Mazer Rackham

Look at it this way. Why did the Bombers lash out at the AFL, ASADA, WADA, etc, etc, sack their CEO, sack their football boss, sack their high performance manager, wage a PR war through the media, try to get the Feds to kill off the investigation .... But the bloke who did the injecting has been treated with kid gloves. It's like they don't want to provoke him. Why?

Hear hear. They tried to dope their way to a flag. Not a few rogue players trying to get an edge. The club. Nearly the whole team, with the connivance of the coaches and administrators, were on a cocktail of performance enhancers. When the AFL found out, they tried to cover it up. They weren't interested in the corruption of their comp, until it became public knowledge. Only then did they haul arse to "get to the bottom of it" while at the same time trying to minimise the punishment. We won't hear the whole story until a jacked off player spills his guts, some 10 or more likely 20 years in the future when it's ground away at him to the point where it's too much to bear any longer. TL;DR: the club doped up big time and the AFL tried to get them off. Never forget.

Classic logic error. "If the police had been on the ball they would have put in place better security and I wouldn't have been able to rob that bank."

God. it must burn Hird up. Knowing that they'll all be in a very good place when the truth comes out. I suppose it's the AFL, Demetriou, McLachlan, ASADA, WADA, CAS, Fed police, ALP, Worksafe, and the boy scouts all colluding to prevent it. Can't be any other explanation.

Double negative. "Thompson never understood why Essendon self-reported on that fateful February day in 2013 because the key figures in the football department were adamant no prohibited substances were given to their players." Fixed.

How about ... under certain circumstances. The Pies to win, with each of their 22 belting an EFC player and copping 6 weeks.

You are forgetting that on April 25, they are "heroes". (Somehow) Best result: Collingwood thrash them. Then Eddie on an emotional high extends Buckley's contract for 2 more years.

Fear not. There is rich assortment of numpties from all clubs regularly calling in to SEN.

Bringing the game into disrepute ... Jesus, don't try that one on. Dean Bailey banned from coaching. Chris Connolly ... banned from and and all admin roles. Very protective of the good name of their comp, the AFL are. But somehow ... Trevor Nisbett ... still CEO of WCE. AFL. Don't try them on when it comes to drugs. They're tough as.

It's an editorial decision. Any criticism of Hird would be bad for his mental health. (Robbo's, I mean.)

Don't really want to debate the whole thing all over again. Agree others have culpability. But one bloke set the thing in motion.

Of course he does. When the whole thing blew up, his first thought was to cover it up. He was prepared to let large scale drug cheating go unpunished, to protect the income stream. But. He tried to warn them off it, months before. And as he said, he didn't inject anyone. Who started the whole mess, who didn't heed the warnings, who recklessly brought this disrepute on the game, still affecting it years later, who has failed to take responsibility? The heat is not disproportionate. No, Oz head of News Ltd (EFC supporter and Hird tragic), pulling some strings.

Just coming back to this point. It annoys the hell out of me. If the HS believe that the AFL were running their story through Caro, as a front, then surely the new story is exactly that. Why do the AFL need to go through a journo -- they have their own media people -- and why need to "tell a story". What do the AFL have to hide? is the journo's obvious angle. But the HS decide that the angle is to counter their rival by being a front for another player in the saga. Yes, I know ... what do I expect ... of course all publications have overarching agendas. But this ethos of cheerleading, vendettas, and casual disregard for the truth is the damage done to journalism worldwide by Murdoch. And Damon Johnson and his ilk can't see a problem with that.

Newman is exactly the kind of fool who finds people like Trump impressive.

The mind of Sam Newman ,,, the first Grand Prix in Albert Park was beset by controversy, from people wanting justification of the benefits, to the save Albert Park people, to local traders [censored] off that the punters were bussed right past them to the Crown casino doors, etc. But the race itself was judged to be a success. In the immediate aftermath, Sam went on radio saying this: "It just shows .... never, ever, listen to the minority." Good one Sam. The thinking man's fool. This interview will be full of leading questions, Barnum statements and thinly disguised swipes at the AFL and "the authorities" (you may substitute whichever authorities get on your goat).

Murdoch's World. An ethics-free zone.

The sanctimony of Team Sky combined with their propensity to create huge amounts of smoke while at the same time claiming there is no fire, makes the whole thing as suspect as it was when Armstrong was running the show.

What I would like to know is how do a couple of fruitloops and ne'er-do-wells like Alan "Mr Objectivity" Hird and Bruce "Not at all unhinged" Francis have the clout to get up a Senate Estimates Committee?

"I'm not pro-drugs in sport, I just wish to undermine all the agencies who protect us from drugs in sport." Just remember .... he's SIR Bradley. That makes him half Aussie to start with. The mother country! Now take those Chinese!!! swimmers. And those Russian!!! weightlifters. You can see from just the look in their eyes and see they're drug cheats. You don't even need a tribunal or an investigation. It's clear someone in Team Sky went rogue. Just look for the person for whom everyone looks the other way and pretends they don't even exist, while attacking every other person or institution involved.

I'm sure they will. The leaker thinks the Hun is their friend. They are wrong. The Hun will do this to sell papers. If it helps the EFC cause somehow, well and good, but selling is first and foremost. This is an abjectly pathetic attempt to throw mud at primarily the AFL, followed by ASADA, followed by WADA, CAS, the ALP, the coalition, ANZUS, the EU, ASEAN, APEC, G20, and the world in general. Whoever is doing it is sadly misguided in their belief that this is gaining them something. It will go nowhere and simply drag the sorry affair out for longer and prolong the misery. For schadenfreude aficionados, it's all good, but overall it's pretty sad.

Sydney Swans, Lance Franklin, Luke Parker fined for breaking drug rules Phew! Talk about tough on drugs. Don't cross the AFL when it comes to drugs or you won't know what hit you. It just shows, the AFL are determined to penalise any infringement when it comes to drugs in sport. Even the smallest infringement!

Yes indeed ... 'twas she that gave to time to many fruits and nuts on her show, including the infamous Bruce Francis, and ran the hard hitting interview with Sir James (at the "Ethics Institute" no less!). Peake ... if his legal practice is anything like his spots on SEN and his ads for the car dealer, the Justice for the 34 are likely to be sadder and poorer at the end of this. The guy makes Robbo look like Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi rolled into one.

Last time this guy tried this same caper, the AFL eagles were able to very quickly out-manoeuvre him and close him down. I would be amazed if they don't make this vanish equally quickly. Their lawyers are better than his (ie, him).

"The police are clearly at fault. If they had had more officers on duty I would not have been able to rob that bank. Also the government should have had stricter penalties, to deter me from doing this deed. Which I never did by the way."

Whatever floats your boat. You can even barrack for him if you prefer.