As for St Fly saying its the governance of the AFL that is at fault well I cant come at that at all. It clearly only one clubs fault and that us Essendon. Don't let them off by blaming others.
You know nothing Jon Snow.
The AFL commission have access and accredited medicos as well as agreements with ASADA in order to canvas most every instance of drug or operation that can be undertaken by a club, who, by the very nature of being a club, are a wholly licensee of the AFL with all but about 2 who do not own their own club. It's a pyramid with the Commission close enough to the very top. it's why Bruce Reid should have gone down with them, because he had recourse with the AFL to do something about it, but instead chose to remain in house with his own hierarchy failing their checks and balances then sat on his hands.
Read the drug policy, it's in there.
Read the CBA, it's in there.
This is entirely a governance issue, because the AFL did nothing, then moved to protect its interests (Essendon; a licensee) when the proverbial hit the fan and has since crashed back to realising that this was the wrong call to make. They assisted the clubs in creating a situation whereby clubs poured rather large sums into said departments, which when you deal with modes of recovery, medical operations, medications and the landscape that is modern day medicine, blind Freddy could see that someone was going to screw the pooch the question was who, and when. It's why WADA has a S0 which is a catch all "if it's not registered for humans, it's illegal" and we have sport bannings still occurring from 5-10years ago since advancement and alterations moves that fast.
The AFl failed to govern by allowing and purporting this to occur at a club, as much as the club failed in allowing it to progress to the point that it did.
I'm not going to sit here and compare this with a completely different scenario from 15 years ago let alone one from a different code.
Comparison was made in reference to how each code affected by this "darkest day in sport" reacted to the instances, largely NRL which has an issue with alcoholism mixed with the scum of society into bestiality saw this and pretty much immediately went GTFO to those instances. the AFL by comparison joined the chorus of nothing to see here and we will fight you if you say differently in denial of the problem.
The Carlton aspect was more to show that the Commission during that time was much more hardline than Andy D and Gill combined.
You pointed the exact reason why people need to move on, Dank, Hird ect ect aren't there anymore. It's been done. Move on and stop being so dramatic.
Only if you blame these people and only these people as opposed to it being a governance issue which has potentially ruined people lives. It's gone close to ruining Hal's life where his chosen profession of an AFL player and key point in his life for income wise, ahs turned into visits with psychologists and court hearings, but you want to move on because he's irrelevant to you as the AFL is no longer at fault despite being the one trying to bend him over. The parents who were informed by Essendon & the AFL to zip it and tow the line, who later came out in tears stating their fears, you disregard, because it's time to move on.
The Commission who allowed this to prosper under their watch is largely still there.
The hierarchy of Essendon who allowed this to occur are still around the AFL, we saw Prismall joining the Dogs for instance.
This is a governance issue by the Commission and by Essendon charged with, in effect providing a safe environment for these boys and men to ply their trade to therefore generate the monies to make the circle spin, they failed in this charge and you're happy to accept 10 people losing their jobs whilst 100 odd (player+family+friends) get disillusioned with the AFL one of them deals with possible health issues in the future?
But it's time to move on.
It's dramatic because people like you have stopped giving a damn.