No Opposition Supporters CAS hands down guilty verdict - Players appealing - Dank shot - no opposition - (cont in pt.2)

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Why did Alavi and Charters even bother speaking to ASADA at all? Personally I think Charters only wanted his name is the papers.
Once he was outed by the media as the guy who supplied the AOD (the hotbutton drug at the time), they put him under enormous pressure to submit to be interviewed by ASADA. He was pretty reluctant to get involved but I guess he got sick of chasing Caro away from his bins at 3 in the morning.
 

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Case could collapse by Christmas
Posted by: Jake Bourke | 12 December, 2014 - 12:56 PM

A former Essendon legal advisor says ASADA’s case against the Bombers could collapse by Christmas.

The anti-doping authority suffered a major setback in its case against 34 past and present Essendon players today when it failed in its bid to have two key witnesses – Shane Charter and Nima Alavi – subpoenaed by the Supreme Court to appear at Monday’s tribunal hearing.

Martin Hardie told Nick McCallum that ASADA barely had a leg to stand on entering the hearing.

“I think ASADA have gone too far to withdraw at this point but I can quite possibly see the whole case collapsing,” the former Essendon advisor said.

“It may even be possible the whole case collapses before Christmas.

“Then we’ll have the situation where we’ve had two years of huffing and puffing and chest beating about Essendon doing something wrong and when it comes to the crunch ASADA not being able to put up any evidence.

“ASADA have been conducting what is their normal modus operandi for two years, which is to try and bully people into taking a deal rather than going to a tribunal and putting their case.”

Mr Hardie demanded a new anti-doping authority in Australia.

“I said to David Howman, the director general of WADA, in June last year that the way ASADA was running this case would set the anti-doping cause back 10 years in Australia and what’s happened in the last 18 months has only confirmed that,” he said on 3AW.

“ASADA has destroyed any credibility it had with the Australian community and we really need a new system – one that works, one that respects athletes and respects sport.”

Mr Hardie was asked whether he thought Charter and Alavi could appear at the hearing by choice.

“From what I understand, I think that’s very doubtful,” he said.

LISTEN: Former Essendon legal advisor speaks with 3AW
Silly Martin Hardie, he fails to realise that ASADA wanted to lose this court case.
 
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I am disappointed they haven't been forced to attend. We should have everything laid out on the table so that everyone could see this case was a non-starter from the outset. There was never any definitive proof that Dank gave the players TB4, but now the common perception will be that the public have been denied the truth because of Charter and Alavi not attending. Their testimony would never have been enough for comfortable satisfaction anyway, so it is frustrating that the players are likely to remain tarnished even when they get off.

Realistically Asada will be under the microscope after this debacle, but they have thrown so much shit at our club that only full exoneration from all charges will be sufficient for us to rebuild our brand and reputation. I fear this now won't happen, even if the tribunal rules in the players favour.
 
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I am disappointed they haven't been forced to attend. We should have everything laid out on the table so that everyone could see this case was a non-starter from the outset. There was never any definitive proof that Dank gave the players TB4, but now the common perception will be that the public have been denied the truth because of Charter and Alavi not attending. Their testimony would never have been enough for comfortable satisfaction anyway, so it is frustrating that the players are likely to remain tarnished even when they get off.

Realistically Asada will be under the microscope after this debacle, but they have thrown so much shit at our club that only full exoneration from all charges will be sufficient for us to rebuild our brand and reputation. I fear this now won't happen, even if the tribunal rules in the players favour.
Meh people will get over it you watch.

I have no doubt after when this is finished there will be a massive broom going through Asada and their ridiculous anti-doping code.
 
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Apparently ASADA is "unavailable" for media comment today. I can well imagine ......


Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall at ASADA this afternoon ;)
If they're at least half-competent (yes, I know, I know!), they would have prepared for losing the court case just in case it happened.

So we'll find out what they've got on Monday. Or at least the tribunal will, and we'll see what kind of 'summary' the tribunal puts out there.
 
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I am disappointed they haven't been forced to attend. We should have everything laid out on the table so that everyone could see this case was a non-starter from the outset. There was never any definitive proof that Dank gave the players TB4, but now the common perception will be that the public have been denied the truth because of Charter and Alavi not attending.
Totally agree with this in general but I think the implications in terms of the Commercial Arbitrations Act for the AFL going forward if ASADA had won the case would have been a potential disaster.

I'm disappointed that they are not attending of their own free will.
 

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we should get the first 3 picks in next years draft, ryder has to play in the 2s untill his contract would of ran out, a public appology and a similer thing to the cola allowance for dragging our players names through the mud if the case falls through
Don't forget a free pass at a finals of Hird's choosing!
 
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we should get the first 3 picks in next years draft, ryder has to play in the 2s untill his contract would of ran out, a public appology and a similer thing to the cola allowance for dragging our players names through the mud if the case falls through
Not to mention the 2013 premiership which we clearly would have won.
 
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