What else were they trying to do?
It was just a bit of "poor governance". Certainly not "drug cheating"
Yes. The thousands of mystery drug shots given were purely incidental, and without motive. To tell the truth, we just woke up one day and as fate has it, thought eff it, lets embark on a pointless injection campaign for the hell of it.
But we certainly did not set out to be drug cheats.
at the same time Dooks dont you think the players should take some of the blame also.
how many times is an AFL player asked to go offside for injections by a bloke called Dank who has criminal ties.
It wouldve taken one call from a player to ASADA but not one of them bothered to do it.
The EFC are culpable and the players should be done for ignorance.
Up to a certain point.
Try to put yourself in the position of a young player, having just entered a world so foreign and new to anything you have experienced.
every day you are placing your faith in the coaches and medical/fitness staff to know and do whats best, after all that is what they are paid to do. in such an environment, constant questioning is actually counterproductive.
It's fine for anyone outside that to sit here and say that they should have done this and should have done that, but the reality is most people in the same position will not.
The more senior players, in particular the ones in the leadership group would be the ones in a position to question what was happening, but the younger ones would be simply doing what they were told, by those that they trusted.
This to me, is what makes what happened so vile, that those responsible took advantage and quite possible have done long term harm to the health of people who trusted and relied on them to do the right thing.
In that sense, it's not so different from priests rooting little boys
