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

[Only Forwards]

I get the feeling they are about to be stomped on from a great height.

 

[andana]

* Hird must have thought about the Swiss deal. That's why he went to France last year.

 

[shintemaster]

Like I said a week or so ago.

Essendon & the AFL may well rue that they didn't take their medicine earlier. I reckon a 1 year ban would have had WADA look at it but ultimately let it pass through to the keeper on appeal. They've pissed on their shoes and have forced an extreme reaction.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

I want wikileaks to release EVERYTHING.
God that would be so good. If every document/recording/etc was released online unredacted so that punters like us can really see what happened.

No problemo, after all Julian Assange is a North Melbourne supporter.

 

[Black2Blue]

The AFL and *essedun are about to get a painful lesson of Globalization 101. As a result, I think we can be looking forward to seeing * supporters start to drape themselves with Aussie flags, perhaps a bit of head shaving, Pauline Hansen becoming a club ticket holder, and Toenail Abbott's mob getting on board for a bit of 'Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi' or perhaps 'Hirdy, Hirdy, Hirdy, Oi, Oi, Oi' as the brave provincials take on the evil internationals. But I do look forward to the bubble going pop.

 

[see see]

Guns don't come much bigger:

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/sport...against-essendon/story-fnca0u4y-1227361572126

 

[Horace]

Thread has been surprisingly free of *essendon posters proclaiming "all will be well" lately? Why might this be?

 

[blackshadow]

I get the feeling they are about to be stomped on from a great height.

 

[Nate7]

 

[Nate7]

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Insert it's happening gif.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

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[Garf]

Maintenant, nous allons a la Suisse ! (Year 8 French class translation: Yeah so now we're off to Switzerland) !

Look on the bright side.... duty free booze both ways ! Any deal previously offered must be looking so good waaay back in the distance now.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Any deal previously offered must be looking so good waaay back in the distance now.

 

[shintemaster]

Worth noting that Russell knows he's hit Essendon but keeps driving on with a glance to confirm work well done.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Like I said a week or so ago.

Essendon & the AFL may well rue that they didn't take their medicine earlier. I reckon a 1 year ban would have had WADA look at it but ultimately let it pass through to the keeper on appeal. They've pissed on their shoes and have forced an extreme reaction.

They did not even have to do that - cop a finding that they gave them banned drugs and some sort of ban from competition - the idiots wanted total vindication- perversely given they are guilty

 

[motlopfan]

My new favorite quote from the * board

"I don't like the idea of Wada doing everything their power to get the outcome they want the doping occurred in Australia not another ******* country."

Could that be referred to as a freudian slip or just the outing of the truth.? Either way priceless comment.

 

[giantroo]

LOL

 

[JD-Roo]

Posted this a great many moons ago when U2 were in town. To the tune of 'Everlasting Love'.

Just thought a re-post might help with the appeal.......


Knights game plan strayed
No wins, attack was the go
Hird stayed away
Just when they needed him so
"You won't regret"
"Please come back!" they begged you
"Whatever it takes"
That's the creed
They're gonna use
Yeah

Open your eyes
Dons fans realize
On what your club relied
Injecting drugs
Watson's '12 Brownlow
Wins upon the road
All achieved we know
By injecting drugs

This stain will last forever
This stain will last forever

Hird and Dank both know
Details they'll never show
Fans just wanna know
Were they injecting drugs?
Weapon's payout is sky high
Evans hung out to dry
Players asking why
Were we injecting drugs?

This stain will last forever
This stain will last forever

 

[see see]

Today's serving of Kool Aid ...

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...here-cas-hearing-is-held-20150522-gh7a9y.html

Article includes a bonus photo of seagull Floggard falling off his perch.

 

[Shermanator]

Today's serving of Kool Aid ...

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...here-cas-hearing-is-held-20150522-gh7a9y.html

Article includes a bonus photo of seagull Floggard falling off his perch.

*Scum sponsored by *Powerade

 

[Flawed Genius]

Here's a little bit more information on Richard Young, by the way:

Richard Young is past Co-Chair of Holme Roberts & Owen’s Litigation Practice Group and has been the managing partner of the Colorado Springs office for 20 years. He has been resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration, mediation, and negotiation for more than 40 years. Many of those cases involved claims for very substantial amounts of money, e.g., a dispute arising out of the construction of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and a dispute involving delays in the construction of a natural gas processing facility on the north slope of Alaska. Other cases have involved important constitutional questions, e.g., the right of religious organizations to property tax exemptions. Still others have been matters of intense public interest, e.g., representation of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in doping cases against Tour de France winners Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis, Marion Jones, and other gold medal winners involved in the BALCO doping scandal.

One of Mr. Young’s greatest strengths is his out-of-the-box creativity, enhanced by his experience as an internationally-recognized arbitrator and mediator, which together frequently enable him to find win/win solutions to settle disputes quickly and efficiently. These skills were put to the test when he represented the World Anti-Doping Agency as lead draftsman of the new World Anti-Doping Code. After several years of meetings and negotiations with sporting bodies and governments across the globe, this effort resulted in a single set of anti-doping rules that have been accepted by more than 600 international sporting organizations and 160 governments, most of whom had previously operated under their own unique rules.

Mr. Young’s skills as a trial lawyer were showcased in the Floyd Landis arbitration hearing, a nine-day trial conducted in the Pepperdine School of Law moot courtroom. The trial was broadcast live over the Internet, with a live network feed providing excerpts for a number of national newscasts. The hearing was attended by hundreds of observers, including media from around the world. At the conclusion of the trial, a feature article in USA Today quoted a Wisconsin judge who had been an observer throughout the trial and who frequently blogged in support of the Landis case, as saying, “Young is the best lawyer I have ever seen … [the clients] sure got their money’s worth.”

Mr. Young has been nationally-recognized as a “Leader in His Field” in Band 1 for Sports Law: Athletic Disputes, by Chambers USA, 2011-2013, and as a member of the Law Dragon Top 500 Lawyers in the country. In Colorado, he has been awarded Colorado Law Week’s Lawyer of the Year (with his Landis trial team), Best Sports Lawyer, and is rated by Super Lawyers as a Colorado Super Lawyer.

Mr. Young’s background is in general litigation; however, he has particularly strong substantive experience in the following areas.

Sports Practice

·Considerable experience in the role of outside general counsel for national governing bodies and other professional and amateur sports organizations. Mr. Young’s experience with sports-related disputes covers a broad spectrum, from commercial disagreements (media and sponsorship contracts, licensing, and other rights issues) to athlete eligibility contests (team selection disputes and penalties imposed for rule violations) to disputes arising during the course of contests (attempts to invalidate competitive results based on misapplication of rules and challenges to officials’ impartiality), to Article VIII proceedings under the Amateur Sports Act.

·Particularly active in the anti-doping area, where he has handled high profile cases for the World Anti-Doping Agency, the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, the United States Olympic Committee, USA Swimming, the International Weightlifting Federation, and other Olympic National Governing Bodies and International Federations.

·Numerous investigations into alleged doping violations by athletes and their support personnel, including many high-profile athletes, e.g., Lance Armstrong, Floyd Landis and Marion Jones.

·Involvement in more than a hundred investigations in the context of sport national governing bodies, schools, and other nonprofits into rule violations, doping cover-ups, and dozens involving sexual misconduct.

·Outside counsel for the Australian Anti-Doping Authority in relation to its current complex and wide-ranging investigation into the use of banned substances in the National Rugby League and Australian Football League.

·Principal draftsman of the World Anti-Doping Code in 2003 and the amendments to the World Anti-Doping Code in 2008 and 2013.

·Considerable experience as an international sports arbitrator, having served on numerous hearing panels for the International Tennis Federation, the Association of Tennis Professionals, and the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, including the ad hoc Divisions of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport during the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, and the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. Mr. Young has tried dozens of cases before various types of arbitration panels involving doping, Olympic Team eligibility, sponsorship and other economic issues and disciplinary matters.

Construction Law Practice

·Mr. Young has worked on hundreds of construction contracts and construction defect cases involving virtually every type of structure imaginable (e.g., office buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, condominiums, shopping centers and other retail buildings, clubhouses, manufacturing facilities, sports arenas, sewer plants, golf courses and driving ranges, railroad tunnels and other railroad facilities, electric transmission lines, airport runways, ski areas, tennis courts, zoos, casinos, oil and gas processing facilities and pipelines, roads, subdivisions, warehouses, parking structures, swimming pools, restaurants, museums, private residences, schools, hospitals and churches).

Nonprofit Practice

·Mr. Young has handled hundreds of cases involving nonprofit disputes for a wide range of organizations involved in sports, religion, health or community service. Mr. Young also has given numerous speeches to nonprofit groups on nonprofit liability issues, insurance coverage, and governance issues.

Professional Affiliations

·American Bar Association

·Colorado Bar Association

·El Paso Bar Association

Civic Involvement and Honors

·World Anti-Doping Agency Foundation, Past Board Member; current member of Legal Committee and Intelligence & Investigations Working Group

·Colorado Springs Sports Corporation, Board Member

·Positive Coaching Alliance, Board Member

·Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, past Board Chairman, continuing volunteer

·Federation Internationale De Natation (“FINA”) Legal Commission, Member

·Chambers USA, nationally-recognized as a "Leader in His Field" for Sports Law: Athletic Disputes, 2011-2013

·The Best Lawyers in America®, 2013-2014

·Colorado Super Lawyers, 2009-2013

·Law Week Colorado, Barrister’s Best Sports Lawyer, 2010-2012

·Law Week Colorado, Lawyer of the Year, 2008

·Lawdragon Top 500 Lawyers, 2008

 

[Contra Mundum]

Here's a little bit more information on Richard Young, by the way:

Jesus Christ - that is heavy duty!

 

[Only Forwards]

Jesus Christ - that is heavy duty!

Jumped on from a great height.

* and the AFL have tried to play a global organisation they signed up to as fools by way of orchestrating mutually beneficial outcomes.

However in doing so pissed the organisation that pulls the strings off.

They gon get stomped.

 

[Black2Blue]

Here's a little bit more information on Richard Young, by the way:

Super Coach vs. Super Lawyer

Place your bets folks....