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Re: Stick with code, says WADA
This is the response by Essendon
Essendon Football Club categorically denies the baseless rumours and speculation tonight in the media about an 'ultimatum' in relation to the future of coach James Hird.
As a Club we are incredibly frustrated by the decision of some sections of the media to report unfounded and untested gossip.
The fight hasn't really begun yet.Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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Seems like Little is going to throw his financial clout around and threaten legal action in the hope it will test the resources and resolve of those who are on the other side of the scenario.
Essendon really are a lame collective of human beings.Time and Tide Waits For No ManComment
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Can't understand the alliance for Saad, he should go to the media and say he took an illegal substance and as a role model he should just cop his right wack.
His findings has nothing to do with the Essendon scenario and they will be all judge accordingly.It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.Comment
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I continue to be amazed at the amateur hour commentary of the cheerleaders, sorry reporters, in relation to the supplements scandal. There are simply too many conflicts of interest with the scribes, all of whom rely on the AFL meal ticket to fund their salaries. Almost to a man, no sportsman/woman has escaped anything less than a 6 month ban, even without the appearance of a positive test. WADA will simply not sit idle and watch their drug code be embarrassed by the fanciful notion of no penalties being handed out to the Essendon players. If the players fully cooperate with ASADA officials, they might get as little as 6 months, but 2 years is more like what will happen when the dust settles.
In light of the above, I think deregistering Essendon for 2 years is still very much on the cards, which is why I suspect that the AFL is working towards starting the season a month earlier so that they can make up the number of games to honour their broadcast agreements. The words I've heard coming from the inner sanctum are 'self-inflicted' - make of that what you will. I don't think there is much love between the AFL and Essendon, especially after David Evans was sacrificed by the Bombers to protect their Queen Bee."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Why the hell was Saad playing on the weekend? Drag him FFS.You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― EpicurusComment
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I don't think any Essendon players are going to cop bans based on this article
In some ways I'm not surprised, no positive tests just a heap of circumstantial evidence.
The AFL is right thogh to target the administrators of the supplements program. I just hope the scapegoats aren't Robbo and Dank. It has to go further and deeper. Just following instructions is no excuse, but equally, no knowing what your subordinates was doing is just as bad (if not worse).Comment
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Geez. Retaining Jack Rush AND Jules Bunside. Add Rob Richter and you've got the trifecta...Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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I've never expected any players to be suspended, the AFL just doesn't want it to happen. I think a fine is all that will come out of it in the end. I'm even expecting Hird to keep his job given 5 others have taken the fall for him.I don't think any Essendon players are going to cop bans based on this article
In some ways I'm not surprised, no positive tests just a heap of circumstantial evidence.
The AFL is right thogh to target the administrators of the supplements program. I just hope the scapegoats aren't Robbo and Dank. It has to go further and deeper. Just following instructions is no excuse, but equally, no knowing what your subordinates was doing is just as bad (if not worse).[COLOR="#FF0000"][B]Western Bulldogs:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"][B]We exist to win premierships[/B][/COLOR]Comment
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I stand corrected Chef.You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― EpicurusComment
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Another clueless article by a scribe that should know better. The interim report was never released for the purpose of proving any PED usage by the players, it is only to highlight governance issues at the club - the interim report, coupled with Essendon's own Ziggy report, are all that the AFL need to punish Essendon for bringing the game into disrepute over their shoddy governance (will be awfully hard for Essendon to disprove this), thereby removing their premiership points and saving the finals series from being hopelessly compromised. Then the fun starts with ASADA having all off-season to complete their final report, whereby the players will in all likelihood get smashed for their use of banned substances. This process is following what USADA did in the Lance Armstrong case.I don't think any Essendon players are going to cop bans based on this article
In some ways I'm not surprised, no positive tests just a heap of circumstantial evidence.
The AFL is right thogh to target the administrators of the supplements program. I just hope the scapegoats aren't Robbo and Dank. It has to go further and deeper. Just following instructions is no excuse, but equally, no knowing what your subordinates was doing is just as bad (if not worse).
Does anybody honestly believe that Hird would go to the trouble of hiring the best QC's in the business if he didn't know he was in all sorts of trouble? Not to mention the fact that he has tried to suppress the release of the interim report findings from the general public, even though he's spent the past 6 months telling the footy world he 'looks forward to everything coming out in the ASADA report'. He knows he's stuffed."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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David Galbally, despite his own agenda representing The Weapon, hi the nail on the head re: AFL's own conflict of interest in the whole saga and the need for an independent tribunal or commission. They just cannot be trusted to deliver a fair and reasonable outcome. If Essendon walk away without too much damage, regardless of their guilt or innocence, no one would ever accept that we've seen a fair and uncompromised process deliver a just result.
It will hang over Essendon forever and damage the credibility of the game.Time and Tide Waits For No ManComment
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