Club statement: Friday, 19 April

By melbournefc.com.auExclusive to melbournefc.com.au 8:50pm AEST Friday, April 19, 2013

THE MELBOURNE Football Club today accepted an offer by Club doctor Dan Bates to stand aside, effective immediately, pending the outcome of an investigation by ASADA and the AFL into a pre-season supplements program at the Club.

MFC President Don McLardy said that the Club felt it was appropriate that Dr Bates stand aside while the details of the program and the circumstances under which it was administered are independently reviewed.

"We have sufficient concerns about an identified breakdown in reporting protocols that we believe it is appropriate that Dr Bates stands aside until these matters are further investigated," McLardy said.

Immediately following the announcement of the Essendon investigation in February, the MFC board commenced an internal review into supplements, headed by a suitably qualified director. That review involved numerous interviews, including three with Club doctor, Dr Dan Bates.

To date, the internal review has found no evidence that the supplements program at the Club contravened any ASADA or WADA guidelines, and no evidence that any player has been administered a banned substance at any time.

The Club is fully committed to cooperating with both ASADA and the AFL, as part of their ongoing investigation.

The Club is unable to comment further until the investigation is complete.

Saw that quite a few times during the tanking investigation!

Grapeviney, weren't you the guy that complained that the Club were telling us nothing?

The buck still stops at his door.

The cases continue to mount.

Yeah, sack everybody, doesn't matter why, just keep sacking people still we start winning... wooo! Love a good sacking!

Saw that quite a few times during the tanking investigation!

Yes I know but the question is if the MFC had an internal investigation and found this all out why was Dr. Bates still at the MFC?

Edited April 19, 201312 yr by Young Dee

Yeah, sack everybody, doesn't matter why, just keep sacking people still we start winning... wooo! Love a good sacking!

King Canute

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/melbourne-club-doctor-dan-bates-expected-to-leave-the-club-in-wake-of-links-to-stephen-dank/story-e6frf3e3-1226624716917#.UXEl3krIkng

Time to invest in Dan Bates effigies.

"We have sufficient concerns about an identified breakdown in reporting protocols"

Don't tell me it's Bates' fault and the McLardy lynch mob is in the wrong....

This doesn't change anything, Stuart. It's still shoddy corporate governance and it's still in the President's domain.

Grapeviney, weren't you the guy that complained that the Club were telling us nothing?

Not me wayne..

Staggered by this clubs inability to be professional.

I've had enough and something seriously need to change.

Another example of fessing up first up is always less painfull than covering up and then being caught out. Most of us have been there at some time.

If there were no WADA, ASADA violations then there would not be much of an issue had the doc come clean during one of those 3 interviews!!

Why don't the others involved stand down?

I reckon Dr. [censored] is an AFL/Bummers' plant.

They built him up and helped enhance his CV a little, then tossed him out to us as soon as they (the AFL & The Bummers) got wind of ASADA on their ass. No doubt the Bummers went to the AFL with this problem. Vlad came up with the idea, the meeting went along the following lines....

"Hey Golden Boy, get him down to Demonland through a back door quickly. Get him to contact that ding bat Dr of their's ... Man Dates. Don't worry, just offer him a few sweetners, he'll take the Bate! Besides, they're a catfish (bottom feeder) club so it will take the heat of you blokes and make it look like 'Other teams' are implicated. No one cares about 'em anyhow so they can cop the rap and act as a distraction. We'll make sure they go down in a big way with drip fed text leaks to the press from our mate Dr. [censored]. It's all sweet Golden Boy. And don't worry, if you need a leg up you can call on your mate Bill anytime for a chop out. Just pick up that bat phone in your office at Rooty Hill and we'll send him over in the Vlad Mobile pronto!".

Edited April 19, 201312 yr by Rusty Nails

This doesn't change anything, Stuart. It's still shoddy corporate governance and it's still in the President's domain.

Yep Nasher

This doesn't change anything, Stuart. It's still shoddy corporate governance and it's still in the President's domain.

It does change some things.

It changes the possible need to fire the board mid-season and gives the lynch mob a chance to put their hand up at the next AGM, which I assume you're ALL going to do seeing there's so many experts here on how to run a football club.

It does change some things.

It changes the possible need to fire the board mid-season and gives the lynch mob a chance to put their hand up at the next AGM, which I assume you're ALL going to do seeing there's so many experts here on how to run a football club.

All that is a diversion from the great job the current crew are doing Stuie

I am no longer going to waste my time refreshing this page - is that it?

The MFC does not want to let anything else slip?

Whats next? - the players will be posting sex tapes online (if only we were in Hollywood we would be huge - any fame is good fame)

Edited April 19, 201312 yr by Young Dee

All that is a diversion from the great job the current crew are doing Stuie

I assume you're putting together your ticket as we speak then OD?

well just go you idiot , you are a peice of the problem here , a bloody sniper , , go hand in your card , never post on here again , supporter my bum , bugger off and dont come back

Don't blame the media for this one.

The CLUB has done it to themselves because they are so F*%*ing stupid.

They still act like they are in the Good Ol' VFL days of amateur football.

LIES LIES LIES. I can't take it anymore.

Goodbye, Bates, McLardy Neeld Misson Craig Mahoney.

Hooroo supporters.

Well that's creepy.

wot, that its free?

I assume you're putting together your ticket as we speak then OD?

There you go again

This doesn't change anything, Stuart. It's still shoddy corporate governance and it's still in the President's domain.

Nothing at all. It's either more BS or more evidence of a broken setup.

It changes the possible need to fire the board mid-season and gives the lynch mob a chance to put their hand up at the next AGM, which I assume you're ALL going to do seeing there's so many experts here on how to run a football club.

So I assume that you'll be coaching next year?

There you go again

Well, aren't you? You're one of the many here who talk like they could easily do a much better job, so step up then OD, don't spend your life complaining about the club, DO SOMETHING.

So I assume that you'll be coaching next year?

I may be the only person willing to try the way we're going...

"We have sufficient concerns about an identified breakdown in reporting protocols"

Don't tell me it's Bates' fault and the McLardy lynch mob is in the wrong....

Yeah, that's right. It's all Bates' fault. He's not just another scapegoat, because obviously no-one else at the club would have had any knowledge of this, whatsoever...

stuie, can you please insert that gif of Picard doing the facepalm here?

Cheers.