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Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: WilliamPowell on October 19, 2023, 10:54:22 AM
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All,
We are aware that Robbo is reporting that a player has failed a drug test
The player hasn't been named
As the player hasn't been named
Do not under any circumstances speculate who the player is.
Everyone is aware of our policy on this. Please respect the site and keep speculations off the forum
Thanks
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Player has now been named by the AFL
Demons Player Joel Smith
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What sort of drugs?
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What sort of drugs?
Charlie
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Demon tests positive to cocaine after home and away game
Joel Smith will step away from Melbourne's football program as the AFL and Sport Integrity Australia investigate his positive test
By Michael Rogers
1 hr ago
MELBOURNE forward Joel Smith has tested positive for cocaine.
The versatile tall has been provisionally suspended from the Demons' football program while Sport Integrity Australia, with the support of the AFL, investigates the circumstances of his positive test.
A sample provided by Smith after the Demons' win over Hawthorn in round 23 returned a positive result for cocaine.
AFL statement on Joel Smith
He was notified last week of the positive result, along with the AFL.
Under the AFL's Anti-Doping Code, any player who tests positive to a substance of abuse, and can prove that their use of the substance was both out of competition and unrelated to sport performance, faces a three-month ban.
Cocaine is listed as a substance of abuse, rather than a specified substance, under the World Anti-Doping Authority code.
The maximum penalty for the intentional use of a non-specified substance under the AFL's Anti-Doping Code is a four-year ban.
Smith enjoyed his best season at AFL level in 2023, playing 14 games as a versatile tall in attack and defence. He kicked 11 goals, including three in the narrow semi-final loss to Carlton.
He has played 42 senior games across eight seasons at AFL level. The 27-year-old is the son of former Melbourne and North Melbourne high-flyer Shaun Smith.
The Demons acknowledged Smith's positive test in a statement released on Monday.
"As this matter is being investigated by Sport Integrity Australia, the Melbourne Football Club is unable to make any further comment at this time," the statement read.
"The club will continue to support Joel throughout the process and ensure our supporters are informed further when we are authorised to do so."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1054976/melbourne-demons-forward-joel-smith-tests-positive-to-cocaine-after-home-and-away-game
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Melbourne seem to have a lot of issues at the moment, hearing some ripper yarns about Oliver
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Coke
Big deal
Loads of them do it
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Same day, different player ...
New Carlton recruit Elijah Hollands has been served notice to appear in court over possession of an illicit substance.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1055058/new-carlton-blues-player-elijah-hollands-to-face-court-over-drug-offence-gold-coast-suns
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So that's why he was cheap....be hilariously ironic if Dimma Coast pulled a Yarran trade on the Scum....#karma :shh
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So that's why he was cheap....be hilariously ironic if Dimma Coast pulled a Yarran trade on the Scum....#karma :shh
Lol
Nice one Dimma
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Same day, different player ...
New Carlton recruit Elijah Hollands has been served notice to appear in court over possession of an illicit substance.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1055058/new-carlton-blues-player-elijah-hollands-to-face-court-over-drug-offence-gold-coast-suns
Carlton recruit Elijah Hollands has this morning pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine.
Sentenced to two months good behaviour & must attend a drug education session. No conviction was recorded.
Similar incidents have typically incurred 2-match ban from the AFL
@7NewsMelbourne
https://twitter.com/cleary_mitch/status/1719152979306254357
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Key Demon facing minimum two-year drug ban after shock verdict
Fox Sports
January 10th, 2024
Melbourne utility Joel Smith is facing a minimum two-year suspension after being reportedly being found guilty of taking cocaine before a match, which classified as a performance-enhancing drug.
The Herald Sun reported Smith remains provisionally banned after being informed by Sports Integrity Australia on Tuesday he had been found guilty in a pre-Christmas hearing, with the 27-year-old set to fight the ruling.
A urine sample collected after Melbourne’s Round 23 win over Hawthorn, as part of routine drug testing, found a small amount of cocaine in his system.
The report states that while Smith has not been handed a penalty based on the SIA ruling, the findings would see him suspended for at least two years, and possibly longer.
Smith and the Demons had previously been hopeful he would be banned just three months and thus be able to begin pre-season training.
They were hoping to argue using a new rule, introduced in 2021, wherein a shorter ban is given out if they can prove “the substance was used out-of-competition and that its use was unrelated to sporting performance”.
But because the substance was found in his body during an in-competition test he may have trouble using this argument.
“The AFL advises that the matter involving Joel Smith of the Melbourne Football Club being investigated by Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) under the Australian Football Anti-Doping Code is ongoing,” AFL spokesperson Jay Allen told The Age.
“Joel remains provisionally suspended and as such he is not permitted to participate in Melbourne’s pre-season training when it recommences in the coming days.
“Due to the ongoing nature of the anti-doping process the AFL will not comment further at this time.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-demons/afl-2024-melbournes-joel-smith-facing-minimum-twoyear-ban-for-using-cocaine-before-2023-game-drug-test-ruling-latest-news/news-story/3bd3e7f9ede9df8638c98a2ec44caa5b
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ruh roh...
https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/demons-player-joel-smith-accused-of-cocaine-trafficking/news-story/9059ccda7b73b89b16dc5733e31873b5
#loldees #taintedflag #13>12 (https://metalneverbends.forumotion.com/users/3115/50/25/04/smiles/336561073.gif) :shh
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i must admit its very enjoyable watching the afl get slammed. What a rabble!
i guess andrew demetriou wasnt so bad after all. :shh
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i must admit its very enjoyable watching the afl get slammed. What a rabble!
i guess andrew demetriou wasnt so bad after all. :shh
That thought has crossed my mind before.
Better than Gil the car salesman from Simpsons.
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i must admit its very enjoyable watching the afl get slammed. What a rabble!
i guess andrew demetriou wasnt so bad after all. :shh
It's actually Andy D's policy
It was bought in under his watch
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May be the case but I'd say the secrecy stuff would have been ramped up under Gill and Goyder.
Sayers was the CEO at PWC and he is still roaming around like he is runs corporate Australia
AFL is an absolute basketcase. Every code would be laughing at us as they should.
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May be the case but I'd say the secrecy stuff would have been ramped up under Gill and Goyder.
Sayers was the CEO at PWC and he is still roaming around like he is runs corporate Australia
AFL is an absolute basketcase. Every code would be laughing at us as they should.
Great point you make about Goyder
Look at what Qantas has become under his watch as Chairman. He let the Irishman do what ever he pleased and made the national carrier an international joke