Certified Legendary Thread 34 Essendon* Players suspended for doping violations - No opposition fans. Check OP for thread rules

If Essendon* gets slapped on the wrist with a wet lettuce leaf, I will .......


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More than 2 players recieve infraction notices = team penalties.

Team penalties include disqualification from competition. No contingency plans can cover that. Essendon can't compete no matter who plays.
 

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Spoke with a person who has a lot of football connections, some of the highest profile media types in the business, potential club manager etc. He was absolutely adamant that they had done no wrong and there would be no repercussions.

As I dug around though I realised that he, and it appeared the general "insiders" view of things, was very superfluous and no one was really looking beyond the headlines. I figured these types of people would know vastly more and in deeper detail than those of us who spend months trawling through the threads on the main boards - they simply do not.

I said they would be smashed from here to kingdom come. He laughed. When I explained the role WADA played in the whole thing he was genuinely shocked, and didn't even realise there was a potential for a higher authority to come in. This was a pervasive attitude.

I genuinely think people are not realising this aspect, the fact that things are completely out of the hands of ASADA, and that if they fail to act accordingly the repercussions will be massive - they simply have no choice but to throw the book at them.
 

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I feel for Essendon* fans* ... the rest can burn.

For the sake of the competition, the club needs to be held to account, with extreme prejudice. I want the scourge of the 'supplements saga' scrubbed from the sport I so love.
 

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More than 2 players recieve infraction notices = team penalties.

Team penalties include disqualification from competition. No contingency plans can cover that. Essendon can't compete no matter who plays.
Team penalties are solely at the AFL's discretion so I would very much doubt they will be applied. I think that losing half their list for effectively 3 seasons and being sued by their players who you wouldn't think would never want to pull on Essendon jumper again would be enough of a penalty.

The AFL will live through the Essendon debacle. There was no shortage of Essendon supporters happy to watch their team demolish Carlton in the mid 2000s. I will have no problem going to see it happen to them for the next 5 years.
 
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I feel for Essendon* fans* ... the rest can burn.
That's nice of you, but I reckon most of us aren't that kind.

How many of them cared for us whilst we were on our knees?

They can all rot. Karma is well and truly on it's way and I hope it hits them hard.
 

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The only Essendon supporters I genuinely don't feel sorry for are the ones who have had their head in the sand and denied everything, while calling us "foamers". Especially the ones with that attitude that nothing bad would happen, James Hird can do no wrong and Essendon are invincible.

There are a few Essendon supporters on this site who can hold their heads high, I won't name them but they know who they are.
 
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The only Essendon supporters I genuinely don't feel sorry for are the ones who have had their head in the sand and denied everything, while calling us "foamers". Especially the ones with that attitude that nothing bad would happen, James Hird can do no wrong and Essendon are invincible.

There are a few Essendon supporters on this site who can hang their heads high, I won't name them but they know who they are.
Can you show us what that looks like...
 

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That's nice of you, but I reckon most of us aren't that kind.

How many of them cared for us whilst we were on our knees?

They can all rot. Karma is well and truly on it's way and I hope it hits them hard.
I pity the fools, but don't subscribe to the 'sins of the father' approach. Some of them would certainly be deluded, but the fault for the cheating does not lie with them.
 
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