Essendon players could boycott NAB Challenge games if AFL doesn't backdate anti-doping bans

[Gavstar]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/es...anti-doping-bans/story-fndv8gad-1227201050379

Interesting strategy.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Why would they do that?

ASADA's got nothin remember.

 

[The_Wookie]

They have to be cleared to play first before they can boycott

 

[spenze]

Pffft, so now they are drug cheats and blackmailers?

Just put an all star team in their place, it's only NAB cup FFS

 

[Rob]

They have got to be f**king joking

Making demands of the penalty before the case has even been decided?

 

[jenny61_99]

I shouldn't be surprised by this, should I?

 

[Better Loosen Up]

I say let them play. Then their bans can't be backdated.

 

[LanceRomance]

Perhaps some should have boycotted the supplement regime

 

[SBYM]

So...they're gonna lobby to have provisional suspensions lifted in order to play in NAB games and then boycott said games??

Are they ******* serious?

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

I say let them play. Then their bans can't be backdated.

That's why they are boycotting. They've seen the evidence and they know they're ****ed. Now they're trying to get the sentence reduced as much as possible.

 

[Armchair Critic]

It's good to see lessons have been learn't by the club regarding their PR strategy to garner sympathy from the public instead of backlash. Big thumps up from me

 

[jezzajay]

they'll be eating their own soon enough....

 

[Muggs]

That's why they are boycotting. They've seen the evidence and they know they're stuffed. Now they're trying to get the sentence reduced as much as possible.

Actually think they be more afraid of WADA or ASADA appealing any backdating if the played after they given an override that is dubious under the WADA code.

 

[LoungeLizard]

just kick the club out of the Nab cup, problem solved

 

[evo]

storm in a teacup, sit tight - be confident... etc etc.

 

[jj1978]

Stupid is as stupid does..

 

[Tiger Toffee]

Who do these players think they are, pretty much threatening the AFL, though I'm not surprised, their coach threatens people to get what he wants so why not the players, just give them 2 years to think about.

 

[SBYM]

I shouldn't be surprised by this, should I?

It's been said many times - I myself have said it a few - but nothing is surprising when it comes to this bullshit anymore...

 

[Lion of Panjshir]

Taking on City Hall has worked well before so why not try it again.

 

[MaddAdam]

Stinks of Jobe's sit down protest threat a few years back.

Slowly dawning on them just how screwed they are.

 

[Oxirane]

Do the Headline and Sub-Head for that article contradict each other? Or maybe my brain just stuffed from the heat.

 

[GOAUS!]

Call their bluff, let them boycott it, they won't exactly be covering themselves in glory.

 

[chelseacarlton]

Group hug anyone?.
Yeh, that's right,come here ya big oofs!!
Yeh that's nice!.

 

[Sir Hugh Percy]

What the... I don't even...

 

[Gigantor]

Do the Headline and Sub-Head for that article contradict each other? Or maybe my brain just stuffed from the heat.

Yes, it is contradictory.

The headline should be saying: "...unless AFL backdates...."