News AFL corruption & alleged secret drug testing

[Tiger_Of_Old]

The silence from AFL house is deafening.

If it was solely Richmond related they'd be tripping over mics.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Great Northern thanks

Premium xxxx

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

have only tried it once around 2004

VB?

 

[Lsta062]

damo has made it a Richmond problem


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BARRETT: No self-pity as under-fire Melbourne confronts its demons

Actions must speak louder than words as Melbourne emerges from horror off-season, writes Damian Barrett

www.afl.com.au

So do the umpires also think we were wooden spooners in the “behaviour ladder”? Because the way they pay free kicks seem to indicate this.

This is all coming together and making sense

 

[Groupie_]

Premium xxxx

great northern is technically victorian
marketed as a qld beer

made by cub

 

[Groupie_]

So do the umpires also think we were wooden spooners in the “behaviour ladder”? Because the way they pay free kicks seem to indicate this.

This is all coming together and making sense

I have zero doubt the afl told them to ream us hard after 2020 and its still going

 

[kozi]

Props to all the campaigners calling up SEN off a long run up and hammering Wankley

 

[smasha]

I have zero doubt the afl told them to ream us hard after 2020 and its still going

Shocking.

 

[northeasttiger]

An ex Melbourne player told his father a few years ago that at social gatherings of the team including coaches and staff pill taking was embraced by most at these gatherings including the head coach. I actually sent the HS a email detailing this over a year ago but never heard back from them.

 

[SavDog23]

Hopefully WADA get involved and tear the AFL a new one.

 

[richard parker]

So is Meehan a dealer or an axe-wielding psychopath? For me that’s the central question

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

So is Meehan a dealer or an axe-wielding psychopath? For me that’s the central question

Pablo or Jason Meehan

 

[kozi]

If we ever get grilled about our injuries been legit show then a picture of Meehan and walk out

 

[tigersnag]

Can't help but think Gill's long goodbye was him just trying to push all the skeletons back into the closet. Needed to make sure his tracks were covered before he left. He did about a good a job of that as he did at AFL under his watch. The games finances in good shape but everything else a shambles. Money over integrity.

Stooge Barrett's article trying to link RFC into the mess. Laughable, delusional reporting. Barrett = zero integrity.
Mick Warner is a Richmond supporter after all.

 

[Thrasher97]

as soon as I returned my cfl avatar this comes out the next day

Groupie is Mick Warner confirmed?

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

. Let’s wait n see if the MFC have the cahoonas to drag the AFL down with them.

Mate I think you mean cojones. Cahoonas aren’t really associated with strength, more weakness lol

 

[DickieKnee]

Can't help but think Gill's long goodbye was him just trying to push all the skeletons back into the closet. Needed to make sure his tracks were covered before he left. He did about a good a job of that as he did at AFL under his watch. The games finances in good shape but everything else a shambles. Money over integrity.

Stooge Barrett's article trying to link RFC into the mess. Laughable, delusional reporting. Barrett = zero integrity.
Mick Warner is a Richmond supporter after all.

Barret is an AFL puppet.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Mate I think you mean cojones. Cahoonas aren’t really associated with strength, more weakness lol

Great name.
Workplace does the w/end dimmy run.

 

[Dreamend]

The timing of an article praising Melbourne and ragging on RFC is laughable.

Too much money and power involved in this to amount to much, most likely. Maybe a couple of people fall on their sword and the media and AFL move on.

 

[tigersnag]

The defence from the AFL saying things like : "We want to protect players that may have drugs in their system."
is unfathomable.

Fire the lot of them. Complete incompetence.

 

[jetbhag]

damo has made it a Richmond problem


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BARRETT: No self-pity as under-fire Melbourne confronts its demons

Actions must speak louder than words as Melbourne emerges from horror off-season, writes Damian Barrett

www.afl.com.au

Lmao, What has this got to with richmond.

It would be nice if being on the bottom of the free kick and behavioural ladder would give us pick 1.

 

[Tiges1229]

AFL drugs bombshell: MP tells federal parliament of secret illicit drug tests allegedly authorised by league’s top medico​

A Melbourne Football Club doctor has sensationally admitted to conducting “off the books” illicit drug tests – allegedly authorised by the AFL – to help players evade detection on match days.
The doctor-turned-whistleblower says players who confessed to having taken drugs in the days before AFL games were given secret tests to ensure their systems were clear or were advised to “fake an injury” so they would not risk being tested and suspended for breaches of the World Anti-Doping Agency code.

Federal MP Andrew Wilkie told parliament on Tuesday night he had received a signed statement from former Demons head doctor Zeeshan Arain in which he accuses the AFL of facilitating the clandestine drug tests at Dorevitch Pathology in Heidelberg.

Mr Wilkie called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to intervene in the scandal.


In a stunning address, Mr Wilkie said: “I rise to bring the house’s attention deeply troubling allegations of egregious misconduct within the AFL provided by former Melbourne football club president Glen Bartlett, former Melbourne football club doctor ZeeshanArain and Shaun Smith, father of Melbourne player and now alleged drug trafficker Joel Smith.

“The allegations include the prevalence of drug abuse and other prohibited behaviour across the AFL, off the books drug-testingof players at Dorevitch Pathology in Heidelberg, facilitated by the former chief medical officer of the AFL Peter Harcourt, the resting of players testing positive in these secret tests, ostensibly on account of injury, wilful inaction by AFL chairman Richard Goyder, and former CEO Gill McLachlan ….

“Here is what happened as has been described to me: The AFL wants the player to play at all costs and so the cover up begins.

“If there are no illegal drugs in the player’s system they are free to play and if there are drugs in their system the player is often asked to fake an injury.

“They are advised to lie about a condition, while the results of the off-the-book tests are kept secret and are never shared with Sports Integrity Australia or WADA.

“In other words, hundreds of thousands of Australians will watch the game not knowing that the game has been secretly manipulated by the AFL and thousands of Australians will bet on that game not knowing the game has been secretly manipulated by the AFL.

“So next time you hear a player has a hamstring injury, you could be forgiven for wondering what is really going on.

“But as Dr Arain explains this isn’t just a Melbourne problem, it is an AFL problem with multiple players coming to Melbourne from other teams with pre-existing cocaine dependencies more than suggesting that drug testing workarounds are commonplace elsewhere in the AFL.

“The documents in my possession also indicate a shocking unwillingness of senior AFL executives to address drug abuse by players and executives, particularly in relation to cocaine use.

“For instance here are very detailed notes of a telephone meeting between Gill McLachlan, Richard Goyder and Glen Bartlett.”

The AFL has a longstanding contract with Dorevitch Pathology to conduct testing for its controversial out-of-competition illicit drugs code.

Match day drug tests are conducted by SIA officers under the world anti-doping code.

The stunning claims are likely to draw the interest of WADA chiefs, SIA and the Albanese Government, which has responsibilities under the global anti-doping code.

Mr Wilkie said the allegations were deeply troubling and called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to review the signed statements and “personally intervene in this matter”.

“It is not an exaggeration to say the off-the-books testing scheme I’ve described sees the AFL effectively involved in a multi-hundred million dollar fraud on governments and taxpayers.

“Aussie Rules football is far too important to our nation. I call for intervention at the highest level and ask the PrimeMinister to personally intervene in this matter … because right now Deputy Speaker the term white line fever has taken on a different and sinister meaning at the AFL.”

Joel Smith failed an anti-doping drugs test last August after traces of cocaine were detected in his system from a urine sample taken by SIA testers on match-day.

He has since been accused by SIA of cocaine trafficking and faces a lifetime ban from sport.

In Shaun Smith’s statement, detailed by Mr Wilkie, he said: “If I had known of a massive drug problem in the AFL when my son was 14 I would have said you’re playing baseball, you’re playing something else.

“Something is not right when you get so many broken players.”

Cocaine is considered to be a performance-enhancing substance if detected on game day.

Dr Arain was sacked by the Demons in October 2020 after eight years as head doctor – just days after raising serious concerns about the club’s culture with chief executive Gary Pert.

Lawyers for Dr Arain hit the club with an unlawful dismissal claim, which led to a significant settlement. Dr Harcourt, an AFL life member who became embroiled in the Essendon drugs scandal, stepped down as the league’s chief medical officer in October 2021.

The AFL and Melbourne are being contacted for comment.

The government Tuesday night blocked attempts by Mr Wilkie to formally table the signed statements to parliament.

MICHAEL WARNER​

REPORTER

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...o/news-story/e5999f6f4d289e358d3fa0c4533c1a38

Then people say oh don’t be silly afl umpires don’t umpire s**t against Richmond on purpose

 

[tigersnag]

Hey kids... come play AFL. You can take drugs and we'll help cover it up.
We'll play the medical/mental health card and yes, when it comes to our players - the tail does wag the dog.

Most employers sack their staff if they're found to be taking illicit substances.

Apparently the AFL is different - yet they always refer to it as a society issue.

Dillion's argument reek of a lawyer pushing an angle that is ridiculous but their best defence. He is a lawyer after all.

AFL funding should be cut and sponsors should walk away.

 

[Dunger]

Blind Freddy can see this is the tip of the iceberg at cfl.

If the AFL are willing to let players dodge drug tests, what are their limits?

 

[Tiges1229]

OK now look into the AFL’s communication with the umpiring department! Maybe Groupie_ was right all along

Look who’s in charge of the umpires to Dan Richardson sacked by RFC .
It’s an easy thing to do as well in general talk while all maggots are together ,
“ oh bloody Richmond Neil Balme had a go at us pre season , then of course you probably had Dan Richardson telling umps how bad he was treated at the club etc etc , all in general talk but all getting a point accross to hate Richmond