Mr Commissioner
All Australian
- Dec 22, 2014
- 833
- 926
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Banned
- #1
http://www.3aw.com.au/news/western-...ce-of-essendon-34-on-3aw-20160211-gmrwtr.html
The whole AFL is a boys club with a bubble mentality.
This quote for me sums up the ametuer mindset that still permeates through the AFL ranks.
"Anybody who steps out of line or is a boat rocker probably doesn't last that long," he said.
"The Essendon players have been treated like a European cycling team who should know better.
"Well, no, they shouldn't know better because they had no grounding to work from."
I cannot fathom this.
At the AFL induction camp, EVERY SINGLE PLAYER ATTENDS upon being drafted into the AFL system, they are given a thorough run down on the AFL playing rules, the WADA code and the responsibility of each and every player.
The players are told that they can be prosecuted with no positive tests, that the intent to gain competitive advantage is evidence enough to cop a doping infraction.
This statement, to me, proves that even still within the coaches ranks of the AFL the Anti-Doping message isn't getting through.
The whole AFL is a boys club with a bubble mentality.
This quote for me sums up the ametuer mindset that still permeates through the AFL ranks.
"Anybody who steps out of line or is a boat rocker probably doesn't last that long," he said.
"The Essendon players have been treated like a European cycling team who should know better.
"Well, no, they shouldn't know better because they had no grounding to work from."
I cannot fathom this.
At the AFL induction camp, EVERY SINGLE PLAYER ATTENDS upon being drafted into the AFL system, they are given a thorough run down on the AFL playing rules, the WADA code and the responsibility of each and every player.
The players are told that they can be prosecuted with no positive tests, that the intent to gain competitive advantage is evidence enough to cop a doping infraction.
This statement, to me, proves that even still within the coaches ranks of the AFL the Anti-Doping message isn't getting through.