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Another AFL season tainted by the Essendon scandal

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Live coverage http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2015-02-19/live-coverage-intraclub

Pre match entertainment comprising of a 1 VFL match involving our 2nds. Casey. 2 Silence 1/2 time entertainment comprising of 1 Replays of 1st half highlights 2 Silence Post match 1 Playing its a grand old flag 2 Play it again & again until my voice gives out.

Again I had to read it twice to catch your meaning. Well played Mr Tabasco.

Wanchors, is that a navy term for weigh anchor? Any way its about 5 kilos.

Its a bit [censored]tatorial really, like Stalin or Hitler. Not sure on the spelling had to look it up in a [censored]tionary.

As well as a like button should we have a dislike button? And if you get too many dislikes you are sin binned for a period, a form of peer review system.

After several years of injuries to players during the pre-season the club thought this may help. Unfortunately a few players experienced bad punctures and will be out 4-2-6 weeks.

Fair point, should have said.... more reasoned source.. I think they all have a barrow to push, when I have a choice I prefer biases based on intellectual differences rather than fiscal needs. I have a deep seated mistrust of all media, but we have to get information from somewhere.

Even the auto censor didn't like Essendons coach

From :- http://www.inbrief.co.uk/sports-law/doping-in-team-sports.htm Doping in Team Sports If a member of a team is found guilty of a doping offence does this affect the whole team or just the individual player? There have been many instances within sport where individual athletes have been found guilty of a doping offence and so have received an automatic ban in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code. If an individual athlete is found to be in breach of this code then they face a strict liability punishment of a two year ban for their first offence and life for the second offence. The fact that the offence of doping is strictly liable means that it will apply regardless of whether that person was aware of taking that banned substance or whether they intended to enhance their performance by taking the substance. Two of the most renowned sports for problems with doping are track events in the world of athletics and cycling. Both of these sports are perceived as individual sports but it is often the case that the individuals enter the events as part of a team. It has been in this area that we have seen examples of teams being disqualified for the failure of a doping test by one of the members of that team.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code Article 11 of the WADA Code states the following: Where more than one team member in a team sport has been notified of a possible anti-doping rule violation the team shall be subject to target testing for the event. If more than one team member in a team sport is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation during the event, the team may be subject to disqualification or other disciplinary action.Article 11 further qualifies this above provision by stating the following:In sports which are not team sports but where awards are given to teams, disqualification or other disciplinary action against the team when one or more team members have committed an anti-doping rule violation shall be provided for in the rules of the requisite International Federation.Thus following article 11 we can see that in sports such as athletics or cycling whereby the athletes compete as individuals but in some cases as part of a team it is up to the International Federation of that particular sport to make the final decision on punishment. Example of when Article 11 came into play The second part of Article 11 was cited as the reason that the British mens 4 x 100m relay squad was stripped of their gold medals following the positive doping test submitted by team member Dwain Chambers. Chambers was subsequently banned but the only punishment his teammates suffered was in being disqualified from the event and therefore losing their medals. What is the case in traditional team sports such as football? More often than not in sports such as football as it is a team game involving a large number of players as squad members throughout a prolonged season it is not necessary to disqualify or provide disciplinary action against the team involved. Often being without the services of that player for a prolonged period of time will be deemed enough punishment. Similarly if more than one player is found guilty of doping the team may face such disciplinary action in the form of a fine but it is unlikely they will face disqualification from a particular competition. There has, however, been one particular case which went as far as the Court of Arbitration for Sport where it was argued that a team should be disqualified from a competition due to the failure of a drugs test by one team member. Wales vs. UEFA In the case of Wales vs. UEFA the Welsh football team lost out to Russia in a play off for the European Championships of 2004. Subsequently one of the Russian team failed a doping test which he took after the first leg of the encounter of which he was an unused substitute. He then played 60 minutes of the second leg encounter before the news of his failed test was apparent. Wales argued that not only should the player be banned but Russia should also be disqualified from the tournament meaning that Wales would take their place. UEFA dismissed the claim saying that Wales were unable to prove that the player was under the influence of the performance enhancer during the second match and that the doping controls contained within the UEFA code of conduct were directed at the player and not the team. The case was taken before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) despite UEFAs claim that the CAS has no jurisdiction to adjudicate on such matters.What was the decision of the CAS? The CAS also held that Russia should be able to compete in the tournament as the Football Association of Wales were unable to prove that the Russian Federation were actually implicated in their player taking the drug.So what can we draw from this case? The fact that the Football Association of Wales were able to get this case before the CAS showing that the CAS does have in fact have authority to adjudicate over the doping laws laid down by sporting International Governing Bodies means that the governing bodies will have to align their rules to those of international codes such as the WADA Code or face continual appeal to the CAS. Furthermore this means that we are a step closer to achieving consistency across the board in relation to doping controls within sport. ------ It is not clear from this source if a team penalty applies. No reference is made to the team initiating the breach. I am sure that a team initiated offence would carry the greatest penalty.

And they will change the channel numbers around. You will have to watch Pro Bull Riding or Synchronized Swimming for eternity.

OD I hope you are wrong although your logic is impeccable. I will see the next flag, I refuse to die until it happens. Another 50 years may be pushing it, nah I'll only be 107.

When you consider the trouble that Faifax are in it is little wonder that they run around beating up stories. As quoted by the Fairfax press, an emailed statement from John Klepec chief development officer of Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting said: “A series of bad decisions made by the leadership team has instead increased the number of publication errors and reduced the company’s performance to cover news to standards expected to maintain the credibility of some of the oldest and finest newspaper mastheads in the country… Should the Fairfax Media leadership change, we may consider a future role in the company.” Fairfax the owner of 3AW and The Age need to increase revenue. In a media company that means advertising, adverting is driven by numbers of viewers, listeners and readers. They need exclusive stories, if you don't have one make one up or stretch the truth. This is a shameful and ultimately self defeating practice. I for one am sick of the inaccuracies in the media, further I distrust all commercial media and choose the ABC as a reasoned source of information. Edit:- last part of sentence should read.... I distrust all commercial media and choose the ABC as a more reasoned source of information.

Sorry, earlier I posted a you tube clip, which I removed. I didn't play the full clip when I posted it. It was in poor taste. Anyway the moral to the message was the Essendon players can kiss their aszes goodbye. Edit:- Backflip after stuff up. I had an Abbott earlier. So I made a captains call and removed the evidence.

OD I hope that is because your eyesight has failed. Perhaps you could listen.

64 was not our last flag, it was our most recent. Its does feel like the last one though.

If we have players injured by these fill ins what are our legal rights? Let's say James Magner (who I like) just for the fun of it runs through Hogan or Jones (Good luck with that) and causes a serious injury. Do we offer to play a 2nd team to protect our stars? Why is our preparation compromised because the cheats are still in the competition for the time being? Is it a coincidence that Essendon are playing the bottom 3 sides? Don't the bottom sides matter? What would Collingwood or Hawthorn have to say?

Mr Little, already one of Australia's wealthiest people with a net worth of $820 million and chairman of the AFL football club Essendon, will make some $340 million from the deal. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/not-so-little-meet-the-340m-winner-in-japan-posts-takeover-of-toll-20150218-13h0ti.html#ixzz3S3Mhf2eb

SA clubs raided by Essendon, not even contacted. Essendon continue with arrogant disregard for everyone other than themselves http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-02-18/bomber-raids-an-invasion I hope these sh1ts rot in hell.

I just had a horrible thought, what if they start winning games or a flag with rejects like, Ben Rutten Jonathon Brown Mitch Robinson Luke Ball Nick Maxwell Brad Sewell Dom Cassisi Lenny Hayes Ryan O'Keefe Lewis Roberts-Thompson Dean Cox Daniel Giansircusa I feel sick.

Gil McLachlan ....."The reality is there is a possibility this plays out and Essendon fielding different players may apply to the home and away (season). http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-02-17/mclachlans-hope-for-dons Edit:- Highlight ---- Read that line twice, that is a big statement!

Kia http://www.kia.com.au/about-kia/contact-kia Fujitsu https://www.fujitsugeneral.com.au/help-centre/contactus TrueValue Solar http://www.truevaluesolar.com.au/contact-us/ leave message Adidas http://www.adidas-group.com/en/service/contact/ HostPlus [email protected] Red Energy https://www.redenergy.com.au/contactus/webForm If anyone is interested in maintaining the rage against Essendon, here is a list of their sponsors that I have sent a message of complaint to. Some are easy some a little more difficult, but I feel much better for having done it. I didn't bother sending one to Toll. Edit this is roughly what I sent.. .I am disappointed that your company supports the Essendon Football Club. I would hope the ethics of your company are not the same as the Essendon Football Club. I tell all my friends to boycott companies that support the Essendon Football Club.

As one of my very early coaches told me, "the thumbs are the shock absorbers of marking a football" Not rocket science.