Essendon face AFL probe/Players found Guilty by CAS

[Penelope]

[Ox]

good one Al.Did u make it?

[Ox]

good one Al.Did u make it?

[Penelope]

nah, not mine.

[Chuck17]

Classic 

[one-eyed]

Ch 7 news tonight said the Bomber players are feeling more confident about being cleared after ASADA visited Windy Hill today and told them if it can be proven Essendon players were given non-approved substances without their knowledge then they'd escape a ban.

[Dubstep Dookie]

Ch 7 news tonight said the Bomber players are feeling more confident about being cleared after ASADA visited Windy Hill today and told them if it can be proven Essendon players were given non-approved substances without their knowledge then they'd escape a ban.

So, if they were all taking illegal p.e substances on a regular basis all they have to do is collectively plead they didn't know and they are off the hook? Anyone can say that and sign a stat dec. Stuff me....

This competition is a joke.

If its that easy to get off, every player will be doing illegal p.e substances soon.
 

[Mr Magic]

Ch 7 news tonight said the Bomber players are feeling more confident about being cleared after ASADA visited Windy Hill today and told them if it can be proven Essendon players were given non-approved substances without their knowledge then they'd escape a ban.

So, if they were all taking illegal p.e substances on a regular basis all they have to do is collectively plead they didn't know and they are off the hook? Anyone can say that and sign a stat dec. Stuff me....

This competition is a joke.

If its that easy to get off, every player will be doing illegal p.e substances soon.

Absolutely agree. Unless they come down hard and punish individuals it will set a precedent.

Geezus, 'not knowing what I was taking' has been around as an excuse since forever.

Absolving personal responsibility opens a Pandora's Box.
The AFL will reap what they sow.

Hopefully common sense prevails and ASADA cut through the spin.

[one-eyed]

Jon Ralph on KB's show reckons the Bombers' players will get off but Essendon itself as a club (and presumably senior officials) will be whacked for allowing all this to occur under their noses and on their watch. A case of negligence and lacking due diligence in failing in their duty to protect their players.

[Judge Roughneck]

If the players don't get bans / club not lose picks its all verysuss

[one-eyed]

ESSENDON assistant coach Mark Thompson says he feels embarrassed to walk in public in light of the drug scandal currently engulfing his club.

As the AFL and Australian Sports Anti Doping Authority continue their investigation in to the club's alleged use of performance enhancing drugs last year, Thompson said the matter was the most serious issue he had ever had to deal with in football.

Thompson said the club's image had "copped a hammering", making life difficult for all players and staff.

"It's been very hard to survive and to live," Thompson said.

"Everywhere you go you feel embarrassed, you think that people are thinking you've done these things that everybody has been saying we're doing.

"To be honest we just have to sit back and wait, and we can't defend ourselves because we're just not allowed to and we understand that, we're part of this process where we want to find the truth out and once the truth comes out we'll deal with the consequences.

"In that regard it's been really difficult."

Read more: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/bomber-thompson-embarrassed-over-essendon-drugs-scandal/story-e6frf9jf-1226585429552

[Francois Jackson]

Lol
The hero
The savior

Hahaha idiot

[Tigers of Old]

You make your own bed.

[one-eyed]

The [Essendon] Board and I are now aware of irregular practices by the club that are being investigated by ASADA and the AFL, and that is why we have decided to call an independent and external review into the governance and processes that have led to us being in the position we are today.

In announcing this review, I want to make sure that we are able to give answers to our members about what happened and why, and to put in place any changes needed to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.

See more at: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-02-27/full-statement-from-essendon#sthash.bLHGwDM8.dpuf

[Ox]

Nice ploy, u corporate dogs.

It seems everyone has some type of faux-legal, jargon crap disclaimer,
designed to both negate any given issue and at the same time, distance the "spirit"
of in this case, the football club from any true wrong doing.

Go stuff urselves essendon.
 If the  dog wasn't so scared of being found out to have had prior knowledge of all shady goings on in the AFL, u would have been tried and hung by now.