Essendon face AFL probe/Players found Guilty by CAS

[Yeahright]

So they didn't name them?

What are you talking about?

No one recorded a 3rd strike in 2012 so there is no one to name

Only recorded 3rd strike and it goes back to 2010 and that player was named and suspended so I am not sure what you talking about

THAT'S THE YEAR I WAS REFERRING TO! Hence why I said

Or am I completely forgetting someone?

Well why didn't you say 2010?

and You are missing someone Travis Tuck

I thought it was pretty obvious...
Thanks forgot he even existed

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Essendon faces questions over dozens of supplements

    Michael Warner
    From: Herald Sun
    May 20, 2013

ESSENDON players could be grilled on more than 35 drugs and supplements in footy's doping probe.

A document seen by the Herald Sun provides an insight into the "pharmacological experiment" conducted at Windy Hill last year.

The document lists substances that have been linked by authorities to Essendon and its former sports scientist Stephen Dank.

It does not say what drugs were administered to which players, if at all.

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigators are questioning Bombers players about injections, creams, potions, pills, shakes and powders that may have been taken last year.

At least six drugs on the list - including GHRP-2, GHRP-6, CJC-1295, AOD-9604, Humanofort and Hexarelin - are banned for use by athletes.

Others are not approved for human consumption.

Some player interviews are taking more than three hours as ASADA and the AFL seek to determine whether players took substances in breach of the world anti-doping code.

The probe took a toll on some players in the lead-up to the Bombers' shock loss to Brisbane Lions on Saturday.

"It is draining, but that's the reality of it," Essendon midfielder Jake Melksham said yesterday.

The interviews will continue for the next two weeks.

It is known that some players refused injections and took a minimal role in the program.

Others were given large quantities of numerous substances.

Coaches and club staff have also been accused of using supplements, some which are banned for use by athletes.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-faces-questions-over-dozens-of-supplements/story-fnelctok-1226646323594#mm-breached

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ASADA probe is starting to take a toll on Bombers

    Matt Murnane
    The Age
    May 20, 2013

Essendon midfielder Jake Melksham admits interviews with Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority officials have been draining for himself and his teammates, and the process was a challenge the players would have to overcome with big games looming.

ASADA began interviewing Essendon players on May 6 - in the lead-up to the Geelong game in round seven - as part of its investigation into the Bombers' controversial supplement program in 2012, and will continue this week in the build-up to Saturday's Dreamtime clash against Richmond at the MCG.

The Bombers' only two losses for the season, against Geelong on May10 and Saturday's shock loss against the Brisbane Lions - both games at Etihad Stadium - coincided with the interview process.

The Bombers' performance against Greater Western Sydney on May4, where they were missing key players and only pulled away late to win, came just days before the ASADA interviews started.

Melksham did not blame the midweek interviews and the toll it was taking for the two losses - which have resulted in the Bombers sliding from top to third - but conceded the process was a roadblock the Bombers had to plough through to ensure their recent form dip did not extend into the Dreamtime match and follow-up testing games against Sydney and Carlton.

''It is draining, but that is the reality of it. We've got to go through that,'' Melksham said on Sunday.

''The players have been really good in working through it. In a fortnight it's going to be all over and we are going to be able to push on. I think we have dealt with it for most of the year.''

Melksham said the interview process could not end quickly enough for the Bombers.

It's been reported that some uncomfortable revelations have emerged for the players during the interviews, as ASADA has detailed the substances the Essendon players are alleged to have taken.

AFL investigators sit in on the interviews as part of the league's joint investigation with ASADA.

Melksham said interviews were conducted on a training day, not a day off, so players who have them don't go into the club on that day.

''Obviously you are nervous going in there [the interviews] because you haven't done anything like that before, never experienced anything like that, and you are really out of your comfort zone,'' Melksham said on Channel Nine's Sunday Footy Show.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/asada-probe-is-starting-to-take-a-toll-on-bombers-20130519-2juul.html#ixzz2TlIVApB4

[Judge Roughneck]

Feeling drained?
Feeling a bit down?

No worries!

Hexarelin
Thymosin Beta 4
peptides

to the rescue 

[Francois Jackson]

forget about beating carlton
forget about beating  collingwood
forgot about beating any team in the league.

to beat these lying cheating scum bags would be the most satisfying and enjoyable win in years IMO.

I could not think of anything better to yell out that's all you deserve cheats at the final siren if we manage to win.

we need to make a stand against cheats.
we need to completely derail their season further on behalf of every club in the league.
we need to see spike mcveigh come up with more excuses about his rabble of a former club.
we need to carry Bashar off the field for no reason but to pee them off.

[gerkin greg]

Disappointed with a few posters in this thread 

[one-eyed]

Six amateur Queensland rugby league players will today be banned for two years for testing positive to an illegal stimulant.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/six-queensland-rugby-league-players-to-cop-drug-bans/story-fndujljl-1226646275589

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The anti-doping probe involving Essnedon has expanded to include a new anti-ageing supplement

    Carly Crawford
    From: Herald Sun
    May 21, 2013

THE anti-doping probe involving Essendon has expanded to include a new anti-ageing supplement.

The Herald Sun can reveal investigators from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority are inquiring about the substance TA-65 as part of their probe into the practices at Essendon and other clubs last year.

Anti-ageing specialist Dr Robin Willcourt, who is working to gain regulatory approval to import TA-65 to Australia, was quizzed by ASADA investigators about that substance and a range of others last week.

He told the Herald Sun he had supplied TA-65 to the Dons' former sports scientist, Stephen Dank, only once and in a quantity consistent with personal use.

The substance, taken as a capsule, is billed as a plant extract that repairs DNA to help improve stamina, joint flexibility, bone density and sex drive.

It is believed to be banned under a category that forbids athletes from taking anything not approved for use by government health regulators.

The Australian Crime Commission report on drugs and crime in sport identified TA-65 as among "substances being administered to players with unknown health consequences".

Willcourt said there was widespread ignorance about how certain substances affected athletes, and accused the World Anti-Doping Agency of being over-zealous.

TA-65 was definitely not sports enhancing, but life-enhancing, he said.

Willcourt said he worked with Dank at Essendon, ordering player blood tests when Dank explained that club doctor Bruce Reid was too busy.

Dank denies any wrongdoing in relation to his activities with athletes and Essendon has not conceded any of its players took banned substances.

The Herald Sun yesterday revealed ASADA is inquiring into the use of substances including Thymosin, CJC-1295, AOD-9604 and GHRP6 as part of its inquiries into the alleged use of banned peptides at Essendon.

Senior sports integrity figures are concerned about the potential long-term health effects on athletes who have taken substances that are not yet approved for human use. The impact in five, 10 or 15 years for a person trying this is absolutely unknown, said one.

More and more athletes were using pharmaceuticals for purposes outside of their prescribed use, the source said.

"We're seeing escalating use in off-label uses in athletes trying to get a competitive edge."

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/the-anti-doping-probe-involving-essnedon-has-expanded-to-include-a-new-anti-ageing-supplement/story-fnelctok-1226647188979

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Essendon CEO Ian Robson has resigned as the fallout from the club's supplement scandal grows.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-ceo-ian-robson-resigns-as-drugs-fallout-grows/story-fni5f6kv-1226649050373#

[WilliamPowell]

Robson quits Essendon
DateMay 23, 2013
Will Brodie and Jake Niall

The Essendon supplements crisis has claimed its biggest scalp so far, with CEO Ian Robson resigning.

Robson has told a press conference at Windy Hill that he had offered to resign as soon as the extent of the club's supplements crisis was revealed in February. He said he agreed with the assessment of the Switkowski report into Essendon's governance that "lack of proper process" occurred in 2012.

His said his resignation has now been accepted and he would leave the club immediately.

He said there were things that "just should not have happened" on his watch.

"...We let down out players and their families... there are no excuses... As CEO I am accountable..." he said.

In a lengthy statement, Robson said that if there was a line in the sand on the issue of drugs in sport, he wanted to be on the side of "health and safety for players" and the fairness of the game.

"I did not know (about the club's suplements crisis), but I should have known".

Chairman David Evans spoke after Robson, and paid tribute to his departing CEO, saying his statement was a "testament to him as a person and an administrator". Evans said the club needed Robson over the past four months to help it through a "distressing phase".

"While there are challenges ahead of us, the club is starting to stabilise," Evans said, when asked why Robson was departing now.

Questioned after the statements were read, Robson said he recognised it was the "right and appropriate course of action" to resign, despite believing he had done the right thing by the club by staying on since February.

"Now was the right time," he stated.

Evans paid credit to Robson's resilience, and praised his contribution to Essendon.

An interim CEO will be anounced in the next 24 hours.

Robson made it clear that he felt he had a future in sports administration, even saying he would be "better for this experience".

Robson was recruited from the Hawks after overseeing the near-doubling of Hawthorn's membership and a premiership in 2008.

The Switkowski Report into Essendon's corporate governance of the use of supplements in 2012 explicitly mentioned the role of the CEO as being accountable for such programs.

The report, released on May 6, found that "there was a lack of clarity about who was in charge of the Football Department".

"A number of normal business processes were either not complied with, or too easily circumvented..."

And amongst its recommendations: "The CEO must be accountable for everything that happens within his organization".

Robson has previously made no public comment on the crisis or the report.

MORE TO COME

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/robson-quits-essendon-20130523-2k2ex.html#ixzz2U5ILBYp5

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GRUELLING interviews between Essendon players and anti-doping investigators are expected to be completed next week.

The Bombers have dropped consecutive games as players admit the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority probe has taken its toll ahead of Saturday night's clash with fellow finals contender Richmond.

Despite the interviews being fast-tracked, the investigation is far from complete.

It is possible some players and coaches will be interviewed again before ASADA and the AFL decide whether to charge players or the club for doping offences.

It comes as Essendon sources confirm the use of peptide AOD-9604 as a potential food supplement would be a key plank in the club's defence.

The company marketing the controversial anti-obesity drug AOD-9604 yesterday defended the substance and said it would soon be widely used in the US.

Metabolic chief executive David Kenley said yesterday the substance was proved safe after human trials, and would be used in the US as a food additive once safety data was published.

Essendon is arguing that it could be taken off WADA and ASADA banned lists when given US approval, but the defence has considerable holes.

Anti-doping bodies are adamant it is irrelevant whether a substance might one day be legal.

If it is consumed by an athlete when it is on the banned list the player faces a suspension of up to two years.
AOD-9604 is unlikely to gain US regulatory approval before the club's judgment day, but should be approved within a year.

Metabolic is on the verge of receiving a Generally Recognised As Safe certificate in the US.

"It does have a conditional GRAS status to the US market and it is conditional not on anything to do with safety," Kenley said.

"They at the moment have received approval subject to the safety data being published in a peer-recognised journal.

"Once that is done it is legal and ethical to have it in drinks, foods and dietary supplements in the USA."

Kenley said he expected the drug to be given approval within the year, but confirmed it did not have approval through the American Food and Drugs Administration or Australia's Therapeutic Drugs Administration.

That is the issue for Essendon, because while approval from those bodies would take it off the banned list, consent forms show players were prescribed weekly injections of the substance last year when it was not approved.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/the-interviews-between-essendon-players-and-asada-expected-to-be-completed-next-week/story-e6frephf-1226647901721

[Judge Roughneck]

Boring.

 If the players are cheats .... players need to go 

Screw the admin.

[dwaino]

CEO suspension one less soft penalty they'll receive 

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"The confidence we keep getting from David Evans is that the players will be OK and (they) will get through this," Hird said.

His senior assistant, Mark Thompson said: "When we get through this, people won't see Essendon as the big monsters who don't know what we are doing."

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/will-ian-robson-be-the-first-domino-to-fall-in-essendon-supplement-scandal/story-fndv8gad-1226649179329



Who says people saw Essendon as not knowing what they were doing, Bomber? 

[Francois Jackson]

Boring.

 If the players are cheats .... players need to go 

Screw the admin.

here here