http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/i-took-banned-drug-watson-20130624-2ota0.html

Here it is. Admitted it on On the Couch.

Surely there can be no doubt he will get banned. Its like a swimmer or cyclist saying 'I didn't know what my coach was giving me'. WADA has banned everyone to my knowledge who is in the same position. And the fact he signed a consent form probably makes it worse.

And he won't be the only one at Bummerland either......

So he loses his Brownlow and is banned for 2 years in theory?

open admission wow

We got reamed because Chook-brain Mclean thought we'd been naughty when he appeared On The Couch.

I expect that Jobe will be shot, and Essendon degregistered by 8am tomorrow.

Even if he thought he was allowed to take it, this should be a two year ban. Once again, look at Wade Lees.

Lees said ignorance was no excuse with ASADA, which was out to slug players with lengthy bans regardless of their innocence.

I'd say that given the way they handled Lees they will hit Watson pretty hard here. He's admitting that he knew what he was taking. It doesn't matter that he didn't know it was banned. This puts him in a worse category than Lees who imported a banned substance on the advice of the club doctor but never got to take it.

Even if he thought he was allowed to take it, this should be a two year ban. Once again, look at Wade Lees.

I'd say that given the way they handled Lees they will hit Watson pretty hard here. He's admitting that he knew what he was taking. It doesn't matter that he didn't know it was banned. This puts him in a worse category than Lees who imported a banned substance on the advice of the club doctor but never got to take it.

Wade Lees can miss 2 years of football. The AFL can't survive at the same level without Essendon or without Essendon's best 22 for

It's sad but it will get handled different.

And lets be honest it's some what fair. Do we really believe in a strict ruling that completely screws a club and the comp when they were completely misled by a rogue force in Dank?

Wade Lees can miss 2 years of football. The AFL can't survive at the same level without Essendon or without Essendon's best 22 for

It's sad but it will get handled different.

And lets be honest it's some what fair. Do we really believe in a strict ruling that completely screws a club and the comp when they were completely misled by a rogue force in Dank?

This is why ASADA and WADA are in no way affiliated with a sporting body. They don't care if they damage the brand of the AFL or the EFC. They will stick to their rules and regulations regardless. The AFL may well try to influence them to not punish the players, but when Watson comes out and admits he knew what he was taking he's doing nobody any favours. With the precedents they have already set and the fact that they tend to go harder at bigger targets, I think they are going to shock us all with how harsh they can be.

It's a remarkable admission on the surface of it, in particular how relaxed he was about the whole thing. Talking about the unnatural amount of injections that were being administered and admitting to a banned substance in such a matter of fact way, yet adamant he'd done nothing wrong. He surely would've been under clear direction from the club on what to disclose. All has to come out eventually I guess.

Jobe is taking the wrong advice by that admission and thinking he has done nothing wrong is all the more alarming

if he isnt banned for 2 years and stripped of his Brownlow, ASADA may as well fold

I can't see Jobe admitting this without some sort of advice that it is ok to admit he took the drug. I'm very skeptical about this whole investigation and can see them getting off.

Wow. An admission. Got to be 2 years.

And lets be honest it's some what fair. Do we really believe in a strict ruling that completely screws a club and the comp when they were completely misled by a rogue force in Dank?

Yes.

We were given a strict ruling because the AFL believed we were harbouring a rogue comedian in Chris Connolly.........

I don't know who advised Watson to speak in this way in public but, if it was planned and calculated (and it surely must have been) then woe betide the AFL and the Essendon Football Club if it's a ploy that misfires.

Watson has admitted to taking a substance banned under WADA rules. There seems to me to be no way, on the face of it, that he shouldn't be charged and stood down from playing until a decision is made on his future. The positions of a number of others involved at Essendon have to be looked at as well and the AFL might well be forced to take over the running of a second club.

Unless, of course, a deal's been done in the back rooms.

And if that's the case then the integrity of our game is in tatters but we already knew that.

Has to lose his Brownlow and I'll want my money back!

Essendon are a bunch of druggie cheats. Suffer you pack of moronic fools. Who will be next to own up? Watson's admission is no surprise to me. Some of their team management are yet to be punished.........................but will be!

I don't know who advised Watson to speak in this way in public but, if it was planned and calculated (and it surely must have been) then woe betide the AFL and the Essendon Football Club if it's a ploy that misfires.

Watson has admitted to taking a substance banned under WADA rules. There seems to me to be no way, on the face of it, that he shouldn't be charged and stood down from playing until a decision is made on his future. The positions of a number of others involved at Essendon have to be looked at as well and the AFL might well be forced to take over the running of a second club.

Unless, of course, a deal's been done in the back rooms.

And if that's the case then the integrity of our game is in tatters but we already knew that.

Interesting 'Jack', he's not likely to have just come out with the comments without some pretty solid advice and coaching.

He'll get sympathy for the open submission -- as is the case in good ol' apologist Australia -- and he'll get a reduced sentence.

Should lose his Brownlow, no doubt. It's an indictment on the award, whether he knew it was illegal or not.

Apparently no charges or findings will be released until August. I think that on the back of an admission like this, Watson has to be suspended indefinitely and stripped of his Brownlow. I suspect, however, that he will be allowed to play on and will win his second Brownlow in as many years.

Apparently no charges or findings will be released until August. I think that on the back of an admission like this, Watson has to be suspended indefinitely and stripped of his Brownlow. I suspect, however, that he will be allowed to play on and will win his second Brownlow in as many years.

Lance Armstrong.

Steven Milne is stood down based on police charges.

Ben Cousins is deregistered based on behaviour not positive tests.

Jobe Watson admits taking a banned substance. His registration should be suspended immediately.

Lance Armstrong.

He got away with it for a long time.

Going going gone.

Does Essendon put up the players wanted sign now or at seasons end.

And I though the MFC was in trouble, WOW what damage can dad leadership do to a Club.

Only real question I have is since the Essendon FC is full of drug cheats does this mean the MFC actual won round two this year?

how the hell does he still think it was ok to take?

if it isn't on the OK list its banned. simple.

if he was a cyclist his whole team would be withdrawn.

sad part is that I can see all those Essendon players getting 6 months (from mid sept to mid march)

GONE. Good luck in trying to sweep this under the carpet AFL. as i posted on twitter if Wade Lees got done for a fat burning pills he didnt even take then expect ASADA to go wack!!