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Ryan Crowley - banned substance

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Watch the Essendon supporters start saying " but everyone else is doing it, why are we singled out"

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    Apparently he tested positive after the Rd. 17 game and was allowed to continue playing for the rest of the year which also included 2 finals. That's poor from the AFL.

    If he goes for 2 years you would think his career is well and truly over as he will be 33 when the ban would finish.

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    Apparently he tested positive after the Rd. 17 game and was allowed to continue playing for the rest of the year which also included 2 finals. That's poor from the AFL.

    If he goes for 2 years you would think his career is well and truly over as he will be 33 when the ban would finish.

    Agreed, what if freo had won the premiership? we'd now be dealing with a situation where it had to be stripped because they had a player who didn't qualify.

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    Really poor from if true about round 17. AFL needs to cut this kind of crap out.

    A poster on bigfooty said that these tests need to be verified once a result is in and it takes time.

    Not sure how reliable that is but it might explain the delay.

    Another poster pointed out that Freo lost to the Saints the week after, with several players out with 'flu'.

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    abc article implies it is not a performance drug but an illicit drugs under he 3 strikes ploicy

    Crowley becomes the second AFL player to record three strikes under the league's drug policy.
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    Sounds worse.

    I find it impossible to believe that someone with his experience and on 2 strikes would go and take pain killers without telling anyone.

    Much more to this story IMO.

    I'm not sure who is reporting that he's on 3 strikes now but this has nothing to do with that policy.

    This is a banned substance not an illicit/recreational one. There are no strikes when it comes to banned substances - take one on the list and you're probably gone.

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    I'm not sure who is reporting that he's on 3 strikes now but this has nothing to do with that policy.

    This is a banned substance not an illicit/recreational one. There are no strikes when it comes to banned substances - take one on the list and you're probably gone.

    Not sure if RGRS was looking at the same article that I was, but the ABC inititally in their reporting of this actually stated that Crowley would be the second player after Travis Tuck to be struck out on the 3 strikes policy.

    They have since changed that article to be more 'accurate'

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    The blase approach to drugs by AFL footballers is another reason why ASADA and WADA need to impose significant penalties on Essendon.

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    Apparently he tested positive after the Rd. 17 game and was allowed to continue playing for the rest of the year which also included 2 finals. That's poor from the AFL.

    If he goes for 2 years you would think his career is well and truly over as he will be 33 when the ban would finish.

    You must be joking?

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    You must be joking?

    I wasn't, although I believe the club didn't get the results until September, so that probably explains it.

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    I wasn't, although I believe the club didn't get the results until September, so that probably explains it.

    Yeah initial indication on a dip stick then time for blood test 6-8 weeks later. Pretty much normal.

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    Gee no leaking out of FReo since he was issued an Show Cause in September......

    Wonder if Essendon will blame the AFL for this too....

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    Apparently he tested positive after the Rd. 17 game and was allowed to continue playing for the rest of the year which also included 2 finals. That's poor from the AFL.

    If he goes for 2 years you would think his career is well and truly over as he will be 33 when the ban would finish.

    Rightly or wrongly 'provisional suspension' is voluntary. The AFL and a Club's own Integrity Unit (technically) cannot tell the club management/coaches who the player is.

    Ess players also chose date to activate their (voluntary) 'provisional suspension'...such are the rules!

    Edit: I would bet that a player who thinks he is innocent (ala Ess players) would not opt to take (voluntary) 'provisional suspension' if it was 'in-season'!

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    According to ASADA certain 'specified substances' don't require provisional suspensions and in fact you can keep playing until the tribunal hearing.

    It sounds like Crowley was in that situation hence the voluntary provisional suspension he's taken after the end of the season.

    To be honest, let's wait and see exactly what he's taken and the performance enhancing side effects. If it's something minor like a Warnie situation then give him a few weeks off and get on with things.

    A minor breach of the doping laws due to stupidity deserves a minor punishment.

    Completely different to systematic doping.

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