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Report, all 48 pages of it are here: http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Arbitral_Award_WADA_ESSENDON.pdf

Always felt that the 4 years for Melksham factored in what we're now confronted with. Hopefully the payments took this into account as well. He still has plenty of football left in him, and will be available from next year when we start to get a decent tilt at finals etc. He'll also come back mad as hell and ready to tear the heads off live chickens, which will come in handy.

Closest to the pin? Guilty 18 months less provisional = 13 ½ (god knows when the start date would be though ...)

Smokey of the year: Brendan McCartney.

There's a report on the Melbourne Board at BF.

All will be revealed in the fullness of time I imagine. But not sure who we'd top up with ... give James Magner another run? Come back Mark Jamar, all is forgiven?

Week of the 11th - next week. Will come up here somewhere: http://www.tas-cas.org/en/index.html

He's been running and training the whole time, just no contact.

Agree, but at this age, all of them are still growing in one way or another.

Going a bit early with the "prone to injury"? Both Christian's injuries were the result of accidents, as opposed to a player like Hunt who has spent two years on the sidelines with back issues, or players like Taggert or Tapscott who kept breaking down. As for Chris Dawes ...

Frustrating for all of us, but he's only a kid, and in the scheme of things, this won't have any impact on his career, or in reality, this season. I would have been surprised if he'd played all games, so maybe he'll have to ease into it. He wasn't even in full training as it was. In the meantime, he gets 4to6 weeks in the naughty corner to reflect upon the responsibilities that come with being a professional athlete. We all learn from our mistakes, and presumably Christian will as well.

... Roos sounds suitably p*ssed off: “Christian’s rehab up until this point has been going really well, but when you’re an AFL player, you need to understand that everything you do impacts your ability to prepare and contribute to the team and this incident is clearly an interruption. ... It’s a harsh lesson for Christian, but one we are sure he is going to learn from as he develops as an AFL player.”

Confirmed on club site

Didn't stop him getting 40 goals. (just saying ...)

If there's an interview with a player, they're criticised because it's "only words" and meaningless. If there's no interview with players, the club is criticised because of a lack of communication. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. (Not sure what exactly people expect them to say ...)

My dad's football acumen is bigger than your dad's football acumen.

None of the above. It was reviewed, it was discussed, and the club (obviously) came to a different conclusion to you.

Only if he doesn't learn from them. We all make poor decisions at one time or another.

Google not working? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-13/second-coach-implicated-in-essendon-crisis/4626450 The ABC's 7.30 has obtained text messages between Goodwin and Dank which detail Goodwin repeatedly asking the sports scientist to keep him personally supplied with "the good stuff". In a text message sent by Goodwin to Dank at the end of June 2012, Goodwin wrote to Dank "Don't forget the good gear today buddy." Then on July 5, 2012, Goodwin again wrote to Dank, "Don't forget the good gear mate." Six days later, Goodwin wrote to Dank, "Bring some of the good stuff in buddy." The next day, on July 12, 2012, Goodwin wrote to Dank "Sorry mate forgot to see you yesterday. Am heading to Adelaide today can you please bring some of the good stuff in buddy." Dank has told 7.30 that the "the good stuff" is a reference to Hexarelin. On Saturday 7.30 contacted Goodwin, who declined to comment, citing ASADA's current investigation.

No it wasn't, it was sent from Goodwin to Dank.

Thread heading into unchartered territory.

For which he made the club pay.

I think you're arguing that though it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it could still be a warthog. Have you ever signed a consent form for something that didn't happen?

Week of Jan 11 according to CAS site: THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) TO ISSUE ITS DECISION IN THE ESSENDON CASE IN JANUARY 2016 Lausanne, 22 December 2015 – Following a consultation with all parties concerned, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed that it will not issue its decision in the arbitration procedure between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and 34 current and former players of Essendon FC before the week commencing 11 January 2016. … The Arbitral Award is currently being finalised and is likely to be notified to the parties during the week commencing 11 January 2016. The exact date of notification will be announced in due course.

Dedicated thread?