Scandal Joel Smith (Melbourne): Cocaine trafficking accusation

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Trafficking Accusation:

Scandal - Joel Smith (Melbourne): Cocaine trafficking accusation

Trafficking Accusation: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/joel-smith-melbourne-cocaine-trafficking-accusation.1373812/post-82421629 MFC and AFL Statements: Melbourne Football Club Media Statement – Joel Smith The Melbourne Football Club has been advised by the AFL that further...

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MFC and AFL Statements:

Melbourne Football Club Media Statement – Joel Smith

The Melbourne Football Club has been advised by the AFL that further Anti-Doping Rule Violations have been asserted against Joel Smith by Sport Integrity Australia.

The Melbourne Football Club is not authorised to make public comment while this is an ongoing matter that is being investigated by Sport Integrity Australia.

It should be noted since the article has been published on the Herald Sun website, Joel’s management has contacted the Club on his behalf to advise that the comments made by the source within the article are not reflective of Joel’s views and the source is not speaking on any authority from Joel.

Joel has made it very clear that he has no issues or concerns with anyone at the Melbourne Football Club.

As the Club has previously stated, we will wait for the investigation to be completed before we update our supporters further.

AFL STATEMENT – JOEL SMITH

The AFL confirms that further Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) have been asserted against Joel Smith of the Melbourne Football Club under the Australian Football Anti-Doping Code.

Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) has notified Smith that three ADRVs for “Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking” of Cocaine to third parties are asserted against him.

Under the Code, Trafficking in an anti-doping context is relevantly defined to be “Selling, giving, transporting, sending, delivering or distributing a Prohibited Substance, by an Athlete … to any third party [but] shall not include actions involving Prohibited Substances which are not prohibited in Out-of-Competition Testing unless the circumstances as a whole demonstrate such Prohibited Substances are not intended for genuine and legal therapeutic purposes or are intended to enhance sport performance” (Article 1 of the Code).

Further, SIA has notified Smith that an ADRV for Possession of a Prohibited Substance (Cocaine) on 9 September 2022 is asserted against him.

These ADRVs are in addition to that previously asserted against him (in connection with a sample provided by him after the match between Melbourne and Hawthorn on 20 August 2023 which tested positive to Cocaine and its metabolite, Benzoylecgonine).

Smith will continue to be provisionally suspended pending the finalisation of all of these matters, meaning he is not permitted to be part of Melbourne’s football program, including Melbourne’s pre-season training that is currently underway.

Under the Code, the new asserted ADRVs will be further investigated by SIA and these matters may ultimately be heard by an AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal in the coming months.

Due to the ongoing nature of the anti-doping process, the AFL and SIA are unable to make any further comment at this time.

 

[Young Redleg]

Another hit for Melbourne's culture. Let's see if they blame this on Maynard

Lmao enough of the Collingwood persecution complex. The only time we blamed Maynard was when he gave Brayshaw a concussion.

 

[Thistle]

AFL finally got a low-profile player testing positive they can make an example of

 

[Percel]

Melbourne should forgo all current draft picks to North.

 

[kickazz]

The chip on Eagles supporters shoulders from that period of time is still running strong I see. The way they carry on like the attention wasn't warranted is truly a sight to behold.

Was pretty funny tho....

 

[Sir_Loin]

AFL finally got a low-profile player testing positive they can make an example of

This x infinity

 

[BEEG]

What the hell has Maynard being a weak grub have to do with this?

Smith Father had fair bit to say about something that didn't concern him.

This is your son mate give us your opinion now you old grub.

 

[Redline]

Does Max have room for one more under his roof?

 

[GWT6]

Give us an insight on what its like being a smart arse and then realising is one of your players who transgressed. You guys aint travelling that well right now to underpin your "cocky" attitude #StevenMayExample1

Hahaha. Melting down over an obvious joke. Geez it must be tough to spend any time around you.

 

[420]

fmd fml

 

[Jibroni]

Melbourne about to exceed WCE '07 levels of drugs scandals with 1/10 the media attention.

Give it time BZ, would not be surprised if a MFC head rolls for this.

 

[Higgs Boson]

I'll never forget that nose candy he took up at the Gabba

 

[GWT6]

Half time in the Melbourne rooms...

 

[ant22]

Van Rooyan should have got 3 weeks, and his stupid decision likely cost Melbourne the premiership.
Kosi should have gotten 4 weeks, but the AFL didn't want to suspend Buddy for the 4 that he deserved the same week.
Check my post history on Goodwin - the bloke is an idiot that should not be eployed in any team sport.

See what not being a nuffie is when I can rationally look at the club I support.

Maynard is a weak grub, hope he gets serious bad injury that ends his career and leaves him with a disability like he has done to Brayshaw.

Likely cost you the premiership? More delusional than May.

Melbourne football club sooks of the century

 

[bzparkes]

The chip on Eagles supporters shoulders from that period of time is still running strong I see. The way they carry on like the attention wasn't warranted is truly a sight to behold.

Not really.

We had Hawthorn's 'injunction' swept under the rug, Dane Swan's antics ignored by the Vic media, players from the Swans' '12 premiership team supposedly railing lines and not being very discreet about it, as well as a raft of other behaviours by players that, aside from a few articles, were largely ignored.

Yet we still have dropkicks who keep bleating on about WCE's drug issues in the 00's...

 

[Sweeetleftfoot]

So we got clarry and now smith all needing to bunk in with max. Better start doing more google ads.

 

[brutus76]

So did they test EVERY Demons player after that game or did they just select a handful "at random"?

 

[GWT6]

Not really.

We had Hawthorn's 'injunction' swept under the rug, Dane Swan's antics ignored by the Vic media, players from the Swans' '12 premiership team supposedly railing lines and not being very discreet about it, as well as a raft of other behaviours by players that, aside from a few articles, were largely ignored.

Yet we still have dropkicks who keep bleating on about WCE's drug issues in the 00's...

One of the Eagles players ended up dead, that's a bit worse than other clubs.

Eagles' drug problem was well known and covered up for years. I know a journalist who was told by his editor not to report it or The West Australian newspaper would be blackballed by the club. It only came out because of the "Ben Cousins Biathlon" that couldn't be hidden.

The Perth Persecution Complex really is on show here.

 

[Occidental]

Second rate club flukes a COVID flag then unravels.

Double straight sets then the Post Season so far;
Oliver
May gobbing off at B&F
Smith.

 

[Milanista28]

If its in the system on game day, then he's pretty cooked. Irrespective of when it was taken

The code was updated on January 1, 2021, whereby “an athlete who has tested positive to a Substance of Abuse’ in-competition (which includes cocaine), the sanction is only three months if the athlete can prove the substance was used out of competition and was unrelated to sporting performance’’.

But if he can prove he didn't use it to improve performance he should only get 3 months instead of 2-4 years? Or am I reading that wrong?

 

[bzparkes]

One of the Eagles players ended up dead, that's a bit worse than other clubs.

Eagles' drug problem was well known and covered up for years. I know a journalist who was told by his editor not to report it or The West Australian newspaper would be blackballed by the club. It only came out because of the "Ben Cousins Biathlon" that couldn't be hidden.

The Perth Persecution Complex really is on show here.

Way to miss the point. It wasn't about "poor Eagles" it's about the double-standards in regards to reporting during/after the fact when other clubs had the exact same issues.

Mainwaring wasn't from that era, either.

Need Oliver to end up dead before it cops the attention it should? Melbourne have some serious issues.

 

[Acinath]

Never the superstars that get named, I’m shocked

 

[420]

Death, taxes and pies fans making things about themselves. This thread is about Yeyo Sniff, not maynard or May

 

[Milanista28]

I'm guessing the argument is any coke in the system could be performance enhancing, so it doesn't matter when he took it. I don't think he was doing lines as part of his warm-up.

I think that distinction can be the difference in a 3 month vs 2 year ban.

 

[Percel]

The code was updated on January 1, 2021, whereby “an athlete who has tested positive to a Substance of Abuse’ in-competition (which includes cocaine), the sanction is only three months if the athlete can prove the substance was used out of competition and was unrelated to sporting performance’’.

But if he can prove he didn't use it to improve performance he should only get 3 months instead of 2-4 years? Or am I reading that wrong?

If he can prove that it didn't affect his gameday, then you'd think he had an argument....i reckon it would be a tough one to prove though

 

[The_Steadier]

Wonder if the standard excuse of it was the first time he's tried it.

It wasn't mine... I was holding it (in my nose) for a friend