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  1. bigm386

    Game Day Around The Grounds - Rnds 0 - 5

    Hipwood getting games at AFL level should be considered fraud
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    Preview Rnd 3 - Carlton v North Friday 29th March 4.20PM @ Marvel - Team Stickied

    He also did his first full preseason in a very very long time. Will be right.
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    Preview Rnd 3 - Carlton v North Friday 29th March 4.20PM @ Marvel - Team Stickied

    I think the issue is Kemp is more Gov's role. He is being forced to play tall and isn't ideal. If he was to make way for Marchbank it would be due to Marchbank being a better option as a 1v1 defender.
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    Preview Rnd 3 - Carlton v North Friday 29th March 4.20PM @ Marvel - Team Stickied

    Really keen to see E Hollands after his preseason showing. Could be the link inside 50 we really need.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    It effects club culture, it effects clean players and it effects the integrity of the game. Do you honestly believe players who are clean would have no issue with a player missing games because they got on the nose beers?
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    So Tommy rocks up to training gets picked based on looking like he is running through walls. Coked up to his eyeballs. Clean bloke plays VFL. But all good cause privacy. Fair enough.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    This isn't the case in other professional sports. Again not perfect. But NBA do in and out of season testing and it was for everything but changed to exclude weed recently. Random tests. Not staged nonsense.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    Because they are effectively doing nothing about the issue. They are stopping the anti doping authorities picking up players who are using drugs which are considered performance enhancing by faking injuries. The fact you struggle to see how this is an issue is actually insane to me. The AFL...
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    No it really isn't it's just weak leadership or a lack of any leadership at all. Let's just pretend it isn't an issue until it's undeniable I guess. Good times.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    This system is avoiding the 3 strike policy because it's self reporting and therefore not a strike is my understanding. This is a loophole in a Swiss cheese equivalent system. Authorities only test on match day hence the fake injuries so you don't get actual reprocussions. Just encouraged to...
  11. bigm386

    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    Then the AFLPA support drug taking and putting players health and wellbeing at risk. So clap clap for them.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    Testing in season, which occurs in most professional sports and a heap of industries. Don't need to name and shame but you do need to create an environment where players are clean or not AFL players. If they are not AFL players anymore due to drugs the AFL MUST support these players...
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    The concept that this is about player welfare and confidentiality is insulting and frankly insane. It's simply about money and the AFL's image, because a bad image impacts sponsorship and players off the park impacts the product. Realistically if it was about player welfare the AFL wouldn't...
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    It is a major issue in today's society. I do think that if a player wants to play football they need to make the choice to not be on drugs. The drugs is only part of the issue for me. I mean you have young kids coming into clubs and toxic environments. You have the potential to be blackmailed...
  15. bigm386

    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    Out of competition testing in season would fix this, simple.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    I do wonder why no-one ever asked if Smith was trying to sell drugs to teammates. Why none of them reported it.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    I'll believe it if he snorted a line off his hand too hard and did damage I'll guess.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    For the AFL to try and justify testing players to avoid them testing positive for drugs off the books is amazingly stupid. Absolute bush league.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    I think the issue is government have contributed to AFL coffers based on it being a regulated professional sport. (Funny I know cause it's run like an absolute bush league). Wilkie therefore is calling it fraud.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    It wouldn't be that much of a surprise would it? More money to burn and high pressure environment. Not that hard to see why really.
  21. bigm386

    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    The article states Melbourne picked up other players with cocaine dependency. So assumption is it's league wide. Ben Brown from North. May GCS. Leaver Crows. Shache Lions. Grundy Pies. List goes on.
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    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    Wilkie comes across as a genuinely good bloke who calls out BS when he sees it. I like him.
  23. bigm386

    Hot Topic Off The Books Illicit Drug Test Claims in Bombshell AFL ‘Cover-Up’ - Injuries Faked To Evade Game Day Detection

    If this is proven the AFL is in a heap of s**t. It wouldn't even surprise me this was occuring.
  24. bigm386

    Injury Blue Healers Discussion - 2024

    “I was told by someone at Carlton that watching him run is like watching an old man run,” - Mitch Clearly incompetent 15/3/24 A lot changes in 11 days or does he just throw crap and see what sticks? Perhaps his someone who spoke to someone who knows someone is wrong.... Reporting should be...
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    Injury Blue Healers Discussion - 2024

    Curious if the village idiot Mitch Cleary will come out and apologies when Walsh plays this week or will he claim a miracle?
  26. bigm386

    Game Day Around The Grounds - Rnds 0 - 5

    Ben Keays getting a 10k fine for stopping a streaker when the security guard was struggling to waddle after him. Should be given a cash bonus not a bloody fine
  27. bigm386

    Game Day Around The Grounds - Rnds 0 - 5

    The official's is one of many issues I have with how the AFL is run. The weekly interpretation of rules is laughable. I honestly don't even know if it's the umpires or the AFL that are the issue anymore. The arc is embarassing. The draw is a compromised rabble of nonsense. The MRO and the fact...
  28. bigm386

    Game Day Around The Grounds - Rnds 0 - 5

    Of course not they are just robots I guess :p
  29. bigm386

    Game Day Around The Grounds - Rnds 0 - 5

    Honestly until they stop doing global searches only to appoint the next peanut in the neighbouring cubicle. Nothing will improve. If you follow any other professional sport AFL is laughable how it is administered.
  30. bigm386

    Game Day Around The Grounds - Rnds 0 - 5

    Only in a bush league like the AFL would an ex St Kilda be allowed to umpire their former team. Collingwood got absolutely fisted by the umpires tonight. Couldn't care if they lose but the standard of umpring is farcical.
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