Scandal Joel Smith (Melbourne): Cocaine trafficking accusation

[Chief]

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.

 

[LanceRomance]

Strange timing for Pert to step away. Wonder if there is more toothpaste in this tube?

 

[Angus Young]

trafficking... .) .) .)
getting a few grams for your mates
ridiculous

murder someone in Australia 15 years

bash someone almost to death on the street 12 months suspended sentence

 

[Captivating]

Waiting for the comments from Sean Smith.

 

[Captivating]

trafficking... .) .) .)
getting a few grams for your mates
ridiculous

murder someone in Australia 15 years

bash someone almost to death on the street 12 months suspended sentence

And Smith got nothing. So conviction, no suspended sentence. Free to live his life as if he didn't traffic cocaine.

 

[Cyclops]

trafficking... .) .) .)
getting a few grams for your mates
ridiculous

murder someone in Australia 15 years

bash someone almost to death on the street 12 months suspended sentence

Smith was too stupid to observe a minor technicality, and used a drug that can be a cheat drug...I don't have sympathy this idiot and his halfwit mates.

Two of ours were done for using clembuterol, and their excuse was "oh someone put steroids in our coke" lol. They copped their whack, Keefe is still playing (maybe his last season next year?) and he's learned his lesson. Decent fella otherwise but that was plain ****ing stupid and there isn't any defence.

I'd also like to hear from Smith's dad. He's enthusiastically commented football related issues in the past, keen to see what he thinks about this matter.

 

[Stax on the mill]

Waiting for the comments from Sean Smith.

On past form he’ll blame everyone else for his son’s poor life choices. It won’t be Joel’s fault. Probably try and blame Brayden Maynard for this as well.

 

[Jane Doe]

On past form he’ll blame everyone else for his son’s poor life choices. It won’t be Joel’s fault. Probably try and blame Brayden Maynard for this as well.

Just heard on the news Shaun has said his son is the fall guy to protect the AFL brand

 

[Captivating]

Just heard on the news Shaun has said his son is the fall guy to protect the AFL brand

I wonder if that's just repeating what he said late last year / earlier this year, or whether he's sticking to that story today. I want to see him on camera today explaining this one away.

 

[iameviljez]

trafficking... .) .) .)
getting a few grams for your mates
ridiculous

murder someone in Australia 15 years

bash someone almost to death on the street 12 months suspended sentence

Didn't know that Angus Young wrote for the Herald Sun

Anyway, Joel Smith hasn't been charged in a court of law. He's not going to serve time, so I'm not sure why you're comparing it to criminal justice.

He did buy coke with an intent to sell/supply it to teammates, I don't know why he's sooking.

 

[tiger_tough]

So is there still a chance a few of his team mates cop a suspension too?

 

[Breretonisahood]

Ouch. 4 year ban coming for cocaine use and trafficking, whilst "at least four of Smith’s Melbourne teammates have been sweating on the outcome of the trafficking probe."

https://archive.md/vOtwF

Insane how long this took, regardless of the outcome.

Takes a long time to find the broom to sweep it under the carpet. AFL couldn’t find it so bad luck Joel.

 

[LanceRomance]

So is there still a chance a few of his team mates cop a suspension too?

I do wonder if that is why pert stepped down.

 

[iameviljez]

Ouch. 4 year ban coming for cocaine use and trafficking, whilst "at least four of Smith’s Melbourne teammates have been sweating on the outcome of the trafficking probe."

https://archive.md/vOtwF

Insane how long this took, regardless of the outcome.

You'd rather take your time and get it right, when the consequences are this big.

 

[Chief]

Good

Zero sympathy

Play with fire you get burned.

Unless you're a senior official at an AFL club, then you get a passive blind eye, if not active protection.

 

[Xtreme]

Unless you're a senior official at an AFL club, then you get a passive blind eye, if not active protection.

Couldn't care less if it was Jack Ginnivan, Buddy Franklin or Enrico Pallazzo

Regardless if you're a star or a regular "substitute" you should be shown the door for it.

 

[HairyO]

So what punishment is there for the players he messaged, and who likely responded with requests ?

 

[Chief]

Couldn't care less if it was Jack Ginnivan, Buddy Franklin or Enrico Pallazzo

Regardless if you're a star or a regular "substitute" you should be shown the door for it.

It's the hypocrisy, for one.

Secondly, if he picked up the habit at the club, that should be looked into.

It won't. The papers don't have enough money to pay journos to look into it, if they are even interested given they make money out of access.

 

[Aussie in exile]

Takes a long time to find the broom to sweep it under the carpet. AFL couldn’t find it so bad luck Joel.

Years ago they could have swept in under the rug, but not in the modern world with social media

 

[ThirtyFive]

Years ago they could have swept in under the rug, but not in the modern world with social media

As it was a SIA (Sport Integrity Australia) positive competition adverse finding that escalated into trafficking once SIA's investigators did their work, it was out of the AFL's hands. There's no broom big enough or rugs in the SIA CEO office. And, as we've seen, they won't hesitate to dump concrete on athletes. No wet lettuce leaves in their arsenal....

 

[Cyclops]

Looks like Trac has won, with Pert and Smith gone. Remains to be seen if the supplied players get done, and if Clarrie is one.

 

[danster168]

So what punishment is there for the players he messaged, and who likely responded with requests ?

nothing because high profile players don't go down for this stuff. It's only your Laurence Angwin's that go down for this stuff. Should've just played the mental health card like Bailey Smith and Ginnivan and forced the AFL's hand to support players with mental health issues. I'm being facetious.

I'll always remember Joel Smith for kicking 3 in his last final at the mcg in front of 95k people. Should've been 4 but Kozzie played on from a free kick near the goal square. Probably has the biggest vertical leap in the league and I'm sure it's got nothing to do with cocaine being considered performance enhancing.

 

[WillHayward]

trafficking... .) .) .)
getting a few grams for your mates
ridiculous

murder someone in Australia 15 years

bash someone almost to death on the street 12 months suspended sentence

So there is trafficking

Then this is supply

Then there is commercial supply

Only the last one is serious

 

[justlookingaround]

People talked shit on Trac’s ‘brand Petracca’ concerns… but imagine being a world class athlete at the top of your game and losing sponsorships cos you were implicated in an ASADA investigation into drug trafficking due to your ******* teammate sending out a group text to you and your other teammates (who their doctor claims most of whom are coke fiends) asking who wants to buy because he just got a bunch.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Ruins his life/career for a few grams of drugs and a high..

 

[danster168]

People talked shit on Trac’s ‘brand Petracca’ concerns… but imagine being a world class athlete at the top of your game and losing sponsorships cos you were implicated in an ASADA investigation into drug trafficking due to your ******* teammate sending out a group text to you and your other teammates (who their doctor claims most of whom are coke fiends) asking who wants to buy because he just got a bunch.

petracca isn't a world class athlete. He has poor endurance and is slow outside of 5m. I was staggered Harley Reid got the goal of the year by 'running away' from Petracca and kicking a routine goal from 45m.