Essendon face AFL probe/Players found Guilty by CAS

[Penelope]

A bloke walks into a fancy dress shop to get a Count Dracula costume for
a party.

The woman hands him a Essendon jumper.

"Sorry," he says, "You must've misunderstood me. I said I want to look like
a count."

[1965]

A bloke walks into a fancy dress shop to get a Count Dracula costume for
a party.

The woman hands him a Essendon jumper.

"Sorry," he says, "You must've misunderstood me. I said I want to look like
a count."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDwQJ64UpFQ

[mightytiges]

Draft picks and Hird banned or GTFO

Crows do a dodgy third party deal that doesnt even put them over the salary cap and their administrators get bans and loss of draft picks for 2 years

Essendon run an experimental drug lab and the AFL give them a wristy

FO

Yep, no mercy now after their latest stunt:

$2.5m fine
Loss of 1st and 2nd round draft picks 2013-14
No finals 2013
Start 2014 with -20 points.
Hird and co. deregistered.
Essendon president and all board members to resign en masse.

If Hird actually read point 4 of his own writ, he acknowledges the AFL runs and controls the sport. As Brayshaw said last night, all the clubs agreed back in the 80s to hand full control of the game over to the commission. Sorry I don't see where Essendon have a legal leg to stand on. The AFL should throw the book at them. 

[tiga]

Deluded Bummer fans wanting to call the AFL's Bluff. 

Go for it I say!! 

[Yeahright]

"I think the welfare of our players is something that we all hold in high regard and are very concerned about, so it was very concerning to hear it," Hird said.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-08-23/mums-lament-worries-hird

Yeah right!

yes?

[tiga]

"I think the welfare of our players is something that we all hold in high regard and are very concerned about, so it was very concerning to hear it," Hird said.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-08-23/mums-lament-worries-hird

Yeah right!

yes?

I think he mean't your Brother Asif. 

[WilliamPowell]

Have to say based on the Australian's report I don't think Hird is going to be suspensed under any deal the AFL & EFC do.

It suggests he would "stand down" that is very from him being handed a suspension and being suspended.

Don't think the AFL can suspended Hird while his little legal stunt is pending.

So, I suppse the question becomes do the AFL go ahead and do a deal with the EFC that only impacts on the Club or do they just cease all negotiations until the legal side of things with Hird goes through the courts?

Personally I know which way I'd go and it doesn't involve any doing deals unless a severe penalty on Hird is part of any such deal.

Can't guarantee that then AFL walk away, you hold the aces anything that doens't include a suspension for Hird isn't good  enough

And before people start having a go at me, go back and read what I've posted previously I have not moved at all on what I think the MINIMUM penalites should be and they my thought on those still stand

[gerkin greg]

AFL can totally suspend or ban Hird while his legal stunt is pending. What pig's brain have you been injecting?

Hird can then go and lodge another writ not worth the toilet paper it is written on.

LMFAO

[Judge Roughneck]

A bloke walks into a fancy dress shop to get a Count Dracula costume for
a party.

The woman hands him a Essendon jumper.

"Sorry," he says, "You must've misunderstood me. I said I want to look like
a count."

It would be in bad taste if they dress as cancer patients after the Mexico episode

[Judge Roughneck]

AFL can totally suspend or ban Hird while his legal stunt is pending. What pig's brain have you been injecting?

Hird can then go and lodge another writ not worth the toilet paper it is written on.

LMFAO

With page 3 all about how many Anzac days medals he's won

[tigs2011]

AFL can totally suspend or ban Hird while his legal stunt is pending. What pig's brain have you been injecting?

Hird can then go and lodge another writ not worth the toilet paper it is written on.

LMFAO

With page 3 all about how many Anzac days medals he's won

Yessssss big bentssss 

[WilliamPowell]

AFL can totally suspend or ban Hird while his legal stunt is pending. What pig's brain have you been injecting?

Hird can then go and lodge another writ not worth the toilet paper it is written on.

LMFAO

Then tell me why are they suggesting that he will be stood down rather than suspended? There is massive massive difference between the 2

Clearly I may have used the wrong words, maybe what I should have said is "it doesn't look like the AFL are going to suspend Hird while his little legal stunt is pending"

The only way any deal will get done is if Mr Ego agrees to it and he aint going to agree to being suspended, so in that context maybe the AFL can't suspend him after all 

Legal sermantics 

[Judge Roughneck]

They nae want to be classed "drugs cheats" hence the poofing around with words

[one-eyed]

Open Letter from the Chairman
essendonfc.com.au
4:57pm AEST Friday, August 23, 2013


Dear members and supporters

Thanks for the phone calls, letters, emails and text messages of support that have been flooding into the Club over the past months and particularly in recent days.

In addition to your strong support, another clear and consistent message is that you want these matters brought to a conclusion as soon as possible.

The Board and everyone at the Club is listening to you and we share your view.

The ongoing controversy is harmful to our players and their families, our officials, the Club, other AFL clubs and the AFL itself.

Despite the events of recent days, we believe these matters can be resolved before too long.

At yesterday's meeting of AFL Club Chairmen and Presidents, I stressed we wanted matters resolved… but also that matters need to be concluded in a fair manner with charges and penalties that reflect the Club's actual failings and the evidence.

We have made mistakes in terms of governance and people management, and we apologise for them. We also accept there will be AFL sanctions as a consequence…but the evidence does not extend to drug cheating, and we're working to ensure that the charges and ultimate penalties reflect this.

Thanks for your support of our players, our officials and the Board through these difficult times.

In addition to thanking those of us who take memberships year-in and year-out, in particular I'd like to thank and welcome our new members who’ve signed up during 2013 in record numbers .

We're all part of Essendon's large and growing family. Our family extends far and wide and together we will come through these tough times stronger, wiser and in a position to build on our 140-year history.

We will keep you updated with any developments over the coming days.

Go Bombers!

Paul Little
Chairman

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2013-08-23/open-letter-from-the-chairman

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"We have made mistakes in terms of governance and people management.......................…but the evidence does not extend to drug cheating"

Yeh because they cheated well