- Feb 3, 2004
- 17,999
- 24,204
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- panthers, ukraine & broncos
For those who are interested - a petition up calling on the AFL to show strong leadership towards a clean and strong competition.
Supporters call on AFL to show strong leadership towards a clean and strong competition
Australian Rules supporters call on the Australian Football League (AFL) to sanction the Essendon Football Club for operating a team wide doping program.
The Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) decision to uphold the World Anti-Doping Agency case against 34 past and present Essendon players for the team wide systemic doping program that took place in 2012, has shocked and brought worldwide attention to our beloved sport.
The punishments that were meted out to the Essendon Football Club in 2013, were stated to be the harshest penalties in AFL history, but it was made very clear at the time by the AFL and club that these penalties were for governance issues only. The guilty finding now demands that penalties for running a team-wide doping regime are required.
We demand that players do not receive significant payments while suspended – a reasonable living allowance in line with the average wage, as players are free to gain employment in other areas while suspended.
We understand that a successful and strong competition is beneficial to all, but one club should not be propped up at the detriment of the 17 other clean clubs who did not run a team wide doping program.
We demand that Essendon’s first round draft pick for the 2016 season be moved to the end of the first round of picks so that the clean clubs are not disadvantaged by the suspension of the twelve current Essendon players.
As the Brownlow Medal is awarded to the "Fairest and Best" player in the completion, we demand that Jobe Watson be declared ineligible to have been awarded the 2012 Brownlow.
A player who has been found guilty of violating AFL rules for that season cannot remain as the winner of an award that includes ‘Fairest’ as a requirement.
We accept that there has been an emotional toll on the 34 players involved, but this does not mitigate that there should be appropriate punishments meted out to relevant parties. All we are asking is for the AFL to show strong leadership towards a clean and strong competition. Those who are clean deserve to be respected and valued.
Supporters call on AFL to show strong leadership towards a clean and strong competition
Australian Rules supporters call on the Australian Football League (AFL) to sanction the Essendon Football Club for operating a team wide doping program.
The Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) decision to uphold the World Anti-Doping Agency case against 34 past and present Essendon players for the team wide systemic doping program that took place in 2012, has shocked and brought worldwide attention to our beloved sport.
The punishments that were meted out to the Essendon Football Club in 2013, were stated to be the harshest penalties in AFL history, but it was made very clear at the time by the AFL and club that these penalties were for governance issues only. The guilty finding now demands that penalties for running a team-wide doping regime are required.
We demand that players do not receive significant payments while suspended – a reasonable living allowance in line with the average wage, as players are free to gain employment in other areas while suspended.
We understand that a successful and strong competition is beneficial to all, but one club should not be propped up at the detriment of the 17 other clean clubs who did not run a team wide doping program.
We demand that Essendon’s first round draft pick for the 2016 season be moved to the end of the first round of picks so that the clean clubs are not disadvantaged by the suspension of the twelve current Essendon players.
As the Brownlow Medal is awarded to the "Fairest and Best" player in the completion, we demand that Jobe Watson be declared ineligible to have been awarded the 2012 Brownlow.
A player who has been found guilty of violating AFL rules for that season cannot remain as the winner of an award that includes ‘Fairest’ as a requirement.
We accept that there has been an emotional toll on the 34 players involved, but this does not mitigate that there should be appropriate punishments meted out to relevant parties. All we are asking is for the AFL to show strong leadership towards a clean and strong competition. Those who are clean deserve to be respected and valued.
