Albertross
Club Legend
Fair call, I completely understand your POV. I was also disappointed that other club presidents slept with the devil and sent us up that creek without a paddle. I honestly thought at the time that it was a deflection tactic taken by some other teams, so the focus remained on us as an individual club and not as a league wide problem.Only issue I have is that the other clubs had the chance to tell the AFL to let this mess be sorted out fairly and properly. Instead they told the AFL commission to end it and supported Essendon receiving whatever punishment was necessary to end the saga.
So why on earth we would feel one iota of sympathy for any other team that when provided the opportunity to do the right thing, sided with the AFL/Evil.
My empathy for all other clubs is dead because of this. You make the bed you sleep in.
And that especially goes for GC who hired Dank and Robinson, and as far as I can tell, is likley to have the ONLY player who tested positive for a banned substance and is the AFL love child. Oh did I mention that the AFL paid squillions to a Rugby player so he could allegedly buy drugs for his teammates?
Did I miss anything?
PS Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride.
As far as GC go, they should have been looked at more thoroughly at the time due to their association with Dank. Same goes for Melbourne. As far as I am aware, the only player that was in ASADAS sights from the GC was Bock and that seemed to go all quite after a while. As for Hunt, his situation is no different to Stokes from 4/5 years ago from what I know. Difference being is he supplied it to other sports people, where as Stokes supplied it to his mates.
At the end of the day, if any other team goes through what we have been through, it is the players (assuming they were duped as it's believed has happened to Essendon players), and the supporters who are affected the most by this.
I remember the days not so long ago when opposing supporters hated us for being a powerhouse club, not because they thought we were drug cheats. I want those days back.