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Scandal - Joel Smith (Melbourne): Cocaine trafficking accusation

Trafficking Accusation: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/joel-smith-melbourne-cocaine-trafficking-accusation.1373812/post-82421629 MFC and AFL Statements: Melbourne Football Club Media Statement – Joel Smith The Melbourne Football Club has been advised by the AFL that further...
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MFC and AFL Statements:

Melbourne Football Club Media Statement – Joel Smith

The Melbourne Football Club has been advised by the AFL that further Anti-Doping Rule Violations have been asserted against Joel Smith by Sport Integrity Australia.

The Melbourne Football Club is not authorised to make public comment while this is an ongoing matter that is being investigated by Sport Integrity Australia.

It should be noted since the article has been published on the Herald Sun website, Joel’s management has contacted the Club on his behalf to advise that the comments made by the source within the article are not reflective of Joel’s views and the source is not speaking on any authority from Joel.

Joel has made it very clear that he has no issues or concerns with anyone at the Melbourne Football Club.

As the Club has previously stated, we will wait for the investigation to be completed before we update our supporters further.

AFL STATEMENT – JOEL SMITH

The AFL confirms that further Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) have been asserted against Joel Smith of the Melbourne Football Club under the Australian Football Anti-Doping Code.

Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) has notified Smith that three ADRVs for “Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking” of Cocaine to third parties are asserted against him.

Under the Code, Trafficking in an anti-doping context is relevantly defined to be “Selling, giving, transporting, sending, delivering or distributing a Prohibited Substance, by an Athlete … to any third party [but] shall not include actions involving Prohibited Substances which are not prohibited in Out-of-Competition Testing unless the circumstances as a whole demonstrate such Prohibited Substances are not intended for genuine and legal therapeutic purposes or are intended to enhance sport performance” (Article 1 of the Code).

Further, SIA has notified Smith that an ADRV for Possession of a Prohibited Substance (Cocaine) on 9 September 2022 is asserted against him.

These ADRVs are in addition to that previously asserted against him (in connection with a sample provided by him after the match between Melbourne and Hawthorn on 20 August 2023 which tested positive to Cocaine and its metabolite, Benzoylecgonine).

Smith will continue to be provisionally suspended pending the finalisation of all of these matters, meaning he is not permitted to be part of Melbourne’s football program, including Melbourne’s pre-season training that is currently underway.

Under the Code, the new asserted ADRVs will be further investigated by SIA and these matters may ultimately be heard by an AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal in the coming months.

Due to the ongoing nature of the anti-doping process, the AFL and SIA are unable to make any further comment at this time.
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HairyO said:
If they are banned from any contact with the club then it means no pre-season which is still significant, but it should have matches included.
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From my understanding, WADA bans start immediately, which is the case here. The AFL can impose their own ban which could include matches next season.

This also depends if this is his first strike, 2nd or 3rd.

Considering the AFL has never publicly named a player on their 2nd or 3rd strike, we can assume it will be recorded as his first. And under the AFL’s illicit drugs policy, which is a medical model geared to player wellbeing, Smith would merely record a first strike, receive a suspended $5000 fine and counselling.

MFC could also impose their own punishment. But I think we can all agree, that's highly unlikely.
 
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marcmurphy3 said:
I think it starts to get messy if the AFL adds their own ban on top of the WADA one. If they do what is the point of WADA?
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All professional athletes get tested by WADA. The AFL have no choice in that.

The AFL have chosen to have their own testing policy.
 
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ElliottsMaggies said:
All professional athletes get tested by WADA. The AFL have no choice in that.

The AFL have chosen to have their own testing.
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All Australian athletes. Plenty of US organisations arent a part of WADA. But any organisation which gets any government funding has to comply with the WADA code or that country doesnt comply for the purpose of Olympics and World Games, etc.
 
HairyO said:
All Australian athletes. Plenty of US organisations arent a part of WADA. But any organisation which gets any government funding has to comply with the WADA code or that country doesnt comply for the purpose of Olympics and World Games, etc.
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That's why I said the AFL have no choice.

The World Anti‑Doping Agency (WADA) is established as an independent agency funded equally by the sport movement and governments of the world.
 
markm106 said:
Absolutely no doubt he’ll cop a games suspension from the club. The 3 months it that’s what he gets does seem light. And he won’t be able to do any pre season with the club which will no doubt hurt him for being selected etc.
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If the coach truly is complicit in some of the problematic behaviours at MFC, as has been previously suggested, the club themselves (and by extension Goodwin) handing down punishment to misbehaving players whilst effectively excusing him could be interesting.
 
HairyO said:
All Australian athletes. Plenty of US organisations arent a part of WADA. But any organisation which gets any government funding has to comply with the WADA code or that country doesnt comply for the purpose of Olympics and World Games, etc.
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Is an interesting one, this. NBA has no interest in WADA yet the FIBA & Olympic competitions have NBA players competing in all international tournaments.
 
thegrach said:
Is an interesting one, this. NBA has no interest in WADA yet the FIBA & Olympic competitions have NBA players competing in all international tournaments.
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It's more about Federal Gov funding in Australia for sporting organisations being tied to agreeing to SIA (re-branded ASADA) testing- and the AFL likes government money a lot.
 
blackshadow said:
It's more about Federal Gov funding in Australia for sporting organisations being tied to agreeing to SIA (re-branded ASADA) testing- and the AFL likes government money a lot.
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And more importantly, staying tax free in exchange for encouraging sport participation.
 
yaco55 said:
Yes - Because you you were posting at this time which is ten years ago and you still do not understand the WADA code. You are a slow learner.
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If you didn’t want the disgraceful episode of Essendon’s drug cheating regurgitated, you shouldn’t have brought it up. But it seems you have an incessant need to be reminded that your club deliberately tried to get away with artificially boosting player’s peptide levels and that Hird was complicit with it and the Doc turned a blind eye after writing a letter.
 
HairyO said:
If they are banned from any contact with the club then it means no pre-season which is still significant, but it should have matches included.
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The WADA rules on suspensions are based in periods of time, not on matches served or whether it is in-season or the off-season - This is the fairest and most equitable way. Anyway, recreational drugs should not be on the banned list.
 

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thegrach said:
Is an interesting one, this. NBA has no interest in WADA yet the FIBA & Olympic competitions have NBA players competing in all international tournaments.
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It's been suggested that the IRU wasn't a hundred percent on board with 7s becoming an Olympic sport given the testing regime required.
 
Milanista28 said:
If it's established he took cocaine on Thursday, then tested positive on Sunday after his game, that to me is a 3 month suspension?
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Where he might need to be careful is if he was with other players.
 
ElliottsMaggies said:
From my understanding, WADA bans start immediately, which is the case here. The AFL can impose their own ban which could include matches next season.

This also depends if this is his first strike, 2nd or 3rd.

Considering the AFL has never publicly named a player on their 2nd or 3rd strike, we can assume it will be recorded as his first. And under the AFL’s illicit drugs policy, which is a medical model geared to player wellbeing, Smith would merely record a first strike, receive a suspended $5000 fine and counselling.

MFC could also impose their own punishment. But I think we can all agree, that's highly unlikely.
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The AFL is like most sporting bodies and doesn't want to admit if it has a drug problem, hence never naming players on their 2nd or 3rd strike
 
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