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Except all the teams that have won premierships and championships on the back of similar behaviour in major sporting leagues around the world, and right here in the AFL.

Ha! Let's just assume planet Earth is the AFL in this analogy. I didn't spend long thinking it up. Clearly.

If while holidaying in Saudi Arabia I become embroiled in a case of mistaken identity and end up facing the death penalty for a murder I didn't commit, but manage to negotiate my way to paying a fine instead and having a bit of a stain on my criminal record, I take it and get the hell out of there.

Come back in seven months and I'll let you know. Or not.

For the record, here's a summary of what Caro said: * Continued to deny that anyone in the media had suggested Melbourne players didn't try. Garry corrected her and said that fumblegate was in fact reported in the papers, to which she said that no one in the media has suggested that. Error. * said that Don McLardy "didn't address the issue" in yesterday's letter. * Classic line: "I know what Melbourne's official defence is, or largely...I've got an impression of what it is, and it is a very clever and well paid and well advised and smart legal defence based around the definition of manipulation and tanking". Not what sort of response she wanted from us. * said that Melbourne's unofficial defence revolves around the five things DM refuted. Garry suggested this was water cooler talk. She said she was addressing what Melbourne board members were saying. Garry referred to her DM's quote that she was plain wrong, to which she started questioning his credibility in what could only be described as a childish, pathetic and disgusting manner.

Essentially, all you need to know is that Caro made a buffoon of herself, and while digging herself a large hole, used the old wrestling tag team hand slap to squirm away by questioning Lyon's credibility.

Melbourne's defense is clever and well paid? Seriously, Forrest Gump could have mounted a winning defense concerning this total non-issue.

The way this thread is going, Demonland is going to be the next entity investigated regarding illicit substances.

Caro? (Joking, joking)

Actually, Caro's mental descent is all part of Cameron Schwab's plan to fix our low membership by engineering an MFC baby boom nine months after we finally get off this farcical investigation without charge.

Who'd have thought that Energy Watch would only be the second-most offensive sponsor we'd have to dump in a 12-month period?

I see Trent Croad is suing Fairfax for defamation. Wonder if we've got a 2-for-1 coupon on the back of a receipt we could use to go in halves.

It's actually just really sad. Her articles say so much more about the writer than about the MFC. What kind of sad, bitter creature spends hours and hours writing her vitriolic opinions about another entity? If she was presenting new, interesting facts that would be another matter. The irrationality in her pieces only grows in accordance with her bitterness. It is Gollum all over again. I feel for her.

She is actually a moron. Thanks for another baseless slur on the club with zero new information, Caro.

Actually, he also picked Rogers in the next round.

Could this bring about the return of CAC1963?

That's the nail on the head. End thread.

You forgot about the brawling at Oktoberfest.

Oh the sweet, sweet sound of ten thousand microwaves whirring to life.

If punished (unless it's an absolute slap on the wrist), we have to take it to court, regardless of how long the case takes. We'd have a 99% probability of victory, and any distractions caused by an ongoing case would be offset by the gains in reclaiming lost draft picks/fines. The only negative would be that after we won the case, I'd expect a significantly more difficult fixture than the ones we've been given of late.

He claimed there weren't enough pictures and some of the words were too long. This has been going on how long?

If we are (unthinkably) charged, does anyone here actually believe we could lose the case? I just can't believe the AFL would be dumb enough to put their hands up for the inevitable embarrassment of being taken to the cleaners by people with an IQ greater than plankton.

The last thing the AFL would want with all this drug malarkey going on is to spend the next few months having their collective backside tanned by Melbourne's legal department in court. Just give the all clear for goodness sake so we can move on with our lives.

So glad I follow other sports during the summer. The standard of AFL editorials and opinion pieces in the main papers is just horrendous.

I think the genuine gripe Niners fans would have is that Baltimore was gifted a pass interference penalty on third down to save their final FG drive and wipe minutes off the clock. If you're going to be consistent, call the Crabtree one too. Oh well, it only cost a team the Super Bowl I suppose.