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Who cares ? Cops and boomers, that’s who. All types of people in society do it.
You are struggling - read post 16.
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Who cares ? Cops and boomers, that’s who. All types of people in society do it.
Agree, and I think it’d be naïve to believe it’d be limited to just the AFL.
Plenty of sportsmen fit your description perfectly and can have periods between games/meets/tournaments.
Tennis anyone?
The real injustice is the overpriced cut up stuff the rest of us get access to.
Can confirms he screws us every time he can.
There is that…but atm, you’re not being asked to throw a footy match.
Players do drugs and the afl is corrupt.
We already know.
The most believable part from what you wroteUmps are sex maniacs too.
The most believable part from what you wrote
I really admire your ability to remain confident despite the results you get, but your hate boner for me is really boring.How clever of you - but not many have heard it from the lips in such detail from an ex-senior Police Officer - but of course if you don’t want ‘contributions’…just message Mike or Chief and tell them only your posts are worth reading
Huh??I think quite a few, when the very real possibility of corrupt umpiring or ‘chucking games’ is an obvious outcome of half the AFL being ‘on the gear’.
But I guess that takes a tiny bit of imagination to work it through.
Huh??
How does players on the gear have anything to do with corrupt umpires?
OK, in the interests of keeping the peace, I’ll try to precis my posts.Huh??
How does players on the gear have anything to do with corrupt umpires?
You do. And I appreciate it. It’s nice to know whatever I post…you’re there.I really admire your ability to remain confident despite the results you get, but your hate boner for me is really boring.
Nobody cares.
Gambling revenue is my biggest concern regarding integrity but I don’t disagree with your argument here. I’ve never really thought about illicit drugs and the potential to compromise a result through them.The PROBLEM here is the BF pinheads think this an ‘anti-drug’ rant.
Ask yourself - why do major institutions fear drugs?
The individual user can be ‘managed’…so what’s the big deal?
I’ll tell you -
- llegal activity creates vulnerable people…who’ll do stuff.
- Vulnerable people do silly things - Miss easy goals, miss easy frees, fail to recall the bounce, tell tales in the clubrooms, put pressure on other team mates, make up stories about coaches, cheat, lie, distort, HURT.
-Silly things bring down Clubs, Cultures, Governments, Sporting bodies, Churches, Cops, Families, Children etc.
Who wins? ‘Crime gangs’ and corrupt people…thats it.
Think about that next time the Ump awards a ‘never there’ free kick that costs you a game..or final.
- How are these players NOT being detected…..I would note there have been Zero illicit substance detections confirmed by the AFL for sometime.
- If this issue is as widely known as my source implied, why aren’t the media pursuing these stories harder? Killing the Golden Goose perhaps?
Yes, or the traditional 2min video over the top of a toilet cubicle.I'm gonna need a screenshot before I start to believe any of this
Regarding detection rates:
So the odds are low that a randomly selected player a) is someone that does them at all, and b) has done them within a couple of days of the test. And of those at risk of testing positive, many will have been taking steps to help beat the test, leaving a very small number of players likely to test positive, whom we don't even hear about the first two times anyways. It's almost impossible to record three strikes without being a highly problematic drug user.
- Players are being detected, we just don't know how many.
- Urine tests typically won't detect cocaine for more than a couple of days after use. Factors influencing detection times include whether or not alcohol was consumed at the same time as cocaine, the fitness (and body fat %) of the user, how much they used, and how frequently they use it. AFL players that take cocaine would typically tick every box favorably for being able to clear it out of the system fastest. Most would be clear in less than 48 hours.
- Testing is random, and I'd confidently say at least the majority (50%+) of players are not using drugs at all, and of those that do use them, most do not use them habitually (something close to daily).
- There are things one can do to reduce how long cocaine stays in the system after use, and things one can do to increase the odds of beating a urine test. A super vigilant player might even carry synthetic urine on their person during any window of time they might test positive, just in case.
Regarding how widely the issue is known and reported:
I just don't think there is much of a story here, beyond those that are reported.
- It is known that players take recreational drugs as it is known they are used in the wider community.
- The three-strikes policy means there is nothing to report unless someone is caught in the act (at which point it is reported on heavily).
- And, by and large, cocaine use in and of itself is not of all that much concern to the general public (many of whom use themselves).
When an individual gets in too deep…the next thing is ‘corrupted’ games, bad bounces, unpaid frees, non-existent frees etc.