Dank decision is in: Almost not guilty!

[Hawthorn United]

GUILTY

Source: SEN

The Tribunal Statement: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-04-17/full-statement-from-afl-antidoping-tribunal-chairman-afl

 

[Proper Gander]

GUILTY

Source: SEN

Dank?

 

[Hawthorn United]

Dank?

Yeah.

AFL tribunal have found him guilty.

 

[Armchair Critic]

Yeah.

AFL tribunal have found him guilty.

of what, there were 34 charges

 

[Proper Gander]

Yeah.

AFL tribunal have found him guilty.

Good.

 

[GuzzLG]

Governance issues at Gold Coast and Carlton. Shame as these teams will have valuable draft picks taken away given their likely ladder position.

 

[Oscarman]

Dank?

Perfect result for the AFL would be guilty on anything but those charges of giving players banned substances. Keeps him away from clubs but gives ASADA/WADA no possibilities for an appeal.

 

[Armchair Critic]

SMH Sport‏@SMHsport40 secs41 seconds ago
BREAKING:The AFL anti-doping tribunal has found Stephen Dank guilty on several charges but he has been cleared on all 3 TB4-related charges.

 

[Lion of Panjshir]

Cleared of TB-4 charges.

 

[Hawthorn United]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...lated-to-thymosin-beta-4-20150417-1mnho6.html

The AFL anti-doping tribunal has found Stephen Dank guilty on several charges, however he has been cleared on three charges relating to banned substance Thymosin Beta 4.

The tribunal was not comfortably satisfied that Dank had administered or attempted to administer Thymosin Beta 4 to various Essendon players, nor that he had assisted, encouraged, aided, abetted or covered up administration of the peptide.

This follows the tribunal's decision last month to clear the 34 current and former Essendon players of taking the banned substance on the basis that there was insufficient evidence.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Stephen Dank has been reportedly found guilty of several charges by the AFL’s Anti-Doping Tribunal.

However, the controversial former Essendon sports scientist has been cleared on all three charges relating to the alleged use of banned peptide Thymosin beta-4.

 

[Oscarman]

Cleared of TB-4 charges.

Does line up with the players outcome.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

so he'll be banned for life. ASADA get to chalk up a win. No impact on appeal against players.

It's a neat little bow really.

 

[clogged]

#freedank

 

[Proper Gander]

Perfect result for the AFL would be guilty on anything but those charges of giving players banned substances. Keeps him away from clubs but gives ASADA/WADA no possibilities for an appeal.

Wonder what the several are? No chance he will agree to release findings

 

[Oscarman]

Wonder what the several are? No chance he will agree to release findings

Does he get a choice on a guilty finding?

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Wonder what the several are? No chance he will agree to release findings

hazard a guess:

- trafficking Hexaralin
- administering Hexaralin to support staff

 

[Proper Gander]

hazard a guess:

- trafficking Hexaralin
- administering Hexaralin to support staff

Yes. That's the only bit of the bow that is a bit frayed. Red faces for a couple of clubs a distinct possibility. I see another Patrick Smith article looming...

 

[rdhopkins2]

No great surprise. How could they find Dank guilty of TB4 but not Essendon.....would have looked ridiculous.

Let's hope WADA come over the top and investigate.

 

[Ultimatt]

Derp.

He was charged for multiple offences including murder and culpable homicide. Not guilty of murder, guilty of culpable homicide. Charged with both.

You really are bad at this.

Did I say charged? I said attempt to prosecute. Derp. They went for murder. Part of proving that is proving he killed someone, then also proving intent. In ASADA's case they went for doping, part of their case would've been to prove the intent was to use prohibited drugs. The tribunal decision was only ever concerned with whether they actually doped, never with the intent.

 

[Jaeger]

LOL at the AFL

 

[Ultimatt]

LOL at the AFL

Classic. Look forward to seeing what they were comfortably satisfied he did.

 

[GuzzLG]

This doesn't mean he's guilty though. It just means a properly constituted tribunal were comfortably satisfied that he breached the anti-doping code under the relevant standard of proof. Not quite the same thing. [/htb logic]

 

[Cylon7]

So who told Chip these findings were to be released today?
Is he now the go-to man for AFL?

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Is this the post that a moment ago you posted to yourself?

Move on. You don't like my post or get the point of it. Fine. The randomised trolling seems an over-reaction though

Yeah, I hit reply instead of edit.

You asked why I thought it was a such a s**t and irrelevant post. So I told you.