This is why AFL will never succeed globally

[NICNATNUI]

Players admit to taking a banned substance, yet they are not punished and are able to play the remainder of the season...

If this happened in any other sport worldwide whether it being football (soccer), basketball, tennis, netball the player(s) would be immediately unable to continue playing the game untill they found he/she was innocent.

Just a nother reason why AFL will never succeed outside of Australia, laughing sport of the world

 

[mehow2g]

Players wont get off its impossible.

under the ASADA/WADA code they simply cannot get let off here.

Its not over.

 

[treefingers]

Nobody outside of Australia cares

 

[NICNATNUI]

Nobody outside of Australia cares

Obviously.. barely any know what AFL is.

Im just saying the game will never grow globally when players can take banned substances, admit to it, and then continue to play

 

[clogged]

Yeah, this exact thing is why.

 

[NICNATNUI]

Yeah, this exact thing is why.

just one of the many reasons, probably the fact that no body even knows the clear rules including the umpires would be the main one

 

[FromTheCapital]

There are plenty of reasons, but this one is barely relevant

 

[upnsmoke]

Possible that AFL will handle EFC and is officials.

ASADA and WADA will handle the players.... Investigations not finished yet... But finals 3 weeks away...


Imagine bombers somehow eliminating teams from the finals, depending on who they beat and how far they get... When the investigations finally conclude... May it be during the off season or next season and find several of the players are guilty... Teams they beat may sue AFL or request replay etc.. Basically it's going to mess up AFL's 2013 results and 2014 season too.

 

[Defacto]

this will affect the game domestically, forget about internationally.

families will just give up on it

 

[fishardansin]

With the information that ASADA has given the AFL no charges can be laid.

Wow ... shoddy governance AND managing to hide systematic drug cheating well enough that a 7 months investigation couldn't find it ... we truly are sith lords down at Essendon .... OR no one doped!!!

mmmmm wonder which one it is?

 

[Cmarsh]

OP should study all the cover ups involving PED's in European soccer. It's extraordinary.

Handling of a drug scandal has nothing to do with why AFL is not or will not be an International sport, that's just uninformed nonsense.

 

[Mixed Results]

I wonder how many sports would ban a club from finals because their drug investigation wasn't going to finish in time

 

[Cmarsh]

Obviously.. barely any know what AFL is.

Im just saying the game will never grow globally when players can take banned substances, admit to it, and then continue to play

MLB?

 

[Joe Johnson]

Nobody outside of Australia cares

except for WADA - who are carrying a very big baseball bat

 

[ziad]

Investigations ongoing.

ASADA has only issued an interim report that only covered governance. It specifically did not cover doping thus infraction notices were never going to be issued this early.

They will be done slowly, this is only the warm up act.

 

[fabulousphil]

Players admit to taking a banned substance, yet they are not punished and are able to play the remainder of the season...

If this happened in any other sport worldwide whether it being football (soccer), basketball, tennis, netball the player(s) would be immediately unable to continue playing the game untill they found he/she was innocent.

Just a nother reason why AFL will never succeed outside of Australia, laughing sport of the world

Cultural cringe post of the week.

What a tosser boy.

 

[PeaTea]

The amount of opposition supporters who are determined to see Essendon fall is amazing. With more facts than ever on the table and they still assume guilt.

 

[Blue1980]

They have been charged not cleared.

Stay focused! Their screwed!

 

[Burzum]

Team supported: West Coast

 

[saladodger]

except for WADA - who are carrying a very big baseball bat

WADA deal with doping breaches. None have been identified, they aren't going to "come over the top" for some poor management. Without positive tests WADA's opinion is as relevant as yours. If they're going to make use of that bat, it would be best utilised sorting out their rabble of an Australian representative in ASADA.

 

[Blue1980]

The amount of opposition supporters who are determined to see Essendon fall is amazing. With more facts than ever on the table and they still assume guilt.

What? People been charged, how does that prove innocence?

 

[Fear Boner]

Players wont get off its impossible.

under the ASADA/WADA code they simply cannot get let off here.

Its not over.

heres the money for the fine now get stuffed

 

[Blue1980]

With the information that ASADA has given the AFL no charges can be laid.

Wow ... shoddy governance AND managing to hide systematic drug cheating well enough that a 7 months investigation couldn't find it ... we truly are sith lords down at Essendon .... OR no one doped!!!

mmmmm wonder which one it is?

Their giving Essendon two weeks so they can't claim they didn't have time to mount a defence.
They won't play finals.

 

[Sanders]

WADA might have something to say about all this

 

[Shane Mead]

What a rediculous statement to make. Aussie Rules is not big internationally because they AFL doesn't want it to be. The AFL doesn't become global, the sport of Football becomes global. Then what you would have, if the game became successful...more leagues...more COMPETITION!

Instead of Buddy getting a big deal from GWS, he would have an American team with an offer that makes the AFL look like chumps.

The most important point...the AFL is not a laughing stock because...NOBODY OUTSIDE OF OUR BORDERS GIVES A ****! The issue got a 2 second mention on a B.S Report podcast.

You either leave in a bubble, or your West Coast cocaine is hurting your thinking ability.