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Fropm the Herald Sun (via Adelaide Advertiser): All-Australian selector Kevin Bartlett says Jobe Watson cannot keep 2012 honour from AFL team of the year ALL-Australian selector Kevin Bartlett is questioning how Essendon captain Jobe Watson is retaining his place in the 2012 AFL team of the year after being stripped of the Brownlow Medal. The AFL Commission has ruled Watson - the only Essendon player in the 2012 All-Australian team - can remain in the team of the year because there is no “eligibility criteria” for this award. But Bartlett notes a breach of the ASADA and WADA codes for using performance-enhancing drugs is to be met with “all awards, prizes and honours being stripped”. “If you are cold-blooded about it, you cannot understand how the AFL has differentiated between the Brownlow Medal and the All-Australian team,” said Barlett, a member of the 2012 selection panel. “The AFL Commission says it was a no-brainer to take the Brownlow Medal from Watson. If you are cold-blooded, you would have to take away all the other awards and honours too. “In this case, the AFL has adhered to the rules in one instance (the Brownlow Medal) and not the other (the All-Australian team). “What a mess this saga has been.” google (Jobe should lose all-australian spot :KB)

Certainly is. These and others often trigger bonuses in player's contracts.

oh but the AFL defines their world in shades of grey, didn't you know !!

sue who though ?

Certainly a validity to this thinking I concede.

Titus must read DLand...for sure

Nails it doesnt he ..lol

actually I would be the same

that assumes his eligibility.

now you're getting to the heart of the matter mess !!

The most sage of all comments to date about this IWS What you suppose is ENTIRELY possible and more likely PROBABLE Hence the most logical of outocmes is to vacate the wiinner for this year, and leave as such.

Jab exhibits all the integrity of.......the AFL !!

It hasn't There may well yet come that day Saty , you wake up ( light bulb moment ) ....Ahhhh I get it now !!

Sorry Saty On more than one occasion they ' neglected' to inform ASADA fully what and how often they were taking supplements. They deliberately withheld known information. That's lying.

long live the forum

Saty and similar ilk; Mines far from a pack thinking mentality. Dare I say i was among a handful from the beginning who urged and directed this be taken seriously. That's not to blow my own trumpet per se, just to put context on where I've been the whole time. The horse carrying any credibility for the likes of Robbo, Warner and a whole swag of others shot through long ago. As we have seen this past week, there's a lot in the Media with agendas and a fair slice of the media itself bias. Some of us just think for ourselves.

Thats what was presented to the public as his reason to not particpate.

I can see where some wouldl say there is a void to fill if Jobe disqualified ( when ..really ) . My preference though is for a 'no winner" result. This is some respects pays respect to the medal itself.

Which again reinforces the idea that Essendon is still nothing more than a club that would rather get away with what it can rather than aim high and do what it should.

No one will ever convince me the likes of Watson didnt realise it wasn't quite on the up and up. .

They maybe the same I knew of..Amazingly they both were desperately unfortunate to have relatives with terminal conditions requiring medical needs beyond their purchase Such a shame. I hope they all faired well in the end

This thread is the equivalent of Seinfeld. God knows how you would apply a definition to any discussion in order to be able to qualify any derailing. Bit like applying a grid to chaos theory really.

He has had a long time to ponder his actions. They speak as often do louder than words. There is no honour in what he's done, only personal expedience.

it encourages it !!!!

ET....should be banned for that...lol