Philzsay
31 Aug 2006, 10:57
What to do with Rama hey? I hope he does make it back and play AFL footy again at a reasonable level. Personally I would roll the dice, delist him and if he is able to play again gamble that noone else would dare recruit him. Considering he will be starting to move from his mid 20's to late 20's by the time he could seriously play AFL quality footy again I think this is a reasonable option to take.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,20311486%255E20322,00.html
Dons look at ways to keep Rama
31 August 2006 Herald-Sun
Rebecca Williams
ESSENDON has begun to investigate ways it can keep a place on its list for Adam Ramanauskas if his medical condition prevents him from playing next year.
Bombers chief executive Peter Jackson revealed yesterday he had consulted the AFL and there were no rules allowing Ramanauskas to retain ties with the club if he could not be listed for medical reasons.
Ramanauskas's career was put on hold in February after it was discovered the cancer in his neck had returned.
The 25-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season.
While Jackson said it was premature to speculate on his future, re-drafting Ramanauskas for 2008 was an option if he could not be listed next year.
"I've had an unofficial conversation (with the AFL) and there is no rules that allow us to keep him as our player if he's not on a list for medical reasons," Jackson said. "If his medical condition prevents him playing in 2007, and I don't know the answer to that yet, and he recovers sufficiently to be on the list in 2008, we would like to achieve that.
"There's probably only two ways that can be done. One is that we re-draft him.
"Hopefully if that had to happen, all other clubs would be sympathetic and not jump in, and allow us to take him under the draft process. I can't imagine the other 15 clubs not doing that."
Jackson said the other option was to seek a special exemption from the AFL commission, as Melbourne did after the death of tsunami victim Troy Broadbridge.
The Demons were granted permission to add Shannon Motlop to their list to replace Broadbridge.
"The only other option I suppose is to write a letter to the commission and claim it as a special circumstance, a bit like what Melbourne did with the Troy Broadbridge case where they were allowed to have an extra player that season," Jackson said.
Jackson would not comment on the midfielder's treatment, but said the Bombers would be thrilled if he was able to continue his playing career with the club.
"It's a private matter for him," Jackson said.
"I'm not making judgments about 2007.
"But if he's not on (the list) in 2007, the question becomes how do you get him back in 2008?
"There is still a good likelihood that this treatment will work and he'll recover and be strong enough to come onto the list in 2008. That's what we'd hope for."
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,20311486%255E20322,00.html
Dons look at ways to keep Rama
31 August 2006 Herald-Sun
Rebecca Williams
ESSENDON has begun to investigate ways it can keep a place on its list for Adam Ramanauskas if his medical condition prevents him from playing next year.
Bombers chief executive Peter Jackson revealed yesterday he had consulted the AFL and there were no rules allowing Ramanauskas to retain ties with the club if he could not be listed for medical reasons.
Ramanauskas's career was put on hold in February after it was discovered the cancer in his neck had returned.
The 25-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season.
While Jackson said it was premature to speculate on his future, re-drafting Ramanauskas for 2008 was an option if he could not be listed next year.
"I've had an unofficial conversation (with the AFL) and there is no rules that allow us to keep him as our player if he's not on a list for medical reasons," Jackson said. "If his medical condition prevents him playing in 2007, and I don't know the answer to that yet, and he recovers sufficiently to be on the list in 2008, we would like to achieve that.
"There's probably only two ways that can be done. One is that we re-draft him.
"Hopefully if that had to happen, all other clubs would be sympathetic and not jump in, and allow us to take him under the draft process. I can't imagine the other 15 clubs not doing that."
Jackson said the other option was to seek a special exemption from the AFL commission, as Melbourne did after the death of tsunami victim Troy Broadbridge.
The Demons were granted permission to add Shannon Motlop to their list to replace Broadbridge.
"The only other option I suppose is to write a letter to the commission and claim it as a special circumstance, a bit like what Melbourne did with the Troy Broadbridge case where they were allowed to have an extra player that season," Jackson said.
Jackson would not comment on the midfielder's treatment, but said the Bombers would be thrilled if he was able to continue his playing career with the club.
"It's a private matter for him," Jackson said.
"I'm not making judgments about 2007.
"But if he's not on (the list) in 2007, the question becomes how do you get him back in 2008?
"There is still a good likelihood that this treatment will work and he'll recover and be strong enough to come onto the list in 2008. That's what we'd hope for."