One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: one-eyed on June 23, 2014, 07:55:01 PM
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You're being investigated by authorities due to your poor governance and dodgy dealings, so what do you do? You do more poor governance and dodgy dealings :stupid. Only at Windy Hill :wallywink.
Bombers fined $20,000 over draftee testing
Nathan Schmook
afl.com.au
June 23, 2014 5:30 PM
ESSENDON has been fined $20,000 for breaching AFL rules that relate to conducting medical tests on potential draftees.
The breach, which happened in 2013, was uncovered by Essendon employees during an internal audit of the club's football department policies and procedures, and it was subsequently reported to the AFL.
The AFL, which controls the medical testing of potential draftees, confirmed it had clarified the breach and announced the penalty on Monday.
AFL rules say that clubs are not permitted to request, invite, allow, require or direct a player who had attended a combine or state screening session to be tested, evaluated or to do any form of training with either the club or an associated club before being drafted.
Clubs were warned against conducting their own medical tests on under-age talent ahead of last year's NAB AFL Draft after a number of players were sounded out by clubs after the state screenings and draft combine.
It is common for clubs to request additional medical assessments via the AFL, but they are then made available to all clubs.
Clubs face a fine of $10,000 for a first offence and a $20,000 fine for subsequent breaches.
The Bombers last year broke AFL rules on unlisted players training in the lead up to the NAB AFL Rookie Draft. They were fined $20,000 with $10,000 of that penalty suspended.
The latest penalty comes as the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority continues its investigation into the club's 2012 supplements regime.
Lawyers for Essendon are lodging more paperwork with the Federal Court, seeking to halt the investigation and prevent ASADA from forcing players to respond to show-cause notices by July 11.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-06-23/bombers-fined-20000-over-draftee-testing
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Something seriously wrong down there
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Richmond done the same thing in past :shh
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Richmond done the same thing in past :shh
If you are comparing the days when the RFC had all the kids not drafted turn up at PRO for a rookie day to what the Bombers did they you would be wrong
Not even remotely similar.
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Richmond done the same thing in past :shh
If you are comparing the days when the RFC had all the kids not drafted turn up at PRO for a rookie day to what the Bombers did they you would be wrong
Not even remotely similar.
Nup :shh
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So Essendon gives up the change in its car ashtray to find out more about potential draftees while our recruiters sit at Punt Road and suck their thumbs.
I know which approach I'd prefer.