biggestred

To be fair, allowing provisionally suspended players to train is fair enough. Youd be very upset if you werent allowed to train and then were found innocent.

Pretty good too considering that asada had both the federal police and deloitte investigate for leaks and both found nothing! I wonder where the leaks came from...Also it occurs that if an essendon player has told the truth that all the privacy would be needed to protect his identity from essendon fans. We saw how essendon went after kyle riemers.

If he had an issue with the system he should have bought it up when ASADA was formed and before he signed his AFL coach registration.

Two years on: Key decisions remain to be made in Essendon supplements saga

"Our players have less rights than the average Australian citizen" Uhh hirdy, its not about their rights as citizens. Its about the contracts they signed to be able to play afl and the conditions that then apply. They arent going to jail, they will just not be able to play AFL. If i signed a contract and part of it was that i would be sacked or suspended if i failed a drugs test or if there was evidenceto suggest i had taken drugs, id expect to be sacked or suspended! Hird considers High Court action

You can't boycott something you're already suspended for.

Knee soreness

If the bombers have players banned and finish last, i will be disgusted if they get pick 1. If they get banned for 2 years i will be even more filthy if they get a PP. Although i think the entire league would go nuts

How to improve game day experience. 1. Have a curtain raiser. 2. No shitty songs at full volume. 3. No shitty ads at full volume. 4. No pre-game [censored]. 5. Luke warm 4n20 with sauce while watching the curtain raiser. 6. No betting odds 7. The prospect of actually watching a win/close game. The end

If/when the players lose at the tribunal and are suspended for 18months etc they will appeal. Essendon will just claim its all bulldust and that the afl and asada are incompetent.

Pretty sure its a parody [censored] take. (The twitter account/post) At least, i hope it is!

Hahaha theres a guy on twitter who reckons whats happening to hird is like what happened to mandela Now ive stopped laughing... wow.

The whole club needs at least a year ban. Sorry but a systematic doping regime that possibly involved more than just 1 illegal drug followed by obfuscation and legal action at every step putting the health of players in their care in danger deserves it. The rest of the comp will have to suck it up with a bye and a reminder to never fail their players so badly themselves.

Was always ever only going to take 1 "rat in the ranks" to bust essendon wide open, especially once theyd seen the evidence ASADA had gathered over 18 months.

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/sport/opinion/patrick-smith-opinion-time-to-move-on-james-hird/story-e6frg7uo-1227202811849?sv=b8f77a6f118e18a17e12149e3b2af971#.VMvwCP7wZe8.twitter

http://m.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/james-hird-considering-high-court-action-seems-staggering-but-its-not-about-money-for-essendon-coach-writes-mark-robinson/story-e6frf3e3-1227202676160 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2jTFEhi7A1CNGdkTnAxaUVKRDA/edit?usp=docslist_api

The players were not duped. They accepted what went into their bodies. They are responsible.

Unanimous decision too Not to mentiom costs. Looks like the tribunal will find the players guilty in time as well... Cant see anything less than 18 month bans, if not 2 years. Port melbourne to take the bombers spot?

Clear us to play But if you we wont play I mean. Wtf.

http://m.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/essendon-players-could-boycott-nab-challenge-games-if-afl-backdates-anti-doping-bans/story-e6frf3e3-1227201050379 How good is the spin here?

Except that they now owe caro an apology as it appears essendon were going to sack hird.

I was more working backwards... ie if hirds done it to his whole team, what was he doing as a player?

Systematic team doping is what armstrong would have done one day if he'd never been caught and took charge of his own team... hmm

Makes you wonder about his playing career.

I was sure a Provisional Suspension meant you couldnt train with your team.