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1 hour ago, brendan said:

ows the culture down at pie land, when will these players learn 

I wouldn't be casting too many stones on this one 'brendan'...

It's a problem in all clubs from what I hear, big problem.

From an article in 2002...

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/lewis-drug-accusation-isnt-that-far-off-the-mark-lyon-20020309-gdf52z.html

You would have to be mad to think it has improved...

"Things go Better", seems to be the choice these days.

Young men, risk takers, time and money...plenty of hangers on.

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4 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Third Collingwood player in a few years.

Crisis.

Clearly the club needs total disqualification, meaning that MFC, should they win on Sunday, would finish fourth ??

But seriously looking forward to McChinny spin on this.  

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Morning Eddie ;)

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The panel on SEN this morning raised an interesting discussion.

Should a team be stripped of the 4 points had the team won if the player tested positive on that particular game day?

In horse racing a win is taken away when a horse returns a positive swab on the day, I understand it’s a totally different scenario and more an individual competition but, how many players would need to test positive on ‘ Game Day’ for points to be stripped?

Also, is positive testing on match day included in the 3 strike policy?

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19 minutes ago, old dee said:

Pity the AFL were not so diligent back when cousins was in his early career!

Oh, they were. Didn't you see the way they went after Dale Lewis? Scorched earth!

Fortunately, this time it's ASADA on the job.

 

5 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Should a team be stripped of the 4 points had the team won if the player tested positive on that particular game day?

<<insert GIF of AFL dropping something into the "too hard" basket here>>

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1 minute ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Oh, they were. Didn't you see the way they went after Dale Lewis? Scorched earth!

Fortunately, this time it's ASADA on the job.

 

<<insert GIF of AFL dropping something into the "too hard" basket here>>

Yes  Lewis was the classic shoot the messenger. 

Sadly that basket is overflowing nothing has gone in there in a long time they just lie on the floor till the cleaners arrive MR.

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9 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

The panel on SEN this morning raised an interesting discussion.

Should a team be stripped of the 4 points had the team won if the player tested positive on that particular game day?

In horse racing a win is taken away when a horse returns a positive swab on the day, I understand it’s a totally different scenario and more an individual competition but, how many players would need to test positive on ‘ Game Day’ for points to be stripped?

Also, is positive testing on match day included in the 3 strike policy?

  1. Yes
  2. Game day illicit drug taking is treated as performance enhancing so different drug code
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3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Peter Gordon on ABC:

Drug was banned on match day only... Defence may be that it was not taken within 24 hours of playing

Nice try Pete, but if it’s still in your system, it is still enhancing performance. When it was taken is irrelevant.

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Imagine if one of his teammates also had tested pos and WADA came down hard on Collingwood for 2 pos players! AFL kick them out of the finals like Essendrug was. Melbourne beat GWS on Sunday and finish top 4!

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37 minutes ago, old dee said:

Yes  Lewis was the classic shoot the messenger. 

Sadly that basket is overflowing nothing has gone in there in a long time they just lie on the floor till the cleaners arrive MR.

od, i think the too-hard-basket got replaced by a 40m3 skip years ago

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7 minutes ago, Mach5 said:

Nice try Pete, but if it’s still in your system, it is still enhancing performance. When it was taken is irrelevant.

no...not performance enhancing... like the Saad energy drink ... different rules

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1 hour ago, rjay said:

I wouldn't be casting too many stones on this one 'brendan'...

It's a problem in all clubs from what I hear, big problem.

From an article in 2002...

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/lewis-drug-accusation-isnt-that-far-off-the-mark-lyon-20020309-gdf52z.html

You would have to be mad to think it has improved...

"Things go Better", seems to be the choice these days.

Young men, risk takers, time and money...plenty of hangers on.

This. 

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