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Well there wasn't much forgiveness shown. How much money does EFC actually have to throw away?
The club is a tub being run by butchers, bakers and candlestick makers.
I really hope the members with half a brain finally stand up and rid the AFL of the Hird Cancer.
No idea how they don't see it. This whole thing completely stains his career as a player as you have to look back at him and see him as an egotistical player who only served himself and didn't give a crap about his team mates, that's certainly how his coaching career has beenHird is clearly an absolute egomaniac and poisonous to the Essendon Football Club. How can they have him back?
To be fair they always admitted they had poor governance - but that was always qualified with the claims of Rogue Agents being to blame for the actual administration of drugs... which they claim their players were never given... but they can't say what their players were given...We are assuming that finally reality will dawn and that they will admit fault, admit they ran a program of unspecified drugs and accept all punishment.
But if we have found out anything in this whole saga, is that admitting fault and liability, doesn't come easily to any at Essendon
It would have always been a roll of the dice which they had to take.Really was this a surprise?
ASADA had a retired Federal Court judge review their case who was an expert in Administrative law and gave them the green light.
So what do Essendon do? Appeal on administrative grounds.
Not terribly bright down there.
It would have always been a roll of the dice which they had to take.
I cannot recall where I read the claims that there was a lot of insurance money riding on this?
Ever applied for life insurance? A whole lot of "lifestyle" questions to answer, which are basically 15 different ways of asking if you've ever been injected outside a legitimate healthcare setting.Never heard that, would be interesting, I guess some of the policies re directors indemnity, health cover might have clauses ruling out cover in something like this occurs.
It would have always been a roll of the dice which they had to take.
I cannot recall where I read the claims that there was a lot of insurance money riding on this?
ASADA have been under everyone else's expected timetable and a lot of the criticism has been that they were going too slow, when it is probably the case that they have been doing everything on their terms and in their own, but reasonable, time. It is a complicated case with a mountain of documents and a fairly small organisation.The commentary on this will obviously about poor decisions made by EFC, a bit like when a team heavily favoured to win loses and then all the talk is about what went wrong for the losers with little to no discussion about the winners.
But I'd be interested in people's thoughts about what this means for ASADA. Is this a decision a resounding endorsement of their (relatively) quiet and methodical approach to this investigation?
I certainly think they will be quietly emboldened by the outcome.
Regards
S. Pete
The commentary on this will obviously about poor decisions made by EFC, a bit like when a team heavily favoured to win loses and then all the talk is about what went wrong for the losers with little to no discussion about the winners.
But I'd be interested in people's thoughts about what this means for ASADA. Is this a decision a resounding endorsement of their (relatively) quiet and methodical approach to this investigation?
I certainly think they will be quietly emboldened by the outcome.
Regards
S. Pete
I think the substance was that ASADA and the AFL received the information instantaneously, so ASADA did not give anything to the AFL which they did not already have.The commentary on this will obviously about poor decisions made by EFC, a bit like when a team heavily favoured to win loses and then all the talk is about what went wrong for the losers with little to no discussion about the winners.
But I'd be interested in people's thoughts about what this means for ASADA. Is this a decision a resounding endorsement of their (relatively) quiet and methodical approach to this investigation?
I certainly think they will be quietly emboldened by the outcome.
Regards
S. Pete
I forget where, but I remember reading EFC have insurance covering 90% of the costs if they avoid conviction. like all reports on this though, I'd take it with a grain of salt
Yep. I think they have held the line very well. And apparently, so does the court.ASADA have been under everyone else's expected timetable and a lot of the criticism has been that they were going too slow, when it is probably the case that they have been doing everything on their terms and in their own, but reasonable, time. It is a complicated case with a mountain of documents and a fairly small organisation.
We are assuming that finally reality will dawn and that they will admit fault, admit they ran a program of unspecified drugs and accept all punishment.
Teehee.I think the substance was that ASADA and the AFL received the information intravenously, so ASADA did not give anything to the AFL which they did not already have.
It would have always been a roll of the dice which they had to take.
I cannot recall where I read the claims that there was a lot of insurance money riding on this?
Yep. I think they have held the line very well. And apparently, so does the court.
you saw it on the dons board - probably rines. go cry with them.
the supporters have burnt their club to the ground - only themselves to blame now.