Jobe took banned drug

[jazza 1,323]

Great....Web Meltdown...

news just in

Essendon pleads guilty

AFL, shuts down their website for a total of 71 hours

orders all supporters to look shocked and angry

tells president to be defiant

and hird must not play hille , bellchambers and ryder in same team again

case closed

[beelzebub 22,268]

I wonder if WADA has the ability to over rule the AFL and ASADA should it deem any penalties insufficient ?

[felixdacat 459]

I agree with you. My point, though, is that I'm not sure anyone knows whether the stuff the players took actually does anything at all.

This would be unfortunate for Esssendon and I would lmao.

[GM11 695]

Not sure about that. I have no doubt they intended to boost their player development but I'm not yet convinced that anything taken (legal or not) has actually been proven to improve performance or player development.

Does the Wade Lees case set some sort of precedent?

He bought stuff, didn't know it was banned, didn't get within a mile of it & got rubbed out.

[Redleg 37,907]

Does the Wade Lees case set some sort of precedent?

He bought stuff, didn't know it was banned, didn't get within a mile of it & got rubbed out.

Did he play for a powerful AFL club?

[felixdacat 459]

I wonder if WADA has the ability to over rule the AFL and ASADA should it deem any penalties insufficient ?

It can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) All signatories to the WADA code recognise the jurisdiction of the CAS in Anti-doping rule violations.

[DemonFrog 1,347]

Appently you are allowed to take banned drug in certain AFL team and rven admit in doing so without a penalty.

If that is not a green light to other players to take similar action I don't know what is.

I guess most Clubs actually care for their players and reputation while other Clubs will do what ever it takes to WIN.

Under those condition I not sure if the MFC can win its 13 Flag.

[beelzebub 22,268]

I fervently hope WADA doesn't allow this sham !!

[biggestred 4,357]

Iterim report. How the afl can punish on this basis is beyond me.

Players wont be charged till final report.

[beelzebub 22,268]

Iterim report. How the afl can punish on this basis is beyond me.

Players wont be charged till final report.

this also occurred to me especially as the new poers are invoked

[DemonFrog 1,347]

Iterim report. How the afl can punish on this basis is beyond me.

Players wont be charged till final report.

Of course you can't punish but the AFL can state they will investigate the incident themselves or lay charges if appropriate as well as indicate what penalties may be imposed if the Club or persons assocated with the Club are found guilty.

[beelzebub 22,268]

http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/asada-must-act-to-restore-public-trust-in-sport-20130810-2rp5w.html

quite a good take on it all by AA

[rjay 23,965]

http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/asada-must-act-to-restore-public-trust-in-sport-20130810-2rp5w.html

quite a good take on it all by AA

Well written by AA, nothing new here but spelled out clearly.

[Gorgoroth 12,334]

Never heard (read) anything better out of AA.

He is right, if they don't charge them, especially Jobe who has admitted it on live tv then open the gates and allow all drug cos their policy would not even be worth wiping my ar$e with.

[beelzebub 22,268]

Good to see we aren't the only ones curious as to the way its going. Even those in the biz seem confounded by the nature of its development .

[45HG 1,539]

Hardly surprising that AA would publicly take this stance...

[jnrmac 19,203]

WTF is the AFL commission doing in all of this? This is the biggest scandal to hit the sport in probably 150 years. The Commission are custodians of the game. We haven't heard a word from them. Its a far king disgrace

What is Mike Fitzpatrick doing?? What is avid Essendon supporter Linda Dessau doing sitting up there in judgement on Essendon?? Bill Kelty is supposedly absenting himself from discussions about Essendon being an avid Essendon supporter himself but who knows what is going on.

They are asleep at the wheel. At a time when the game needs a strong statement about where it sits on drugs in sport and cheating it is doing nothing but hiding behind an ASADA report and letting Dimwit make public utterances. He should have nothing to do with this, It should be the Commission itself. And if they aren't taking the lead on this then WTF are they doing?? What is their job/role?

I can't believe no one in media land is screaming about this.

If this was a company then the Chairman of the Board (ie: Fitzpatrick) would be front and centre in sorting out the mess. The AFL are a joke.

[Crompton's the man 635]

Don't know how to do this stuff but I will try:

(Slight bias toward the Guilty Party)

[Sir Why You Little 34,697]

Don't know how to do this stuff but I will try:

(Slight bias toward the Guilty Party)

Hahahaha!!

The Hitler rant at its best!!!

[DemonFrog 1,347]

Don't know how to do this stuff but I will try:

(Slight bias toward the Guilty Party)

ROFLMAO

Here the Essendon version

Nobody can say we at the MFC don't encourage open discussion.

Edited August 11, 2013 by TheBigFrog

[DemonFrog 1,347]

I think Essendon will distance itself from this type of campaign in the future.

Can anybody spot the edit/modification to the video?

Edited August 11, 2013 by TheBigFrog