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It's annoying because the Eagles had beaten Essendon in rd 19 at Subiaco. But....if we had have played them and won we would have met Sydney (1st) at the SCG. Although we had beaten them earlier in the season at the WACA, they had comfortably beaten us in rd22 at the SCG. So I don't think...

So I've just shown that there wasn't some mysterious reason as to why the Eagles fell off in the later part of the decade, a natural progression with players retiring, the other teams implementing similar training methods, a very defensive gameplan that became less effective and a finals...

. 1995 - Finished 5th (lost to bombers (4th) and North (6th) both in Melbourne) Lost to Carlton (1st) by a point in Rd 21. Premiership players retired - Peter Wilson, Michael Brennan, David Hynes, 1996 - Finished 4th - Smashed Carlton at Subi and were then rewarded by having to travel to the...

Not quite, AFL player contracts are ''tripartite'' agreements between the player, the club and the AFL.

Different draft system. http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/03/21/nrl-draft-and-the-legal-perspective/ Is a good short version of it. Funnily enough, the NRL are considering re-introducing a draft similar to the AFL.

Doesn't work like that. Nordenfelt test allows a restraint of trade if it can be show that - 1. It is reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate objectives of the league, namely the creation of a more even competition; 2. Must not be unreasonable on the players; 3. Must not be...

So most Essendon supporters here have a strong one sided opinion based on selected club information, bias and naivety. Carry on.

So basically you wrote a pile of self-serving feel good crap about the individuals at the centre of a scandal and expect people outside of Essendon to respect them because...Hird came from a poor family? Robson resigned? Actually I have no idea what you want people to respect them for? How...