Scandal Joel Smith (Melbourne): Cocaine trafficking accusation

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Trafficking Accusation:

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.

 

[Doc1763]

Cotchin?

Sorry, I thought you were talking about Smith

 

[Farm Boy]

Why?

Because of his past. Goodwin came up stuck texting Dank. If Goodwin was on the recreational, and sloppy, he’d have already came unstuck. If he’s on anything he isn’t sloppy, or he just isn’t on anything.


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[3207]

Sorry, I thought you were talking about Smith

All good mate

I mean, it is a thread about him, so why would we be talking about him??!!

 

[LanceRomance]

Because of his past. Goodwin came up stuck texting Dank. If Goodwin was on the recreational, and sloppy, he’d have already came unstuck. If he’s on anything he isn’t sloppy, or he just isn’t on anything.


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Weren't their allegations of Goodwin being too chummy with the players?

 

[Doc1763]

All good mate

I mean, it is a thread about him, so why would we be talking about him??!!

I should have read the fine print!

 

[Doc1763]

The AFL dodged a bullet with the Drugmons losing both finals. Just imagine if they had won them.

What a cesspit that club is.

 

[sosos]

The AFL dodged a bullet with the Drugmons losing both finals. Just imagine if they had won them.

What a cesspit that club is.

Get Kyuss down there to sort them out...

 

[32year crow]

Not sure why anyone believes this. Its more or less the opposite because of the cognitive impacts it has

Coke doesnt focus your energy, it just releases it in one big blast. If you took Coke by HT you will be completely gone both physically and mentally.

As a performance enhancer its great if you are a swimmer or a short distance runner. A AFL player, its more of a detriment unless you can keep the supply chain going

Benny strongly disagrees….2006 prelim.

 

[LanceRomance]

Reporting on this really dried up quickly... guessing the afl stepped in and had a chat to the media.

 

[PremiershipTigers]

I still think that cotchin taking out shiel was a game changer.

 

[ThirtyFive]

Reporting on this really dried up quickly... guessing the afl stepped in and had a chat to the media.

It’s about priorities. Taylor Swift’s old man landing one on some w***er with a camera is far more relevant to our daily existence.