Certified Legendary Thread Sympathy for *essendon - congratulations on '16 Wooden Spoon (RIP The Scales)

[DarkPhoenix]

News worthy of a thread title change.

The suffering will never get old.

 

[Horace]

How sad. More heartfelt sympathy from me.

 

[astrovic]

So * has been charged with breaching section 21 of the OHS Act? What's that all about?

Hmmm, let's have a look, shall we?

s.21(1) An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable, provide and maintain for employees of the employer a working environment that is safe and without risks to health.

So is a breach of that section a civil breach, or a criminal breach, or what?

Oh lookee here:

s.21(4) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.

What's that? Indictable offence? Why, that's a criminal offence. Other examples of indictable offences include murder, rape and arson. Hey, it's the most serious type of criminal offence. Granted, the punishment for those crimes is usually jail time whereas the punishment for this crime is a great whacking fine, but, let's not let that get in the way of pointing out that...

The *Essendon *Football *Club just got charged with a criminal offence.

I can't decide whether to laugh, laugh some more, or shake my head slowly in disgust (before bursting out laughing).

 

[hale]

News worthy of a thread title change.

This!
How about: Sympathy for *essendon - Worksafe decides: Danger - Do Not Enter

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Master Twinkletoes possible thread change?

 

[SpiderBurton22]

 

[muttley45]

A little ironic that Woosha has appointed Bluey McKenna as a LINE coach after Carlisle has already gone elsewhere

 

[Jay-Z]

The first thought that came to mind for me was "about bloody time". It was pretty bloody obvious *they had failed to provide a safe workplace when *they ran with that whole "we injected drugs into our players but we're not 100% sure what they were" line

 

[andana]

Bluey brings to * all his Bold Coast experience with Bennell and K.Hunt

 

[ShinbonerBaz]

HS story on the Worksafe charges

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...a/news-story/8f6401e0d8be75a5456c3ee6023272d6

 

[Twinkletoes]

Master Twinkletoes possible thread change?

Thread TITLE update? As opposed to "thread change". Yep, but big thread title changes take time.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Thread TITLE update? As opposed to "thread change". Yep, but big thread title changes take time.

Yes, if you can. Title of course.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Yes, if you can. Title of course.

Like *their reputation, DONE!

 

[Linda Lovelace]

I don't think this means a whole lot for individual law suits. Although players will have a case, without proving any actual negative health impacts they suffered, they won't receive a whole lot of damages.

But don't let that rain on the sympathy parade. There are many other reasons why this is bad for Essendon. The sheer ugliness of having multiple former players suing the club would be a spectacle, and it would seriously hurt the already tarnished image of the club.

Players have great grounds for claiming breach of contract if Essendon accept the charges, and even use the threat of doing so as a way to extort bigger contracts. A club whose own employees have them over a barrel is not a healthy club.

Tragic, really. My sympathies once again to brave *.

 

[Hojuman]

#sympathy

 

[Rod Stroker]

THE WADA DECISION IS IN!
Just announced 5 mins ago. Verdict = SUSPENSION!!!
Although they've misspelled Essendon, just a typo...

http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/34765444

 

[utility]

Directors and/or officials should have been charged.

 

[Contra Mundum]

This!
How about: Sympathy for *essendon - Worksafe decides: Danger - Do Not Enter

Needs one of these:

 

[Better Loosen Up]

This!
How about: Sympathy for *essendon - Worksafe decides: Danger - Do Not Enter

Image needs some of these

 

[Horace]

Image needs some of these

Probably not enough of those to go around at the peak of the jabbing season.

 

[D23D]

Probably not enough of those to go around at the peak of the jabbing season.

There was one on every locker, emptied twice daily

 

[Orange Peanut]

So the coach sacked by a club where a core group of young players appear to have been exposed to a culture of drug taking under his watch is now at...Essendon*? Reporting to a pharmacist?

You seriously couldn't make this s**t up.

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

Of course he is.

 

[Orange Peanut]

Of course he is.

This relates to 2 current threads.
My mrs at 10pm last night when this story was broadcast on ch 500:
"What the *? Jason ******* akermanis?? * this that settles it. I'm 100% North Melbourne next year. For *s sake."

 

[Black2Blue]

This relates to 2 current threads.
My mrs at 10pm last night when this story was broadcast on ch 500:
"What the ****? Jason ******* akermanis?? **** this that settles it. I'm 100% North Melbourne next year. For ****s sake."

Freed from the bonds of donialism. Welcome aboard Mrs Peanut.