Essendon under AFL investigation regarding 2012 fitness program

[dog town]

The worst thing they have done is say they only became aware of it 2 days ago. Some journos claiming on twitter they were aware of the issue as far back as August.

[bornadog]

I wonder if any other clubs will come under similar scrutiny for a similar issue?

[cinder]

Gerald Healy reckons one other club could be implicated

[LostDoggy]

Trying to get on the front foot because someone has been tipped off. Just another example of these 'big' clubs thinking they run the show.

Typical of that Club, salary cap meant nothing to them, no doubt the ASADA code did as well.

Best case scenario for everyone is that they fold.

Post of the decade.

[Go_Dogs]

Gerald Healy reckons one other club could be implicated

Yep, seems like another club may be investigated too.

I'm quite shocked by it all, but mostly by the pathetic press conference yesterday.

I understand the illict drug testing results for 2012 are close to being released - could the PED stuff also be on the way which is why this has come out now? Seems bizarre that if a majority of their players have been using PED's that no positive tests have come to light, unless they have and the results are yet to be released....

[Throughandthrough]

May ignore many of the dons players for super coach. Apart from maybe picking all their cheap first year players

[lemmon]

Talk that the club made players sign individual waivers taking liability for whatever they took, surely you can't get much closer to endemic cheating than that if true

[LostDoggy]

[QUOTE=Griffen#16;308528]Yep, seems like another club may be investigated too.QUOTE]

Won't be us. All we can afford is an Aspro not the $10,000 a bottle stuff.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Talk that the club made players sign individual waivers taking liability for whatever they took, surely you can't get much closer to endemic cheating than that if true

Yes expecting their players to sell their souls with a signature on the bottom line. Like, witches in a coven, we're all in this together. Sorry doing witches a disfavour here.

[BulldogBelle]

Yes expecting their players to sell their souls with a signature on the bottom line. Like, witches in a coven, we're all in this together. Sorry doing witches a disfavour here.

Didnt Hird claim this is the first he's heard of the issue

Surely he would have had visibility if his players were asked to sign waivers

[Sedat]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...-1111114519497

Interesting little tidbit on The Weapon and The Pharmacist from the archives of 2007.

[Remi Moses]

Trying to get on the front foot because someone has been tipped off. Just another example of these 'big' clubs thinking they run the show.

Typical of that Club, salary cap meant nothing to them, no doubt the ASADA code did as well.

Best case scenario for everyone is that they fold.

I support the motion.
I propose a motion they handover their assets to the Western Bulldogs Football club.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

I support the motion.
I propose a motion they handover their assets to the Western Bulldogs Football club.

Seconded. They were our worst enemy in us trying to enter the League 'cos they wanted our potential recruits, after all we share a border between Footscray and Essendon.
England should also pay heavy compensation to Ireland too. England fold into Ireland I say.

[Pembleton]

Schadenfreude aside, is anyone else concerned about the knock on effects?

If the Bombers are forced out of the comp for a couple of years because of mass suspensions, the AFL's TV deal would, at best, need to be re-worked. We rely pretty heavily on that TV deal (even relative to a league that is heavily reliant on it), and as a relatively vulnerable club we rely on the general stability of the league, so anything that might erode that is a worry to me.

[chef]

There not going to be forced out of the league, at worst they will get fined and lose draft picks.