Essendon face AFL probe/Players found Guilty by CAS

[Yeahright]

Not official yet

[one-eyed]

Mark Stevens on Ch 7 news:

Essendon buckled under AFL pressure.

Probably first and second rounds picks 2013-14 to go as well.

Corcoran to cop a small suspension.

Believe Hird, Thompson and Reid will fight on.

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@ James Hird- Go crawl back under your rock and die

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AFL Online ‏@aflonline  twitter:

"Caroline Wilson claims Essendon lose 2013 Finals, opening 2 rounds of the 2013 national draft, opening round of 2014 draft & $2m fine"

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The Age Sport ‏@theagesport twitter:

"#Essendon decision. Bombers banned from 2013 finals, first two rounds of draft and cop $2m fine. Hird still dealing"

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5:52pm: From Caroline Wilson:

Essendon has been banned from the 2013 finals series and the opening two rounds of the national draft and slapped with a $2 million fine for the derelict failures of its football program over the 2012 season.

The club will also miss the opening round of the 2014 draft but its role in next year's second round of draft picks remained unclear as the club completed a plea bargain with the AFL late this afternoon and avoided a contested hearing of the league commission.

Coach James Hird, who has impeded a settlement between the AFL and Essendon for the past five days, was still fighting to reduce his one year ban from the game and could still be headed for court.

Hird's legal representative Julian Burnside QC appeared close to a deal with the AFL late on Tuesday although the coach's position had not yet been resolved as Essendon chairman Paul Little agreed to the sanctions being presented as the AFL's final offer.

Danny Corcoran has accepted a four month suspension from the game with club doctor Bruce Reid and senior assistant Mark Thompson still resisting the charges levelled against them.

Essendon's VFL team is also expected to be banned from the finals.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/essendon-crisis-decision-live-updates-20130827-2smup.html#ixzz2d9ef22vt

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Dunc McKenzie McHarg ‏@duncanmcmc twitter:

"Essendon will accept these sanctions: AFL and VFL teams out of the Finals, $2 million fine, Loss of 1st and 2nd Round Draft Picks"

"The AFL is trying to organise a press conference for 7pm tonight but it could be later if individual sanctions can be wrapped up tonight."

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Coach James Hird, who has impeded a settlement between the AFL and Essendon for the past five days, was still fighting to reduce his one year ban from the game and could still be headed for court.

Idiot.

His club have accepted partial wrong doing but oh no, not him.

Good luck with that, u dog.

I'll enjoy watching your legal bill mount.

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Essendon banned from finals, cops $2m fine

   Caroline Wilson
     The Age
    August 27, 2013 - 5:52PM

Essendon has been banned from the 2013 finals series and the opening two rounds of the national draft and slapped with a $2 million fine for the derelict failures of its football program over the 2012 season.

The club will also miss the opening round of the 2014 draft but its role in next year's second round of draft picks remained unclear as the club completed a plea bargain with the AFL late this afternoon and avoided a contested hearing of the league commission.

Coach James Hird, who has impeded a settlement between the AFL and Essendon for the past five days, was still fighting to reduce his one year ban from the game and could still be headed for court.

Hird's legal representative Julian Burnside QC appeared close to a deal with the AFL late on Tuesday although the coach's position had not yet been resolved as Essendon chairman Paul Little agreed to the sanctions being presented as the AFL's final offer.

Danny Corcoran has accepted a four month suspension from the game with club doctor Bruce Reid and senior assistant Mark Thompson still resisting the charges levelled against them.

Essendon's VFL team is also expected to be banned from the finals.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/essendon-banned-from-finals-cops-2m-fine-20130827-2so59.html#ixzz2d9h8SU4A

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Footy's darkest day looms as Essendon awaits AFL sanctions over supplements saga

    Jon Ralph
    From: Herald Sun
    August 27, 2013 6:11PM

THE blackest day in Australian sport has morphed into footy's darkest day.

Just because we have predicted this moment for so long does not make it any less historic.

A club unceremoniously turfed from the finals despite 14 wins for the season and a star-studded list.

Their arch rivals Carlton poised for their own tilt at history if they beat Port Adelaide in the last game at AAMI Stadium, becoming the first team to play finals from ninth.

All of it is bizarre and sad and yet still quite extraordinary.

The AFL will tonight announce the exact wording of Essendon's banishment from the finals, but there is no doubt it is a banishment.

It will also come as a massive relief to City Hall to be able to make this decision tonight.

Eyebrows were already raised at their willingness to negotiate with Essendon given the 34-page charge sheet.

Why didn't they just smash them with the baseball bat that has been used with regular monotony in the past year at AFL House?

Imagine if they had spent two full days negotiating with Essendon's flotilla of lawyers yet still couldn't get the deal done?

Now will come questions about what happens to James Hird and co, and the answers will soon done.

So will the penalties -- how many draft picks, how big is the fine -- with the AFL set to announce those at a 7pm press conference tonight.

It is expected Essendon will concede $2 million fine and have their two first-round picks stripped this year, with potentially more lost in 2014.

But the crucial element for the AFL - pushing Essendon out of the finals before they actually arrived - at least has been executed by the league.

Imagine the farce if Essendon had been able to storm to the most unlikely of premierships, only to have it stripped from them by the AFL in October.

It was an unacceptable scenario from the AFL's point of view.

Imagine James Hird standing atop the premiership dais shouting, "Andrew Demetriou, you were wrong''.
It couldn't happen.

We haven't yet got the elegant solution suggested in recent weeks, where Hird would accept hierarchical responsibility but not concede he was a drug cheat.

But we at least have a resolution to the key penalty proposed months ago.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/footys-darkest-day-looms-as-essendon-awaits-afl-sanctions-over-supplements-saga/story-fndv8gad-1226705221616

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Mark Stevens update on Ch 7:

Essendon out of finals
$2m fine
1st and 2nd round draft picks 2013; 2014 still unknown.
Corcoran has received a 4-month suspension
Hird, Thompson, Reid still fighting on.
Official announcement believed to be within the next hour.

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Caro believes Essendon has done very well out this.

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I'm anticipating once the WADA verdict comes through on the "T" word, players will be found to possibly be benefiting from the usage of the drug in and in turn, more points gone in 2014-

[Judge Roughneck]

Mark Stevens update on Ch 7:

Essendon out of finals
$2m fine
1st and 2nd round draft picks 2013; 2014 still unknown.
Corcoran has received a 4-month suspension
Hird, Thompson, Reid still fighting on.
Official announcement believed to be within the next hour.

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Caro believes Essendon has done very well out this.

 

StandByWADA

now that this crap is getting towards the end, bring on the bans

[Rampstar]

If WADA comes in with infraction notices and bans for players then Essendon is completely finished. Lawyers, Lawyers and more Lawyers will be all over the place suing the living daylights out of the Essendon Football Club. Nightmare scenario for Essendon. 

[Judge Roughneck]

if the read the 34 pages i dont see how they can turn a blind eye to that

ForzaWADA 

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Yeh.
Watch the lawyers jump boat and represent the players.
Rats for rats

[WilliamPowell]

Special edition of footy Classified tonight a 9.30pm

Hope Caro can contain her gloating 

Wonder if Lloyd will shed tears on national TV