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Pickett isn’t yet guilty of serious misconduct

Wouldn't have thought the nature of the crime should matter unless it calls into question the integrity of the contest - such as PEDs or illegal betting or community safety is threatened. And if we were to look at having a dividing line, potential years of incarceration would be a more objective...

Before we confirm him guilty Remember he’s afforded assumption of innocence

I've heard enough to make my decision Immediate termination, castration and forced to sit on Essendon's board for the next 2 years.

So charge = guilt? Why do we bother with courts ?

What evidence though? Being charged isn't evidence of guilt. If he has done it - he is a dumb prick at best, criminal at worst - but as far as I can tell - there is no evidence available for public consumption.

What evidence are you basing that on?

Charged doesn’t mean guilty Regardless of the alleged offence He may well have - but no evidence is public yet We seem to have a rush on this country to persecute people based on an allegation Plenty of time to punish him should he be guilty

Incredibly different scenarios - in no way comparable. one is illegal and breaches code of ethics / duty of care.

I agree with your second point But the North reunions will always have that tension, Stevo didn't attend the motorcade. I find that incredibly sad - that was a high quality team over many years

You don’t need to be a north fan to know this is just incredibly sad Must be awful for all involved

Puts an * next to “the streak” for mine

R u ok?

Life is so simple

Walk a thousand miles in another man's shoes. Having been privvy to what some of the pretty dark material coppers share amongst each other, it is very clear (rightly or wrongly) that this is how many of them cope with the crap they have to put up with everyday. Picking up eyeballs off the...

Cousins was never convicted of anything though (at the time), nor found guilty of being a drug cheat. But yes - he did much worse We have "progressed" since then though Don't get me wrong - i still love the guy and am hoping for a miracle

He's a dope, caught being a dope with dope Terrifically joyous footballer to watch, but unless something spectacular comes out with the facts - i daresay his WCE days may be over. There is a "tolerance" in the community about weed - moreso than powders and steroids etc - but the fact he is on...

So sad - such a joy to watch on field.

The prince of pockets had talent - was enjoyable to watch Absolutely zero need for him to be front page of a newspaper - that's ridiculous.

Professional athletes do get the benefit of some fairly advantageous averaging rules - which certainly would have massively reduced his tax in the early years he was earning $1m plus. I'd assumed about $10m gross total

your assertion is that a 29 year old with a 60 year time horizon would have a portfolio consisting of 100% cash ... that’s your genuine assumption you’d make in that scenario

So TDs are the only option yeah - a Bloke at 29 investing in a non real-return asset class seems a reasonable assumption to make

Probably $7m net after tax I would think. Assuming he was responsible and spends $100k a year. That leaves him $6m saved $2m into a property - leaving $4m $4m would generate a lifetime income of ~$160k indexed. So no - it isn't billionaires' row - but it's twice the median wage and leaves...

Absolutely reinforces why blokes should take the money - especially when it’s a life changing amount the Bloke now can make choices about what he wants to do for the next 60 years without worrying about money

Of maybe they are When they refer to laidley in the present - they are using the female pronoun. When they refer to Laidley in the past - they refer to the male pronoun that Laidley identified at the time.

First watch of the video is comical - and looks suss putting it into his sock (which is still weird) But on second watch - if he was handed a bag of drugs - who in their right mind - keeps their hand up - has a good look at it for a couple of seconds and then decides to put it away. You'd wrap...

Many (most?) on the WC board think he will get 4 years - we just hope he doesn't - as he is a joyful player to watch

Bingo - WA footy should be funded equally per capita - and we keep our own licenses. Imagine if Richmond, Collingwood and Essendon were asked to hand over $12m to run the u/18 comp

Looks like he is getting a roof over his head and 3 meals a day

You don't pay for them to get into bed - you pay for them to leave