On governance, no argument from me, I was a big fan of the Ziggy report (which many thought was a joke) and believed sanctions would result from it alone. All along though I've wanted sanctions to wait until all investigations were over.
Even on governance, if more info is found by asada it could dramatically change any sanctions the afl gives on governance issues.
As an example, if dank did talk, each of the following would IMO dramatically change any punishment the afl hand down based upon the info we are aware of today:
1) Dank confirms with tapes Hird specifically instructed him to engineer a ped program that would avoid detection, and to run it at arms length to allow deniability
2) dank confirms no ped activity actually occured at efc. He sold them vitamins, but falsely invoiced them for supplements which had significantly higher prices. To get away with this, he supplied false documents attesting to the validity of the supplements.
3) dank he was effectively allowed to run his own program, with no cheques or balances, and the encouragement of management
At the moment, it appears (3) is the go, but if Hird cops 6 months, it would be a joke if it's later found he was instrumental in the program.
Personally I think asada are done bar dank (who I don't think will ever talk), but if they genuinely have more, they should not have issued the interim report. Fwiw I think this was just expediency for the afl to try and get a ban in before the finals, which may compromise the whole case against efc.
We don't want the club avoiding sanction on a technicality like denial of natural justice