when Nathan Bock admitted he took CJC-1295…
ASADA was unable to establish it was CJC-1295
I love this pearler at the end: "An ASADA spokesperson on Tuesday said: “To prove that an athlete has used a prohibited substance, it must be able to prove the substance used by that athlete.”
I am never getting over this anger.
me neither - the hypocrisy angers me ffs
Crap, can’t link the petition update. I’ll put it up later.
Kents the lot of them.
How’s the CAS panel just thumbing their noses?
Clearly did not care what the players or their legal team said. The decision was already made for them and just doing what they were told, and happy to do so to feather their own nests.
After reading latest Petition Update - CAS Day 2 - checked the AFL’s charge sheet featuring their allegations…
ALLEGATIONS - AFL charge sheet
During the relevant period, the Club caused the following substances to be administered to players at the Club:
... (g) Colostrum... (p) Tribulus ...
The use of these substances by the players was not approved by the Club’s medical staff…
FACTS - players’ testimony at CAS Tribunal
“… but Colostrum again is something that we used on and off over a period of probably six to eight years.”
“Tribulus has been part of our supplementation program for quite some time, probably six to seven years at Essendon. I think it was fairly commonly used across the AFL in certain programs.”
Read this.
Players lawyers suggesting selected emails presented need context as bits are missing - the CAS Panel conveniently ignore this suggestion.
The CAS panel ask questions, then ignore the players first hand responses, preferring a series of unsubstantiated assumptions - e.g. 1. it was given to the whole team. e.g.2 it couldn’t be anything else but TB4
Beloff, the chair, is a QC, for goodness sake.
How on earth is this CAS judgement allowed to stand unchallenged.
I am absolutely convinced this is all about protecting Dean Robinson.
Because of what he knows went on at GC and Geelong / of which Ablett was there for all.
Triple flag winning side
AFL baby trying to establish in new market
GC an AFL run club
AFL’s best player
Brand protection is all they cared about, and also by doing so protecting their own hides for allowing all that to happen under their own watch and it being rife league wide.
Isolate it to EFC. Dump it on Hird not Weapon.
It’s about protecting possible doping at the Gold Coast Suns by protecting Dean Robinson.
That’s the only reasonable conclusion.
Can confirm having 2 x national level athletes for children that the AIS has contributed $0 towards their next steps to the international level…that is zero. One is an Aust. Junior 400m gold medalist. Zero financial assistance !!!
Not sure where the funding goes but apparently fark all for up and comers
McKenzie did refer to closer engagement with community groups, just depends how she defines them.
Righto. Tight and patient or something. Wish he’d hurry up though.
That was a very nice post Albert. Beautifully illustrates the depth of the matter.
It’s honestly this bullshit that has happened and i dont know how at least one of the players has not completely turned on the AFL and the club. Just one to go alone and continue to make noise. Beyond a joke.
I don’t suppose there is any chance of getting Clelland or someone on his team to compare the treatment of evidence by CAS in the E34 and Russian cases?
Welsh rugby player suspended for 4 years for consuming a form of cocaine shortly before a match.
Scientific evidence tendered - and seemingly undisputed - was that , by its very nature cocaine does not lend itself to performance enhancement and would, in fact, be detrimental to the performance of an athlete
This is exactly what I fail to understand.
Any of the 34 had the right to take legal action against EFC, AFL and challenge ASADA and WADA in Court.
The details of their payouts would be interesting.