AFL fines Essendon, locks 2013 season at 9th and applies draft sanctions

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AFL fines Essendon, locks 2013 season at 9th and applies draft sanctions

Authored by: Mister Football
on Friday, August 30 2013 @ 06:48 am ACST

This is how I read it:

1. Melbourne tanking - it's not really a finding which AD wanted proven, and besides, this is a team which is rock bottom on and off the field - what do you do? Guarantee its demise with a bit of rough justice? Pointless.

2. Adelaide - history of the AFL going hard on this sort of thing, don't mind publicising it, don't mind hitting wealthy clubs pretty hard.

3. Essendon - very tricky, AFL wants to be seen to be doing something, big song and dance about the biggest penalties in AFL history, however, can't have a situation where Essendon is banned from the comp for 2 years. If the AFL manages to get the players off, they have pulled off the biggest 3 card trick in the history of the game.

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Mister Football

AFL fines Essendon, locks 2013 season at 9th and applies draft sanctions

Authored by: Van_Dieman
on Saturday, August 31 2013 @ 03:53 am ACST

And this is the question - How many players does Essendon stand to loose from 12-24 months for taking banned substances. If it's a substancial number Essendon might well end up being wooden spooners in 2014 and potentially 2015.

Remember we've only heard part of the story todate. WADA are yet to speak and what they say trumps anything ASADA has said.

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Mister Football

AFL fines Essendon, locks 2013 season at 9th and applies draft sanctions

Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Saturday, August 31 2013 @ 04:39 am ACST

As a Hawthorn supporter - I have tried my best to stay away from personal comment on the Essendon situation. Clearly the past few decades of fierce rivalry has left me in a position where I cannot give any unbiased comment.

Great to see you are still with us VD, been a while since we have heard from you.

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Mister Football

AFL fines Essendon, locks 2013 season at 9th and applies draft sanctions

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Sunday, September 01 2013 @ 07:44 am ACST

I think like most people, if the players get suspended I'll feel sorry for them. The pressure to sign secrecy statements, the club peer pressure, and not being chemists they can't really know what they were being given. If the club said it was fine and you trusted them you'd be hard pressed to say no. Yes it's the players' responsibility too, but if it's implied your club doctor is ok with it and the club has hired sport science specialists who say it's ok, what are you supposed to do, take a vial of it away to test yourself? But WADA don't care about any of that do that.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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