daisycutter

i'd say it was the vibe of whole thing........and the constitution.....and mabo.....

that doesn't mean cas will accept any appeal. still would be another step required before an appeal could go ahead

great solution........and just up the afl's alley of being too clever by half

was he guilty at the tribunal "beyond reasonable doubt"?

team balance jnr, just team balance

i'd say it was "beyond reasonable doubt", r&b

quite! i think it must be a typo. meant to be 5m?

but he hasn't dropped a single mark, right?

lol - i hope that doesn't mean you are taking psychedelic drugs, bub

exactly. the afl signed up to wada and its "beyond reasonable doubt" that is what they are obliged to and stuck with. they can't just jump midstream

technically, of course. but their realistic choice is pretty obvious. to not disqualify watson would be to reject what wada and sports integrity stands for i think at the moment they have been testing the waters by sending out (leaking) messages via their acolytes in their usual mo of "situation management" instead of showing some leadership by taking a stance on principles as opposed to vested interests. if they cave in they may as well leave wada, if they don't they have still shot themselves in the foot by their usual duplicity

don't get too excited, bub, it's just practice

CAS has ruled the players took peds, forget how they arrived at that. further more it coincided with the year watson won the brownlow. he therefore played that year illegally and potentially assisted by peds and had an unfair advantage procedurally it is pretty straight forward where the afl responsibilities lie. by joining wada the afl has ceded jurisdiction on peds to wada once the appeal date is reached without an appeal being lodged it should be an automatic decision. the only real decision is whether it should be awarded retrospectively to others or made void. so far they have handled this affair with a lack of leadership and integrity, which is fast becoming their hallmark, but not so unique in professional sport these days.

you seriously think the afl executive can set themselves judicially above an international court on the question of guilt? the afl have no option in this matter. if they do as you suggest they may as well leave wada. you can't be within and without the laws of wada concurrently and have any credibility. oh wait .................this is the afl

please doc, promise to never discuss chaos theory with slobbo. i shudder to think how he could exrapolate exploit that

but only if they thought so

mr wobbly apparently, by his own description he is a an ex aust cricketer (played a handful of tests) and an essendon coterie member. look up wikipedia oh.......and a nutter

if the tv delay > radio delay then you are stuffed. you can't speed up the video

that's maisie?

i think he meant to say "safe sex"

that's the bit i don't like. the media are already too incestuous/controlled by the afl. we need more separation and independence of the media won't happen, but, especially as the general media shrinks and the afl have their own fully fledged media department

my brain hurts

wot? only 88 quarters this year, wyl?

suspect the club had a little chat on the side with the afl, tpf. after all that's how they operate now