Essendon face AFL probe/Players found Guilty by CAS

[dwaino]

No matter what happens I'll hate Essendon and Hird forever. So will a fair chunk of the populous

I think their brand is stuffed for a long time regardless of the outcome imo.

[Judge Roughneck]

Thank goodness for the equalisation afl scheme

[Yeahright]

Does anyone really care now anyway?

They didn't achieve anything, it has stuffed the club for the last few years, they've lost their best player over it and most of their best staff.

Time to stop flogging the horse.

I just want it to be over

[mightytiges]

“Make no mistake, we, like everyone in this room want this matter finalised as quickly as possible,” Little said.

“But I am sure you will agree that we cannot and will not compromise the position of our players for the sake of a quick resolution simply to satisfy the broader public.”

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-doping-hearing-paul-little-tells-agm-end-of-saga-in-sight/story-fniv64tz-1227157197943

Yeah Little, just like how this all started with your club's injection regime . You're still in denial and still playing the victim  .

[one-eyed]

Essendon chairman Paul Little says the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal could run until late January, as he revealed the club had spent $1.1 million on legal fees in 2014.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-12-15/dons-11m-legal-bill

[Judge Roughneck]

I better buy two memberships for the afl eequalisation fund

Poor efc. They are the poor unwitting victims in this debacw

[Yeahright]

"THE AFL doping scandal is wider than previously revealed, with ASADA accusing Essendon players of taking a second banned substance and sports scientist Stephen Dank of trafficking peptides to club officials at the Gold Coast Suns and Carlton and covering up doping by a Gold Coast footballer."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/new-drug-and-two-more-clubs-in-afl-doping-saga/story-fnca0u4y-1227158596462?nk=433c491599be7794c6ffe9fbfd22e810

  Carlton bunch of stuffwits who can't help but cheat

On a side note I saw an article titled "Why an Essendon victory would be a win for us all"  . Couldn't even bring myself to read something with such a stupid title, they don't deserve to win anything.

[Francois Jackson]

Haha yeahright. Can't believe you even read the title.

Those cheats are a disgrace and have ruined the game more than any other club

[Gigantor]

Hey anyone know whats happened with the james Hird appeal?I thought the judges were going to announce their decision prior to Xmas...Does this mean they haven't reach a majority decision?

[WilliamPowell]

Hey anyone know whats happened with the james Hird appeal?I thought the judges were going to announce their decision prior to Xmas...Does this mean they haven't reach a majority decision?

Was on Ch7 earlier this week that no decision before January.

Rumours that a decision was pending was false, Ch7 asked Federal court directly and was told no decision was pending before the end of December

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If Aussies had any balls they'd blacklist essendon matches across the board.
I'm doing it.

[Diocletian]

If Aussies had any balls they'd blacklist essendon matches across the board.
I'm doing it.

There'll be a "hashtag" campaign on twitter that will be mildly popular and an Arsebook page dedicated to urging people to do so will be set up and receive a lot of "likes"..... and that will be about it....

[(•))(©™]

Pizsweak but spot on

[one-eyed]

This would be hilarious if it's retroactive  .



Drug cheats in sport face a minimum four-year ban under new rules which came into effect from 1 January.

Changes to the World Anti-Doping Code, which unifies anti-doping rules for global sports, have increased the suspension for doping from two years.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/30648392

[Yeahright]

Would make all the postponing worth it if they got closer to 4 years than 2