Aaron Edwards

[LostDoggy]

Anyone notice the lack of/poor media coverage over North's Aaron Edwards drink driving charge and club suspension/fine?

Given he was known to be a troubled soul, prior include being mentioned in the Kerr tapes,sacked by WCE, kicked out of a Loniel Richie gig(funny itself), I thought this would have been huge news or should have been sacked by North?

This time its speeding 98 in a 60 zone, failed a breath test then refused a police station test! Was he speeding on 2 fronts?
AFL is a joke, players are taking advantage and basically laughing in the comps face.

If Symonds had of done this then we would never hear the end.

[GVGjr]

Re: Aaron Edwards

He's in a bit of strife though and the Roos must be disappointed in him. It's getting hard to defend some of these guys now.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Aaron Edwards

I agree 100%. The guide is the first time you refuse a breath test you do 2 years. That's 24 months. For get one month for every 0.1 over .07 - That is, .12 (12 Months) .18 (18 months) .24 (24 months).

Therefore, refusing is being equivalent to be being 5 times the legal limit nearly.

So lets ask some questions....

Was he so blind drunk (i.e 6 times the legal limit and near-on dead) he thought "i will get less time for refusing"?

Or like many young men who refuse breath tests, he thought the test might pick up other substances?

Either way a refusal of a breath test is a serious offence. SO much so, if he has only one prior for drink driving irregardless of the reading, he will actually get 4 years cancellation and disqualification on top of the 6 months he will get for exceesive speed.

That North got away with serious scrutiny over this breach of the law by one it's player is a serious bullet dodge. Although the TAC aren't one of their sponsors, it actually ranks as one of the more serious law breaches by an AFL player.

[mighty_west]

Re: Aaron Edwards

Perhaps the lack of media attention is due to North getting on the front foot, being open from the start, and dealing with it straight away, giving him a suspension of 4 H&A games as well as all the pre-season, they have nipped it in the butt before it became a real circus, end of story.

The difference with Symonds is that he has offended so many times in the past few months, this being cricket season, he is also a senior player in a rebuilding side who is very much the face of the team with all the advertising he has done, plus the ACB's poor handling of his affairs.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aaron Edwards

Perhaps the lack of media attention is due to North getting on the front foot, being open from the start, and dealing with it straight away, giving him a suspension of 4 H&A games as well as all the pre-season, they have nipped it in the butt before it became a real circus, end of story.

I disagree with this, its lack of media attention is because the AFL and North want to hide it. North knew when recruiting him he had these issues.

[mighty_west]

Re: Aaron Edwards

I disagree with this, its lack of media attention is because the AFL and North want to hide it. North knew when recruiting him he had these issues.

I am actually happy as a neutral supporter that this story is done & dusted, it was a main story on yesterdays news, and i'm sure it got headlines in the papers [i didn't get todays or yesterdays Hun], rather than just dragging out like with the Cousins, the Collingwoods players situations, in effect did drag on to the extent that they did due to their clubs not being totally transparent like North have done.

The scutiny on players these days is just astonishing, yeah, he stuffed up bad, and he's now copped his whack, and the media don't really have or need follow up stories due to being a closed case.

North have handled this just perfectly, they were honest from the start, they didn't want to hide the facts, they told it as it was, done deal.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aaron Edwards

I am actually happy as a neutral supporter that this story is done & dusted, it was a main story on yesterdays news, and i'm sure it got headlines in the papers [i didn't get todays or yesterdays Hun], rather than just dragging out like with the Cousins, the Collingwoods players situations, in effect did drag on to the extent that they did due to their clubs not being totally transparent like North have done.

The scutiny on players these days is just astonishing, yeah, he stuffed up bad, and he's now copped his whack, and the media don't really have or need follow up stories due to being a closed case.

North have handled this just perfectly, they were honest from the start, they didn't want to hide the facts, they told it as it was, done deal.

Yes just what the cheats want - transparency. There is more to this story than just a matter of speeding and a drink driving 1 off.
The AFL don't want to know cos a story like this can only harm their image. Deny all til its obvious.
You think North handled perfectly, seems to me they have taken WCE approach. He is a required player just they can't sack him, stuff like this will it bites them on the backside later. No doubt they are hiding the facts, they know the full story here and Edward's history.

I'm interested in a level playing field, again the cheats are laughing at us suckers that follow the sport thinking that it is level.

[hujsh]

Re: Aaron Edwards

Yes just what the cheats want - transparency. There is more to this story than just a matter of speeding and a drink driving 1 off.
The AFL don't want to know cos a story like this can only harm their image. Deny all til its obvious.
You think North handled perfectly, seems to me they have taken WCE approach. He is a required player just they can't sack him, stuff like this will it bites them on the backside later. No doubt they are hiding the facts, they know the full story here and Edward's history.

I'm interested in a level playing field, again the cheats are laughing at us suckers that follow the sport thinking that it is level.

What should have been done in your opinion? I've only seen Cousins sacked (If that was a sacking) so that's very doubtful.

[ledge]

Re: Aaron Edwards

Yes just what the cheats want - transparency. There is more to this story than just a matter of speeding and a drink driving 1 off.
The AFL don't want to know cos a story like this can only harm their image. Deny all til its obvious.
You think North handled perfectly, seems to me they have taken WCE approach. He is a required player just they can't sack him, stuff like this will it bites them on the backside later. No doubt they are hiding the facts, they know the full story here and Edward's history.

I'm interested in a level playing field, again the cheats are laughing at us suckers that follow the sport thinking that it is level.

How is drink driving cheating?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aaron Edwards

I never said drink driving was cheating. I said there is more to the story. Why would a guy caught speeding thats breath tested positive not go to the station for the full tests?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aaron Edwards

What should have been done in your opinion? I've only seen Cousins sacked (If that was a sacking) so that's very doubtful.

North can do what they want, they won't sack him because he isn't a bad player.
My issue is that there is more to the story.

[GVGjr]

Re: Aaron Edwards

What should happen to him? Was the fine and suspension sufficient? Should they simply have sacked him?

It's a shame that guys like Nathan Thompson who wanted to play on couldn't be kept when guys like Edwards apparently don't appreciate their 2nd or even 3rd chances. He's not a walk up start in the side either so he must be on very shaky ground.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aaron Edwards

What should happen to him? Was the fine and suspension sufficient? Should they simply have sacked him?

It's a shame that guys like Nathan Thompson who wanted to play on couldn't be kept when guys like Edwards apparently don't appreciate their 2nd or even 3rd chances. He's not a walk up start in the side either so he must be on very shaky ground.

Not sure I wouldn't have recruited a guy like that in the first place. I would have put him on strict conditions, now broken twice he should have been gone.
I think he is a good player when fit.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aaron Edwards

At least it is to our advantage we play North in round two.

[The Underdog]

Re: Aaron Edwards

At least it is to our advantage we play North in round two.

Recent history would suggest that playing North at all is a disadvantage to us. They own us at the moment.