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Hmm. Not quite. WADA sets the protocols, oversees the research, certifies the labs etc. etc. However, they do NOT do any testing themselves. ASADA and equivalent organisations in each country do the dirty work in making sure the WADA code is followed and implemented by the national sporting bodies. For example, for the US version, USADA: "Its work includes in-competition and out-of-competition testing, the results management and adjudication process, the provision of drug reference resources, the therapeutic-use exemption process, various scientific research initiatives, and athlete and outreach education."

There's no problem. You don't have to be found guilty of illegal drug use to be guilty of a WADA/ASADA infringement. Exhibit A: Wade Lees. Never took anything, in fact, never even had the products he was connected with in his possession. There are plenty of similar cases. Further, the onus is on the player/athlete to prove their innocence, not on ASADA to prove their guilt.

That's true of every newspaper in the world these days.

There are no circumstances where breaking someone's jaw "may well be considered reasonable". None.

You mean the footy matches that start in 4 months? That no-one is ready for yet, those footy matches? CD has had a knee op/clean up, has been cycling, working on aerobic fitness - also presumably in the gym. Apparently ready to start running etc. from Xmas. Maybe see how he's travelling in February.

Lots of experts on Altitude training out in force today.

On the basis of what I've experienced with mine, would agree with the first part (natural leaders), but not the second (personality). My son grew up with the same band from kindergarten through to high school, and the leader for the whole time was a little kid that you'd hardly even notice, at least on first meeting. He was the quietest and tended to always be in the background - but he was also the quickest at sizing up a situation and working out what was what, and especially, the best at making things happen. He also knew how to stay out of the quarrels. I know nothing specifically of LT, though I get the gist. Certainly, with so many new faces around the group, would have thought it had considerable benefits in fast-tracking and driving the kind of culture we need to be putting in place.

Remarkable thread for Demonland. I feel calmer just having read it.

Close thread. Should never even have started.

Hakuna matata. Pay attention ...

That was a few years ago. Not saying you're wrong, but he wouldn't be the first person for whom the penny dropped once they reached 25.

Just to put that in context, apart from Adelaide/Essendon who basically had no picks, her assessment of us (8/10) was the lowest she gave. Most clubs got 9's or above.

This from BF: "You guys have got yourselves a real gem, both on and off the field in Jay. Went to school with the guy and can say unequivocally that he is one of the best young leaders I've come across, I cannot state this enough."

Not sure about "hear an observation" either, sailing pretty close to the wind there.

… reposted in the absence of a Like button. Time to recheck the calibration on the joke-detectors people.

Good clubs get it right? Have a look at Hawthorn's first round picks 2002 - 2006, or Sydney 2006 - 2008 - there are some massive fails in there. You constantly reduce every debate to simplistic catch phrases that at the end of the day are both meaningless and inaccurate.

Yeah, close enough. Lebanese.

You sure? I thought it was the other way around, that only 35 DID play 100 games. I know that from the draft overall, only 13% get to play 100 games, and a third never play a single game. Sorry, digression perhaps!

Now corrected, upgraded rookie at Richmond. As expected ...

RIcky Petterd to the Swans??

Salem. There you go.

No surprises so far.

Obvious? What's obvious after 1 season? Let's wait a couple of years shall we.

Do you think any of us want to read you bag Mark Neeld again and again again?

They are by definition elite 18 year old athletes. Who may or may not be elite at 21.