Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVII

[Lore]

haha

So GWS and Sydney potentially going to host a couple of games a week before R1 starts for everyone else. Sucks to be Richmond and Carlton…

 

[brutus76]

Would be due to NRL going to Las Vegas for two games to open their season

Have a couple of big teams playing in Sydney to try and get some casual viewers and attendees.

Say Sydney v Collingwood and GWS v Richmond

 

[Lore]

eth-dog

 

[eth-dog]

eth-dog

Paywalled but about time.

 

[Lore]

Paywalled but about time.

AFL clubs have been told they must provide more transparent information about injured players as the league also rapidly expands media access as part of its new CBA deal.

Clubs including Geelong had a host of players with ailments on their official injury list but no specific return date this year, which gave the fans little guidance about their likely return to AFL football.

The league had told clubs it would crack down and, as part of the new collective bargaining agreement, there are a host of new guidelines and rules for clubs.

The AFL rule states: “Clubs must ensure that all medical information issued to the media is credible, responsible, and specific in terms that are meaningful to teams, media, and fans. This includes the information in the weekly injury reports and information on injuries announced to the media during matches.”

Clubs are also told that within 15 minutes of a player leaving the ground with an injury mid-game the match broadcaster must be updated on the status of that injury.

The information should include the specific nature of the injury – hamstring or quad, left leg or right – and the likelihood of them returning during that match.

Clubs will also have to make their football bosses available to the broadcaster and media after teams are lodged to explain late changes or injury hiccups.

While many teams are excellent in providing information to match-day broadcasters and media to be relayed to fans, other clubs are more secretive or unwilling to help.

The league’s new media policy, as written under the CBA, demands every AFL coach is available to the match-day broadcaster at half time and pre-match, with all players available to the broadcaster from 90 minutes before the bounce.

The AFLPA and AFL have also agreed upon a new policy which means every player who took part in the previous week’s game must be available for interviews the next week.

The new AFL rule states a club will make available “its playing group, including substitutes, from the previous round to accredited media for a minimum of 45 minutes within 2 days (extended by one day in the event of a player or football department day off) of the conclusion of the Match.

The AFL and players have agreed growing football revenue through promotion can only help both parties, with players receiving a percentage of every AFL dollar earned.

 

[SydneyBomber]

Ginnivan, lurking in toilets. A bad/mischevious combo? Allegedly

 

[Zach Package]

The absolute gall of North Melbourne to request priority access to Sanders as part of an academy that, according to them, wasn’t operational.

 

[katana]

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The absolute gall of North Melbourne to request priority access to Sanders as part of an academy that, according to them, wasn’t operational.

that kid in the middle looks like darcy parish.

 

[Pweter]

that kid in the middle looks like darcy parish.

You mean the one with the neck longer than Shaun McKernan's?

 

[SydneyBomber]

Phew, Ginnivan moving to the hawkes means I can continue thinking he's an absolute stain

 

[Beerfish]

Phew, Ginnivan moving to the hawkes means I can continue thinking he's an absolute stain

Yep. Campbell Brown was right. It's a great match.

 

[DallasCrane316]

HS running with the story that a Melbourne based finals team player has returned a positive test during the “in competition” portion of the season.

 

[Pweter]

HS running with the story that a Melbourne based finals team player has returned a positive test during the “in competition” portion of the season.

Never have I been more relieved to not play finals.

 

[doug85]

HS running with the story that a Melbourne based finals team player has returned a positive test during the “in competition” portion of the season.

It’s Joel Smith from the dees as reported in code sports

 

[DallasCrane316]

It’s Joel Smith from the dees as reported in code sports

Yep. HS has just updated it to reveal the name too.

 

[HirdyLannister]

Damn, not a collingwood player...

 

[Zach Package]

Expecting the full treatment, cyber bullying, picketing his house, a Switkowski report, a French bastard baby.

The industry has a precedent it must uphold here.

 

[Kong]

It’s Joel Smith

Bugger, he retired from the Hawks years ago.

 

[Phone]

Good for him that WADA fixed up the game day ban lengths for illicit drugs a couple of years ago. I think he's looking at like 4 months instead of 4 years

It should be zero months obviously...

 

[mcgrath_truther]

Never have I been more relieved to not play finals.

i thought this instantly too

sometimes being bad has it's benefits

 

[BrunoV]

Something has occurred to me about cases like these.

May or may not have any merit.

Is it possible that cocaine gets effectively stuck in your system for a few days longer than it's supposed to because of the nature of consumption?

I assume it gets caught in mucus which prevents it from being metabolised until that mucus gets swallowed, etc. I reckon it would be pretty common if not guaranteed to have mucus in the upper respiratory tract, for example.

I suppose more players would test positive if it were the case.

Anyone have any idea?

 

[Beerfish]

Something has occurred to me about cases like these.

May or may not have any merit.

Is it possible that cocaine gets effectively stuck in your system for a few days longer than it's supposed to because of the nature of consumption?

I assume it gets caught in mucus which prevents it from being metabolised until that mucus gets swallowed, etc. I reckon it would be pretty common if not guaranteed to have mucus in the upper respiratory tract, for example.

I suppose more players would test positive if it were the case.

Anyone have any idea?

Maybe we should conduct some experiments?

 

[BrunoV]

Maybe we should conduct some experiments?

Sounds like a plan.

 

[dank420_]

I'll start.

 

[TheUnicorn]