So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

[Greystache]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

If Akermanis is right it's only by coincidence. His claims were his usual efforts to capture headlines over what was a popular issue at the time. There was no evidence or thought other than this will get me attention. Kind of like spreading a rumour your neighbor is a murderer because he keeps parking in front of your house, only for it to turn out he killed someone 30 years earlier.

[Mofra]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

Dale Lewis was widely slammed when he said recreational drugs were a problem in the AFL. He has largely been vindicated.

I think, sadly, Aker knows what he is talking about.

[comrade]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stars-too-injured-overrated-says-former-teammate-jason-akermanis/story-e6frf9jf-1226064457792

Sorry to take the thread off the drug topic, but the above article is interesting reading a few years down the track. Whilst I'm no Aker fan, most of his calls ended up correct (I think he was overly harsh towards Gia who provided very good service in his last few years after Aker left).

Not too say he is right about the drugs stuff, but who knows...

[LostDoggy]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

But who are the good ones and are they just the ones who have not tested positive yet?

This sentence underlines why drugs in sport MUST be obliterated at any cost.

Was Aker right about drugs? Yes. Michael Braun? No. Like everything he said, there was an element of truth that got buried by adding extra purely for ego's sake.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

Aker is an attention seeking trouble maker, but to dismiss everything/anything he said/says would be foolish.

He is right about a lot of things.

[westdog54]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

This sentence underlines why drugs in sport MUST be obliterated at any cost.

Was Aker right about drugs? Yes. Michael Braun? No. Like everything he said, there was an element of truth that got buried by adding extra purely for ego's sake.

Its worth remembering that Aker never actually named Braun in the media. A conversation he had about his column was overheard by Dylan Howard who ran with it on Channel 7.

A touch careless maybe but he's not alone for blame in outing Braun.

[ratsmac]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

I have grave doubts about the Eagles and their ability to bulk up to an extraordinary level in a short period of time and yet still be able to maintain high anaerobic fitness levels. Blokes like Braun and Lamb etc. seemed very dodgy to me.

You me both!

[LostDoggy]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

Drugs are an epidemic that will never go away, the police are powerless to stop it what makes everyone think that the AFL can? Lucky the AFL has a Union protecting the players rights or it wouldn't be able to be pushed under the rug. I'm pro union by the way.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/af...-1226064457792

Sorry to take the thread off the drug topic, but the above article is interesting reading a few years down the track. Whilst I'm no Aker fan, most of his calls ended up correct (I think he was overly harsh towards Gia who provided very good service in his last few years after Aker left).

Not too say he is right about the drugs stuff, but who knows...

Wow. I forgot about this. I guess history showed him pretty spot on.

[jeemak]

Re: So... Maybe Jason Akermanis was right about drugs in the AFL?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/af...-1226064457792

Sorry to take the thread off the drug topic, but the above article is interesting reading a few years down the track. Whilst I'm no Aker fan, most of his calls ended up correct (I think he was overly harsh towards Gia who provided very good service in his last few years after Aker left).

Not too say he is right about the drugs stuff, but who knows...

It's just another example of how Akermanis takes a 50/50 view held by those other than he, sensationalises them and waits for roughly half of them to come true.

Down the track we all proclaim him to be misunderstood and on the surface of things, ultimately right. By the time his comments come to light, we don't give any credence to context (Lake at the time was completely cooked with his injury woes) or scrutinise the validity of what he said at the time or his motives for them (Gia - not AFL standard, Higgins - given too many opportunities too early.....comments that of course have nothing to do with these guys being in a leadership group that didn't want him at the club). From what I can gather, retrospectively Tom Williams was a guy who just needed to believe in himself so he could play through broken bones. Plus, that Adam Cooney fellow leaving the club four years later off his own bat just vindicates him more so.