As opposed to what?

Writing for Rupert?

How can an editor of a news paper even consider making such an inane statement.

 

[Simba Moyo]

waaaait wait wait.

So Hammo the "journalist" reports a "story" which was sourced from facebook, and the man whom he is linking this all together with isn't even the right guy? I don't really know what to do with myself. Here's my contribution.

 

[Haso]

waaaait wait wait.

So Hammo the "journalist" reports a "story" which was sourced from facebook, and the man whom he is linking this all together with isn't even the right guy? I don't really know what to do with myself. Here's my contribution.

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[ZoBlitz]

OK. So at Midnight he is going to name names I presume. It is very exciting. It almost makes me want to go out and purchase a Courier Mail. Maybe not. Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davis is far more interesting and hopefully there is a chapter on the demise of King Rupert's realm soon.

Side comment: Let me know how Vanished Kingdoms goes, been meaning to check it out.

 

[Haso]

Big fat nothing from Hammo re. drug taking and match fixing allegations so far. Just a story from another journo about what Akermanis has to say about things, and a story from Hammo about Brownie giving advice to Tom Lynch from GC.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Big fat nothing from Hammo re. drug taking and match fixing allegations so far. Just a story from another journo about what Akermanis has to say about things, and a story from Hammo about Brownie giving advice to Tom Lynch from GC.

Can't even find those articles... Where are you looking?

 

[Haso]

Can't even find those articles... Where are you looking?

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/teams/brisbane

 

[Haso]

Look at what you've done, CJ! He's blocked me now. Can't help but laugh.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Crutcher, a fearful editor who hides from his readers.

 

[ZoBlitz]

Woohoo, blocked too and I wasn't even following him.

 

[Surly Boy]

And here is the follow up....

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...ing-and-drug-use/story-e6frepf6-1226580690436

 

[Haso]

And here is the follow up....

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...ing-and-drug-use/story-e6frepf6-1226580690436

Hmm. So

• one player with a major drug issue,
• 6 that used in total,
• No names
• One match in 2003 that is claimed to have been fixed
• Staffers as sources to back up rec drug taking claims
• No evidence as yet
• AFL has launched probe into 2002 to 2009 period.

Not great, but could be far worse. The only thing that made me cringe a bit was when Voss said that if players had been taking drugs when he was around, he would have known - Well, actually Michael, sometimes you actually don't know.

If it's past players who used to take some recreactional drugs, and an unsubstantiated match fixing allegation from a single game a decade ago from a single source who did not use his real name and has since gone to ground... I'm not overly concerned.

 

[Hollow Knight]

"The Lions received an irate phone call from the AFL in 2003 following the game."

Lol, even by Hammo standards, that is tenuous.

 

[Lace Out]

Clothier will need 500 staff.

The broadcast rights cash will be gone if they investigate every player that might have had a bong.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Still running with the Jason McGrath name... Who is right, who is wrong?

 

[Simba Moyo]

The Lions reacted angrily to the decision by The Courier-Mail to publish Jason McGrath's allegations.

No s**t.

 

[Happy_Neale]

The match fixing one confuses me. Wouldn't that require many players to be in on it? I just don't see it considering the squad we had at the time. A list of our 2003 results here do not seem suspicious. Few losses in Melbourne, a close loss in Perth and a couple at the GABBA. The only noticeable loss was against West Coast, but they always used to belt us. Judd kicked 5 that day to go with 30 odd possessions IIRC.

 

[Hollow Knight]

So the spokesperson at the afl called it an unsubstantiated claim but said it has been referred to the integrity unit.

Does "opening a probe" mean the same as an official investigation? If so it seems weird they would just leak it to a journo rather than announcing it properly.

 

[Lace Out]

i want to see Jason's $20 betting slip

 

[Haso]

"Opening up a probe" conjures up the wrong images, for me.