beelzebub
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The AFL will love this spin.....those nasty WADA ppl !!! -
Robinson must be staying up late with his crayons . Cheers for heads up DC
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And that argument might go on for years
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Watson played a very clever game, class has nothing to do with it. Street smarts maybe Apple Tree...say no more
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DC I dont think any year's outcome has ever been tainted as this particular one. I can fully understand...."a tent foot pole " in terms of thinking. If the AFL had any nuance of intellect it would indeed just void this year( the one concerned). But we already probably can deduce how it will p[lay out.
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The hypocrisy is just mind boggling. The media, those at Awful House, the now " sanctified victims " The more it goes on the further it gets from the original transgression/felony !! The simplicity of the foul has now been oh o cleverly clouded in obfuscation that the many will never now understand the heinous and complicit nature of the original ruse. Danks walks free. Hird still smells of lavender to some. The players have been punished but they can consider themselves ( for mine ) damn lucky. I hope , fervently, Goodwin was only ancillary to all of this. "Bomber" and Weapon must be chuckling big time. And all the whiles the greatest culprit really will never be brought to answer, the AFL itself !! There are those for want of serendipity or a good dose of "dilligaf" just want the music to go on, hail mary , kum bi yah and let the game commence. Season 2017 will start and the crowds will gloss over anything that went before. As the chorus of excitement builds to a crescendo the resonance will echo at AFL house and the Gils of this world will smile knowingly. And they will have learnt nothing ....and the grass will still be green.......
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Jobe, should have handed it back ages ago. Had any appeal exonerated him he could have had it back. Hes full of shlt for mine.
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Yeah.....nah !!!
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Nbn National bloody nuisance. An absolute joke. Was severely compromised from the get go. Whoever designed it was a nong. Spent 12 years as a systems engineer and our little band of brethren even when i gave it away in 2005 could see its inbuilt limitations. Only stupidity and arrogance combined with ignorance has allowed it to still be happening. Should have chucked out and started again....(before they actually started ) Billions wasted.Beuracratic bs of highest order
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....and that's a wrap !!!
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Titus's take on it all ( well the Charlie ) love this bit ""On the one hand, ASADA, WADA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Federal Tribunal all say Jobe took a performance enhancing substance. Yet, he’s apparently a really good bloke, makes a mean coffee and a lot of people feel he didn’t take anything illegal. You can see why this is so difficult for the AFL Commission. Those things cancel each other out.""
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Strangley enough when in Banff last Christmas, we stopped at a night vendors stand. They were selling shots !!. When its whatever frigging temp it is BELOW , Shots seem a really good idea One particular beverage was indeed Maple Syrup infused Whisky.. Now if you dont like it MD....just send all you can to me please That stuff is YUMMO !!
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You cant take something against your wishes AND without knowledge. To be against wishes IS to have knowledge
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An excellent article by Tim Lane The AFL Commission needs to deal in fact. Two facts to be precise. As you may or may not get behind the paywall, probably the most poignant of all points is that which many here have been saying for a long while; The Charlie is about the Best and Fairest.. Tim puts it as : "The first is the description of the fundamental criteria designed to determine the outcome of the game's most coveted individual honour. The Brownlow Medal is an award for the 'best' and the 'fairest' player in each year. The time-honoured matter of 'fairest' continues to be treated with sufficient seriousness by the AFL that a player who is suspended – even for one week – due to an offence committed in that season, is automatically rendered ineligible for the award. Which you'd think locks the gate on a player hit with a two-year suspension for an 'unfairness' violation. " Having already noted that suspension will negate your ability to win the Brownlow , and that this can be as a result of a less than conscious felony of the game then surely you have to treat being in breach of Anti_Doping in the same light/ "Well, 'fair' has two relevant meanings. The first connotes to playing within the rules, and here – many would argue – the Essendon star has long been beyond reproach. He has always appeared to be a fair and honourable footballer. He has, nevertheless, found himself in breach of the WADA code. It's the second meaning of 'fair', though, which unambiguously trips Watson up. For this meaning relates to competing with one's rivals on a level playing field. Athletes who dope, or who are doped – even if unconsciously – can't possibly claim that they competed in a way that was fair to their rivals. Put simply, if a player is found to have been in breach of the WADA code, he is adjudged to have gained an unfair advantage. Intent doesn't come into it." I shan't quote the entire article but he does make an interesting argument. I would however wish to point out to Mr Lane that Jobe Watson has indeed been found guilty of NOT playing within the rules. The issue of the Brownlow does indeed not require 'intent". I would think though there is sufficient evidence to show that the 34 did indeed intend to flout the rules. Any which way. I do concur Mr Lane. The AFL has no real decision to make. Its really made for them. What is the question is do they have the moral fibre to carry it out?
