Which defender for D3/4

[Grufflez]

Hard to say. I've made a few comments on the Essendon board about it. With every day that passes it looks better for the players but equally I've competed in WADA controlled events and the bottom line is the competitor is responsible for what goes into them. I don't necessarily think it's fair given that high performance staff should be able to be trusted by the players, but there isn't really a defense of unintentional doping - look at Ahmed Saad, or Alberto Contador (Contador lost the 2010 Tour de France title and was banned for doping when they detected clenbuterol in one of his samples. His defense was always that it was food contamination, and I think it was completely plausible, plus the amount detected was next to nothing, certainly not the sort of dose needed to have a performance enhancing effect. Nevertheless, he got banned...)

WADA/ASADA will not want to let this go easily as it sets a precedent - from here on out players could dope and then argue they were told by trainers it was something else, or that it was event legal, and the precedent for no punishment would be there. I can't see them letting that happen.

Agree with this analysis of the Essendon situation.I currently have Jobe/Hibberd in my team but i too am very worried and just can't see this been over yet.I might be rolling the dice on the thought that ASAD may wait till/or take till the end of the year to hand out any punishment/bans ect.

Hard to factor in these things..meh!