ASADA issues show-cause notices to Essendon players

[The bulldog tragician]

Defamation of Character probably

Isn't truth a defence?

I am sick of Danks' laughable attempts to take the high ground. If his program was so state of the art there'd be records. Two years is probably long enough to locate them!

[Twodogs]

Isn't truth a defence?

I am sick of Danks' laughable attempts to take the high ground. If his program was so state of the art there'd be records. Two years is probably long enough to locate them!

Not really no. Not as in they are the facts as they transpired to fit my story. It's up to you to prove that they were the facts and that you were aware of them and their significance.

[bornadog]

The AFL anti-doping tribunal has found Stephen Dank guilty on several charges but he has been cleared on all 3 TB4-related charges.

[Maddog37]

The AFL anti-doping tribunal has found Stephen Dank guilty on several charges but he has been cleared on all 3 TB4-related charges.

What will this mean?

[divvydan]

What will this mean?

No sentencing today but it probably means some sort of punishment from either AFL or WADA but perhaps not the life ban that the NRL gave him.

[bornadog]

What will this mean?

Not sure. More is being released slowly.

The tribunal was not comfortably satisfied that Dank had administered or attempted to administer Thymosin Beta 4 to various Essendon players, nor that he had assisted, encouraged, aided, abetted or covered up administration of the peptide.

[bulldogtragic]

What will this mean?

They get to say 'see, no evidence of tb4. Even the bad guy in the saga was cleared because there's no evidence'. And then tell WADA how serious they are because they smacked down a guy who couldn't get a gig even cutting oranges for an Auskick side now.

All wrapped up nicely...

[bornadog]

A hearing on sanction will be held on Tues May 5, 2015.

[divvydan]

Patrick Keane ‏@AFL_PKeane 2m2 minutes ago

The Tribunal has found that the former Essendon support person has been found guilty of 10 breaches of the AFL Anti-Doping Code.

The breaches include trafficking, attempting to traffic and complicity in matters related to a range of prohibited substances.

A hearing on sanction will be held on Tues May 5, 2015

[westdog54]

They get to say 'see, no evidence of tb4. Even the bad guy in the saga was cleared because there's no evidence'. And then tell WADA how serious they are because they smacked down a guy who couldn't get a gig even cutting oranges for an Auskick side now.

All wrapped up nicely...

Well, someone has assisted, encouraged, aided, abetted or covered up administration of the peptide. I guess we'll never know.

[bulldogtragic]

Well, someone has assisted, encouraged, aided, abetted or covered up administration of the peptide. I guess we'll never know.

And neither will the players. theres nothing more to do than try forget the sorry state of disrepute the game we all love has fallen into.

[Greystache]

So punish the guy no longer involved in the sport, don't say exactly why he's been punished, clear the Essendon players by association, and sweep the real questions under the rug while highlighting how tough they've been on the perpetrators, and then get a few AFL media stooges to back you? Sounds like a play from chapter one of the AFL's how orchestrate a result playbook.

[bornadog]

Full Statement from Tribunal here

[Twodogs]

So punish the guy no longer involved in the sport, don't say exactly why he's been punished, clear the Essendon players by association, and sweep the real questions under the rug while highlighting how tough they've been on the perpetrators, and then get a few AFL media stooges to back you? Sounds like a play from chapter one of the AFL's how orchestrate a result playbook.

That's it then is it? Unbelievable.

[LostDoggy]

That's it then is it? Unbelievable.

Disagree. Totally believable, unfortunately. Shattered.