GWS and Lachie Whitfield - Drugs Investigation

[LostDoggy]

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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/lachie-whitfield-case-afl-probe-into-gws-giants-raises-disturbing-questions-20160830-gr4tji.html

Caroline Wilson covers the state of play well in this article. The inferences that those involved in a power struggle at Collingwood may be involved in promoting this issue are intriguing, she would unlikely chuck that in unless she has heard more than she can write about.

This may be harder for the AFEL to sweep under the carpet than they would like.

[Sedat]

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The story of a previous lover scorned is already permeating all types of media. We have our first scapegoat.

Bit like that woman who was outed as a Ch 7 employee (despite confidentiality needing to be adhered to as it was a police investigation) that 'overplayed' the Dustin Martin chopstick incident. I wonder if she backed down from the charges because she might have been 'paid a visit' from one of Dusty's old man's mates because they knew who she was

I enjoy seeing AFL House squirm when such stories come to light - pity that most of the general population are blissfully ignorant of their duplicitous actions in protecting the brand at all costs.

[bulldogtragic]

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I love that 'AFEL' has caught on as an acronym.

[jeemak]

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I love that 'AFEL' has caught on as an acronym.

What's its meaning?

[bulldogtragic]

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What's its meaning?

Australian Football Entertainment League. Or that's what I coined it.

Derived from WWE's name. Both run by a very well paid dictator, with completely contrived fixtures and favourable results for their favourites, and not about real competition or pure sport, but only about growing and protecting it's brand and all about tv rights and money.

[Axe Man]

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Gubby Allen with the ignore it and it might go away maneuver. Surely he needs to be sanctioned for his inaction even if there's no substance to the allegations?

ASADA tipped off about Lachie Whitfield drugs case after inaction by GWS Giants

THE whistleblower in the Lachie Whitfield drugs case tipped off the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority after two months of inaction by Greater Western Sydney football boss Graeme “Gubby” Allan.

ASADA confirmed it passed the woman’s allegations to the AFL, which announced on Tuesday it had completed a secret 13-month investigation.

Whitfield’s former girlfriend first made contact with Allan in May last year but did not hear back from the veteran administrator, who is now at Collingwood.

The Melbourne woman went back to Allan in July 2015 but this time also notified ASADA of her claims.

Allan then told GWS chief executive Dave Matthews, who immediately alerted the AFL.

[Bornadog]

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Australian Football Entertainment League. Or that's what I coined it.

Derived from WWE's name. Both run by a very well paid dictator, with completely contrived fixtures and favourable results for their favourites, and not about real competition or pure sport, but only about growing and protecting it's brand and all about tv rights and money.

I thought you took it from the way Gerard Whately pronounces AFL.

[Drunken Bum]

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I love that 'AFEL' has caught on as an acronym.

i am proud to have played my little part in this, have been using it for a few years now, is pleasing to see more and more people calling out the AFEL for what they truly are, my little black heart skips a beat every time i see it used <3

[Go_Dogs]

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i am proud to have played my little part in this, have been using it for a few years now, is pleasing to see more and more people calling out the AFEL for what they truly are, my little black heart skips a beat every time i see it used <3

I wish we could bring back Anderson Ball and those simpler times...

[Twodogs]

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I wish we could bring back Anderson Ball and those simpler times...

I can remember when the entire administration was Allen Alyett and Jack Hamilton and they did everything.

[Bornadog]

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I can remember when the entire administration was Allen Alyett and Jack Hamilton and they did everything.

600 people now work in AFEL house

[Twodogs]

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600 people now work in AFEL house

They worked out of that little terrace house they converted into VFL House. They must have had maybe a staff of ten.

[merantau]

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Congratulations to all posters on this thread; it makes for very entertaining reading. Sharp, witty, ascerbic, comments that expose the AFEL for what it is. I was thinking the "E" was for "excuse". "Entertainment" makes more sense.

[Bornadog]

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They worked out of that little terrace house they converted into VFL House. They must have had maybe a staff of ten.

Life was simple then, now the AFEL have TV rights in excess of $2billion and massive revenues from sponsorships, gate takings etc. In 1971, ABC paid $200,000 per year for TV rights. Boy have times changed.

[Topdog]

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Following the AFEL's standard procedure of hanging an arms length a scapegoat, they managed to find Dank guilty of all charges and banned him for life using the same evidence they found wasn't satisfactory to use against the players.

This is probably where they shot themselves in the foot the most. How could Dank have done something so bad to receive a lifetime ban yet the players he was in charge of had nothing done to them?