No Oppo Supporters 2024 AFL General Discussion

[ashep]

Reading this thread it's lucky for some of you the mods are not drug testing here .

That reminds me, I've suffered a completely unrelated keyboard malfunction so won't be posting this weekend.

 

[Tedeski]

Please stop and show some respect Tedeski and SM

No probs.

 

[Tedeski]

Reading this thread it's lucky for some of you the mods are not drug testing here .

I let them know when I've taken something so that they can give me a day off & go easy on me.
I'll never get outed for it though.

 

[momentbymoment]

Reading this thread it's lucky for some of you the mods are not drug testing here .

A lot of us were tested earlier and it was suggested we take some time out.

 

[MR0808]

A lot of us were tested earlier and it was suggested we take some time out.

Some of us came back with negative tests but suggested that we should get on drugs

 

[Olian]

Melbourne’s injury list takes on a new meaning.

 

[WillHayward]

You seem the sort who'd call the police if you walked past some kids drinking in the park.

 

[sataris]

Reading this thread it's lucky for some of you the mods are not drug testing here .

SwansProudly asks me to urinate in a cup in front of him all the time?

 

[WillHayward]

That describes most of the Eagle's woes. The wrong people on massive coin

They won a flag and then gave all their ageing stars a big "reward" payment.

Now they are stuck with nobody to pay and the AFL 95% salary cap rule.

I feel like the AFL should make this more flexible to give clubs in this situation more room to move when rebuilding a list.

Allen and Tim Kelly must be on absolute monster contracts because they have almost no other players under 30.

 

[MR0808]

A Richmond supporter friend of mine just messaged me saying he's going back now to look at all of Dusty's hammy injuries...

 

[The King!]

A Richmond supporter friend of mine

Dearie me

 

[WillHayward]

Bump (pun intended)

Seen this article as far back as 2002 when Swans legend Dale Lewis was a whistleblower of sorts and was treated disgracefully by the AFL who went full cover up indignant mode.

AFL outrage over drug claims

www.theage.com.au

 

[MR0808]

Dearie me

I stoop that low sometimes

 

[Olian]

A Richmond supporter friend of mine just messaged me saying he's going back now to look at all of Dusty's hammy injuries...

Sam Reid misses whole season’s. Game over.

 

[caesar88]

A Richmond supporter friend of mine just messaged me saying he's going back now to look at all of Dusty's hammy injuries...

Not gonna lie, it is tempting to go back and look at our injury history. It's the 1 week injuries you're looking for, where they've just randomly missed one game and returned the next week right as rain.

 

[bloodsbigot]

Not gonna lie, it is tempting to go back and look at our injury history. It's the 1 week injuries you're looking for, where they've just randomly missed one game and returned the next week right as rain.

Sam Reid on a yearly bender.

 

[bloodsbigot]

Midweek Tackle: Ralph reckons the Hawks have 3 to 4 mill in cap space. Oof. Let's go shopping they'd be saying.

Great. Won't be able to sleep now.

Gotta do whatever it takes to keep Gulden imo.

 

[anotherletdown]

I stoop that low sometimes

Never doubted you brother

 

[SwansProudly]

You could be accused of thinking that the AFL said the quiet bit out loud on Wednesday.
That at the heart of it all, yes, we do test our players for illicit drugs. And yes, we do get them to sit out of games if we find that illicit drugs are in their system, either overstating injuries or concocting them altogether to keep the trail clean.
But we do it for their own good.
We do it to protect them from the potential health impacts of playing elite sport with a dangerous drug in their systems. We do it to protect their identities because drug use is often linked to other mental health conditions, often brought on by the stress of the bright lights of the game — and we wouldn't want to add to that stress.
And, crucially, we do it because if they get caught, the World Anti-Doping Agency could ban them from playing.
It's that last point that will have fans tilting their heads and squinting their eyes as they consider the ethics of it all.

...
Edit:

And the big question they will need to ask in the process is — at what point does the league stop protecting the players from themselves?

...

If you damage the trust, though, you damage the brand — and the last thing the AFL can afford right now is to damage the faith of the faithful.

The AFL is at pains to protect its players from the consequences of their own actions — but in doing so, they're lying to the fans

In one short hour, the AFL confirmed what had been an open secret in the Aussie Rules world — that players who tested positive for illicit drugs were sitting out games with concocted injuries. It's a system designed to protect players, but at what cost to integrity?

www.abc.net.au

 

[momentbymoment]

Great. Won't be able to sleep now.

Gotta do whatever it takes to keep Gulden imo.

Time for the players to do a Geelong.
Stay together and win a few flags … in the end, life experiences are more valuable than money.

 

[MR0808]

Time for the players to do a Geelong.
Stay together and win a few flags … in the end, life experiences are more valuable than money.

 

[The King!]

Time for the players to do a Geelong.
.

Pay them with dodgy deals you reckon? Good idea

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Pay them with dodgy deals you reckon? Good idea

Brisbane and Geelong do it, so why not us?

 

[Ticky009]

4 and half pages in Hun devoted to the Magpies 'premiership hangover'. That's ridiculous overkill

 

[Jewelsbon]

4 and half pages in Hun devoted to the Magpies 'premiership hangover'. That's ridiculous overkill

It's bloody ridiculous. I don't remember Geelong getting this much coverage this time last year and they were 0-3.