What an absolute farce.
I have been a heavy critic of Essendon for what has taken place. And I will continue that stance. For me, it has not been about the performance enhancing abilities of the substances that were administered.
However, from what I have read and seen tonight, there is no way that Essendon can be sanctioned on the use of AOD.
In the instance of AOD, an employee of ASADA has stuffed up big time and must pay for his/her incompetence.
The afl and wada would be rightfully furious. For the sake of this season and the next, this saga must be brought to a conclusion as soon as possible.
Essendon must still be brought to account on a number of issues and that includes the 4 people charged for bringing the game into disrepute. They still have a lot to answer for.
The afl must release the full charges and Essendon must come clean on everything - including the release of the full internal investigation undertaken by Switkowski. Hird must come forward and divulge everything as he said he would. And Dank must be forced to talk now that ASADA have the powers to do so.
If not, the afl can kiss goodbye supporters, for this issue is tearing the loyalty and passion out of our game.