Nice to see the journos playing catch up, it's OK, you can reference my handle for digging up 4 year old comments and info in regards to how this shit would go down to the letter, you don't have to hide your inept ability to read the situation and be sucked in by the business you chiefly report on. You can even take the credit, all of it, whilst I just sit back and laugh.
We can joke all we want (and I have) but some of these Essendon players have had their lives ruined by that club. Paddy Ryder genuinely worried about his child's health, mental health issues, stress. I heard today that Four Corners tonight is a genuinely sad thing, a kid who still doesn't know what was injected into his body and whether he'll pay for it in his future.
In saying that Essendon and Hird's stuff up may just help us in building the best backline in the league from 2017....
Some? All 34 would be in the same boat, it's up to how the individual reacts to this that determines how great the "threat" is to their persona and those around them.
McVeigh would have little for instance given how he reacted and has reacted to this, yes he'd be concerned but he'd back in the medical department that they pushed boundaries and there'll be no lasting effects / what happens happens / etc. Then you'll have people like Paddy and Hal Hunter who genuinely believes / believed that they were betrayed, and god knows what the outcomes may be.
I feel sorry for Spike because if he truly believes in his stance and is wrong, then he'd be the most lied to, the most betrayed, the loyal dog who ends up being shot by the owner and then eaten out of nothing but malice, and I feel sorry for the Paddy types because you do want to trust the club, and the people there to the best for you, and your mates there to back you up and otherwise ensure that, as mates and as a team you are strong and uniform, and such a betrayal cuts deep and opens up way too many fears that could then be realised over the course of a lifetime.
It's why, I have always said, the outcome should have been telling Essendon to #$%@ off and stripping the license. This isn't a money thing like Carlton was that could be easily fixed and people can move on from, this is the very fabric of the game itself as it directly impacts the players who play this game and how can you then trust that the HGH rumours or other rumous regarding possible PED use or other enhancers were false over the years and just rumours, with no basis in fact at all?
When we were not the only sport in this country affected by such use and such rumours?