Performance-enhancing drugs in the AFL

[RobsOverAchieverss]

We can't discount what the cheat did for cancer sufferers everywhere, that is invaluable

He is a low life scum who helped charity not many of them going round :S he hides behind cancer...he is a cancer

[DazBurg]

i just saw on bomber blitz someone saw this on foxsportsafl twitter

Fox Sports AFL ‏@FoxSportsAFL

Strong rumours are emerging that the Essendon Football Club are clean and it's all been a massive storm in a tea cup. #AFL

https://twitter.com/FoxSportsAFL

[kilbluff1985]

i just saw on bomber blitz someone saw this on foxsportsafl twitter

Fox Sports AFL ‏@FoxSportsAFL

Strong rumours are emerging that the Essendon Football Club are clean and it's all been a massive storm in a tea cup. #AFL

https://twitter.com/FoxSportsAFL

yeah some good news hopefully

[DazBurg]

i just saw on bomber blitz someone saw this on foxsportsafl twitter

Fox Sports AFL ‏@FoxSportsAFL

Strong rumours are emerging that the Essendon Football Club are clean and it's all been a massive storm in a tea cup. #AFL

https://twitter.com/FoxSportsAFL

yeah some good news hopefully

yeah i hope so too
get this over with and get on with some actual footy

[DazBurg]

now they saying on bomberblitz that the twitter account they had on there which i relayed to here is a fake one  :o
and some saying it looks legit
i dont know...lol

[DazBurg]

see the afl held a press conference saying esendon and 1 player from another club which tye didn't name but under investigation for performance enhancing drugs

now not sure if they said essendon because we in the report or the fact we came forward and are already under investigation

Edit: wait this clears it up

Essendon, one other club under investigation: AFL

Date February 10, 2013 - 1:19PM

Multiple players from Essendon and one player from one other AFL club are being investigated for possible performance enhancing drug use.

AFL deputy chief executive Gillon McLachlan addressed the media in Melbourne on Sunday and said the Australian Crime Commission report only identified two specific cases where WADA prohibited performance enhancing drugs may have been used in the AFL.

McLachlan confirmed one of those clubs was Essendon - who went to the AFL with concerns over supplement use before the ACC handed down their report on Thursday.

McLachlan said the possible breaches of the AFL Doping code would be investigated.

"The AFL is aware of one case involving the possibility of WADA prohibited performance enhancing drug use by one player at one club," said McLachlan, before saying he was not in a position to name that club.

"The AFL is aware that a second case involves the possibility of WADA prohibited performance enhancing drug use by multiple players at one club.

"In this case it's possible that players were administered the WADA prohibited substances without their knowledge or consent."

McLachlan confirmed the second club was Essendon.

McLachlan said the AFL was not aware of any specific instances of suspected match fixing in AFL competition.


http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/esse...l#ixzz2KSbZmYYK

[Ringo]

Again all clubs remain under suspicion due to unwillingness to name club or player.

For the sake of the competition let us get the investigation over, name all the guilty parties, invoke appropriate penalties and get on with the season. One can only hope.

[DazBurg]

Again all clubs remain under suspicion due to unwillingness to name club or player.

For the sake of the competition let us get the investigation over, name all the guilty parties, invoke appropriate penalties and get on with the season. One can only hope.

will drag out for many many months clouding the actual season which really should be the story we try to move on with but instead back page will alwyas be filled with this story instead

[Bluke]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-02-10/two-clubs-under-cloud

Doesnt look any closer to blowing over if you ask me... Wishful thinking...

[Bluke]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-02-10/phone-taps-a-possibility

And this...

[blue]

Meh seems less and less likely we are in trouble. They have no case if everyone supposedly involved is denying it & no one has tested positive. At the very least the players won't be suspended... No positive tests and they will all just deny it so there is no case. The Reimers interview was hilarious... He could hardly talk without stumbling & then contradicted himself... Journalists took advantage of him. Kind of felt sorry for him.  Have no respect for any sports journo's anymore.

btw saw this on bomberblitz earlier  ;D

your on crack, 18 month investigation and now they come out with it, of corase they have prof of something, i think its past denying.
P.S. reimers is that dumb he would not know how to lie

[Grazz]

ACC been tapping phones aswell.

[Boomz]

Meh seems less and less likely we are in trouble. They have no case if everyone supposedly involved is denying it & no one has tested positive. At the very least the players won't be suspended... No positive tests and they will all just deny it so there is no case. The Reimers interview was hilarious... He could hardly talk without stumbling & then contradicted himself... Journalists took advantage of him. Kind of felt sorry for him.  Have no respect for any sports journo's anymore.

btw saw this on bomberblitz earlier  ;D

your on crack, 18 month investigation and now they come out with it, of corase they have prof of something, i think its past denying.
P.S. reimers is that dumb he would not know how to lie

If they have proof then why haven't they done anything? all the shower in the report is "alleged"... If they had proof they would have moved in instead of trying to scare them into confessing.

[Fletch74]

The ACC has no power when it comes to convicting anyone. All they can do is pass on their finidngs to the relevant authorities, who can then press charges where needed.

The scare factor has been used to try and get some people to come forward for more leniant penalties, rather than being tapped on the shoulder by those relevant authorities. Also they want them to hopefully provide other criminals who have not yet been uncovered by the ACC...

[owenbond007]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-02-10/dank-to-sue-for-10m

The media are pretty f$%ked on this one. Considering he has not be charged with anything they will have hardly a leg to stand on.

If they only reported facts with evidence this wouldn't happen.