binman

Just 2 and 3?

Wines is overrated and has reached his peak. We made the right move. The Toump will prove to be a genius choice and will put Wines in the shade.

unless you are Carlton or collingwood

Yes that is the first release I posted. The second came out immediately after the big ACCA news conference in Feb 2013. And what does a failure to ask for reparation have to do with anything? I was responding to comments that the aflpa were soft on drug use

And before you say well that wasn't 'back when it first got daylight' there is this media release and quote from it (Friday 8 February 2013) http://aflagents.com.au/news/post/afl_playerss_association_media_statement The report released by the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) is deeply disturbing. It contains allegations that go to the heart of the integrity of sport in Australia and the health and wellbeing of athletes. The use of performance enhancing drugs is cheating and carries serious health risks for players. It has no place in football. That the ACC Report found the health and wellbeing of players can be so drastically compromised in the pursuit of performance is incredibly alarming and an absolute blight on professional sport in this country. Whilst athletes need to accept personal responsibility, what is apparent is that culpability for unethical practice varies and extends to a range of individuals and organizations. In many respects some of the findings point to an absolute failure in governance and oversight of coaches and officials which is alarming given the dangers to which the failures have exposed players in terms of both their careers and their health.

http://aflagents.com.au/news/post/afl_players_ceo_matt_finnis_-_media_statement A quote from the above statement: My overwhelming reaction to this is simple. This must never happen again. This is simply too important to get lost amid the legal manoeuvres surrounding this issue. This cannot be about taking sides or drawing battle lines. We cannot, as an industry, look the players in the eye unless we do everything in our power to ensure that no player is put in such a position. I want to make it very clear, for the Players’ Association this has never been limited to the specific status of a substance such as AOD9604 under the WADA Code. This is much broader. The health and welfare of players is something that cannot and must not be compromised in any way. I am asking all of our industry to do whatever needs to be done to ensure this never happens in our sport again.

That may well be true but it is nonsense that they accept uncontrolled substance experimentation. To suggest otherwise is silly

What a complete and utter load of nonsense. The AFPLA have been scathing from the get go about the EFC drug program. In fact they were one of the only ones actually making it clear that the real issue was the failure of duty of care and the health implications of the drug program (as opposed to the legailty or otherwise of the drugs used).

No. We better beat GWS and pinch a win againts GC, Tiges or Crows or else we are every chance on being 0-7 which won't help the vibe. Alternatively if we can beat GWS and pinch 1-2 other games in that stretch it sets p well for the remainder of the season

Horrendous in terms of the commercial aspect i guess you mean. I completely disagree though that we deserve a crap commercial draw. this is at the very heart of the problem with equalization. Clubs like Hawks and Pies squeal about the footy department tax and propping up other clubs but get twice as many free to air games and any number more Friday night and Saturday games. If serious about equalization and giving all clubs a chance of rising up the ladder the AFL would take less from the broadcasters and make the draw commercially equitable. Yes in the short term there would be some lousy Friday night games but that would sort itself out when the competition became more even. They copy so many aspects of US sports, why not this one? Look at the NBA and NFL. Yes different markets but all teams get a crack at good TV slots and both comps are relatively even, with new title winners bobbing up. its got nothing t do with deserve and everything to do with creating a level playing field. the alternative is creating a permanent underclass of footy teams who rely on equalization payments from the AFL (and have scorn heaped on them for doing so by [censored] knuckle clubs and supporters who see such payments as a sign of weakness and evidence of rabid socialism). The irony is that these clubs will remain at the bottom and there will end up being more and more rubbish games where the top clubs smash those at the bottom of the ladder. And of course these clubs will therefore continue to get crap commercial draws because of the 'absolute rubbish' they are serving up.

Good. I'm happy with my avatar

HH must love WERRIDEE. He looks balanced and moderate in comparison.

..and is a right footer that like Mitchell usually prefers to kick with his left in general play. That is a huge advantage for Mitchell as it opens up space form him with players naturally thinking to cover his right foot. Very handy to have lefties in the side

Shhh. Don't you know such logic doesn't fly these days. The new rule if not a gun in the first 3 years then they are spuds. Wise up

Yes, i get that. But he was a convicted criminal before these latest charges so i fail to see how his credibility is affected at all (ie they could have run the argument is evidence is not credible a week ago - perhaps they had/would have anyway i guess).

Can't see how Charter being charged helps Essendon. Surely the fact that he was supplying drugs to Dank is further evidence of how poor the governance was and that his charges prove he can source steriod and illegal drugs like thy 4. As for the argument that because he has been charged this somehow makes him a less credible witness, please. He sent four years in jail for drug importation. If he was credible before this charge, then this latest charge certainly doesn't make him less so.

I like this: Brayshaw was nine days away from being eligible for last year's NAB AFL Draft. I like that, should mean that barring injury he is a greater chance of being ready to play senior footy

Makes me laugh to hear of 4 years contract for a coach these days. What are the odds he'd see it out. Miss the finals next year and he'd be under the pump. Nice payout if sacked early though

Good effort. Continue grinding your axe against a poster who seems to have got under your skin and patronise another. A rare skill

The anti riddler.Good work btw, though I suspect macca might make your mum promise not to divulge anything to you he might tell her about the dees

spot on. They missed the finals any way. If they had gone the smart way they would have clipped the goverance fine but the missing out of finals might well have been a penalty for the drug use. This would have appeased wada and the public as missing finals is seen as big deal.if they had brokered a deal they may have got away with no finals or preseason and back on deck round one. The whole thing about the concern players would be labelled drug cheats is a furphy, with most in the public believing they were duped. In any case they still might wear that label. The other thing is that, by not taking the path of least resistance they have effectively imposed their own penalty on the club and players with all the stress, impact on on performance last year, ongoing chaos, damage to brand - not to mention the impact on their capacity to trade in players given few players would want to voluntarily join a club in such turmoil and uncertainty.

Must be ground hog day. Again.

I'm coming round to it too I must say. Interesting the NBA is raising the draft age to 20 next season.One benfit of increasing it here might be strengthening the wafl, sanfl and vfl with young guns spending a gap year at that level (though I guess many do already).

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