Mega Thread AFL to investigate Essendon for controversial fitness program - PART3

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76woodenspooners

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The story thus far ...

(1) Collingwood have had problems with players taking illicit drugs then turning up to their doctor's office in the morning and saying "Ooops, I made a boo boo last night, sorry! :oops: "

(2) Essendon, acting on some hitherto unknown information, asked ASADA to drop down to the bowling club at Windy Hill for a beer and a chat. Essendon didn't really understand why, because they didn't think they'd done anything wrong, but they figured ASADA might have a better idea. Hird is shocked. "The weapon" has been stood down. Some bloke called "Dank" who was sacked at the end of last year has been horribly defamed in the media without a shred of evidence is inconsolable and has been receiving councilling by his lawyers.

(3) The ACC (with the coercive powers of a standing Royal Commission) released a report that was the result of a 12 month top secret investigation (where they had the coercive powers of a standing Royal Commission). They they found out (with the help of coercive powers equivalent to a standing Royal Commission) that there were huge numbers of teams and players employing organised criminals to administer illegal image enhancement drugs that had not yet been tested on humans. Takeaway message: "We don't care if you didn't inhale, 'fess up before we kick your front door down."

(4) A very brief period of hand wringing was followed by hand washing (credit to ABC's Offsiders for that line). ASADA's vast Indian call centre was filled with the sound of crickets for three days. Nobody, it seems, called in to 'fess up. The AFL grew frustrated that its brand was being trashed and called a press conference to admit that there were only two separate cases of PED usage in the AFL. Or is that two cases of using illegal anti-aging facial cream? Don't know, but after this crazy week nothing would surprise us. We do know Essendon are one of the accused. Oh, and separate to all of this, there could still be a whole bunch of clubs involved in illicit drug taking or organised crime.

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode ...
 

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Looks like Dank's action is in NSW Supreme Court. Does that suggest it is related to NRL claims or do the 'media outfits' have their offices there, or is it merely forum shopping.

Having said all that. Saying you will sue, is not suing, and suing doesn't mean the case has merits. More 'sit back and wait' guys.
 

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They did. It is why the forms were issued.
That brings up some interesting questions then.

1. That Hird and other Senior coaches were aware of there being a possible problem and were OK with the Waiver/Consent forms
2. Suprised that all the Managers were OK with the signing the Waiver/Consent forms and that it didn't get out into the Media
3. That the Medicos weren't doing there job properly in regards to questioning Dank (particularly in regards to the health issues)
4. That the Players Association were OK with the Waiver/Consent forms
 

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Looks like Dank's action is in NSW Supreme Court. Does that suggest it is related to NRL claims or do the 'media outfits' have their offices there, or is it merely forum shopping.

Having said all that. Saying you will sue, is not suing, and suing doesn't mean the case has merits. More 'sit back and wait' guys.

The fact that Dank has issued defamation threats over the Sydney business, and nothing else, says something also.
 

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What sporting organisation will employ him in Australia now though? Even if he's found completely innocent, nobody would touch him now.
What's the average lifespan of a sports scientist in AFL? Does he value his services at 250,000+ p/a for 20 years?

He's not a barrister on retainer. I'm interested in how he has quantified his losses so quickly, though.

I wonder what they think has been defamatory. He'd definitely have quite a bit to present to a court.
 
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