They'd have to do it pretty sharpish to give time for Essendon to have their appeals process heard before the finals.

I still don't understand why the players need to be punished. There's medical people and staff to take care of the banned/not banned stuff. If you're a player, surely you'd trust the doctor/fitness guy/sports scientist? It is their job after all.

North fade again to go down by 14. :roll:

When a player admits to taking a banned drug something needs to be done. I really do not understand why Essendon is even still playing this season.

That's not how it works under every sport that signs up to WADA (which the AFL does). Players are ultimetely responsible for what they take.

I think it was such a drastic betrayal of player welfare that Essendon must be made an example of... like Storm in NRL Essendon must be punished severely so other teams don't think to follow this path.

I think points deduction, fine, draft picks and suspensions to key personnel would suffice.

I don't think there's anything else you can do except throw them out of the comp :lol:

Attendance so far in Rd 22:

Coll vs WCE: 41,198
Adel vs Melb: 35,643
North vs Haw: 33,039
Geel vs Syd: 28,459
Freo vs Port: 35,565
Carl vs Ess: 53,630


Edited by Mister Football: 25/8/2013 09:47:42 PM

Bunch of Lions members I know not renewing next year, had enough of being sold an inferior product for a premium.

What is going on among the ranks of the Hird Reich?

Really? I know a bunch of people have been upgrading their memberships to ensure voting rights for the current Board spill that's going on. I'll probably be upgrading my Vic membership for next season as well.

;) pinched it off the St. Kilda forum.

Attendance for Rd 22:

Coll vs WCE: 41,198
Adel vs Melb: 35,643
North vs Haw: 33,039
Geel vs Syd: 28,459
Freo vs Port: 35,565
Carl vs Ess: 53,630
St K vs GCS: 17,622
GWS vs Rich: 12,314
Bris vs WB: 20,130

Total attendance for round: 277,600
Average attendance for round: 30,844

GWS to fold.

12k at a GWS game? That's barely their cumulative crowd for the whole season.

Bombers won't be playing finals football. I think most teams in the 8 are hoping the Kangaroos don't sneak in, they could do some real damage, especially week 1

Great look for the ALF with a half full stadium, the symbol of Melbourne game.

Real shame. :oops:

I think most teams are just glad that Swallow is out if North make it in.

It won't matter any way. The roos will give up a lead against Collingwood again and Carlton will get up against Port.

PunPunPunPunPunPunPunPunPunPunPunPunPun

The year Richmond finishes in the eight, the ninth team qualifies for finals :lol:

Hird suspended at last, I hate the Bombers but I hope we see him back after the 12 months.

$2m fine, loss of premiership points, loss of their first 2 draft picks, Hird suspended for a year...

I think the AFL might actually have gone too far. I mena, I know that the AFL are trying to make an example of Essendon, but in the highly unlikely chance that another club is caught in a similar infraction then how can they punish them any harder?

Edited by afromanGT: 27/8/2013 08:46:35 PM

Demetriou needs to go too

Well lets hope this tiny corrupt sport will come back next year drug free

Not quite, not loss of premiership points, they keep the points, but are automatically placed in 9th position and therefore cannot contest the finals.

All their stats, brownlow votes, etc are unaffected.

I'll tell you now Port will win over Carlton.

God damn, if only we didn't have to travel to Geelong. Makes games like Round 1 against the Dogs and the numerous close losses where we just faded/start poorly really hurt. Still...I can't help but ridiculously optimistic.

This just sounds a bit iffy to me. I do hope a full report is eventually released to the public by ASADA. Seems pretty soft to me.

Yeah, North Melbourne say hi.

They've been removed from the finals a week out, been given a 2 million dollar fine which would cripple many clubs, have lost their club legend coach that is loved by the players for a year and docked their first 2 draft picks, which clubs like Geelong and Sydney have shown to be critical for continued success. These decisions put together effectively shut Essendons premiership window. I'm not saying its unfair but its certainly not soft :d

Well like I said I'd really like ASADA to release a full report so we can know the whole story. But if this was to happen for instance in a sport like cycling we'd be seeing harsher penalties especially for the 'coach'.