Eddie had to be in on it. He can’t interview her.
Jason Akermanis on James hird and Peptides
Essendon clearly wanted to avoid the same issues Brisbane and Collingwood had with Vossy and Bucks by helping Hirdy with experienced former coach of Geelong and former Bomber’s captain Mark “Bomber” Thompson.
It was a much more palatable and successful process. Then came the peptides.
Essendon’s punishment was extreme. The Bombers were fined $2 million, booted out of the finals and stripped of early draft picks.
It is an understatement to say 13 years on that the whole saga was as overblown as COVID.
Peptides are everywhere now and are nothing more than amino acids used to help the body’s natural processes to be improved - 99 percent of what ASADA and the AFL found were within the rules.
Trying new things is one thing but bending the rules a bit is another. The image of the game needed to be protected so the bending of the rules (and possibly the breaking of some) it was perceived to be.
Some would agree that many felt the club and players were trying to find an edge legally. Scapegoats were needed and it left a lot of good men and players holding the baby of a crime that wasn’t of their making.
From the club that used half time iv drips lol
Bending the rules lol
Under the WADA code there is no ‘bending the rules’ . Something is prohibited or it is not. The AFL ADT found the players had not taken tB4. WADA and CAS had to go through extremely dodgy contortions to come to the guilty verdict. Read the CAS decision.
It was the vibe.
Vlad likely told Evans to self report as he knew about bending the rules at the suns. And wanted to protect his nepo baby.
A positive in season test, one month suspension and barely hits the media:
The Sydney Kings and Basketball Australia have released statements regarding Xavier Cooks.
By
NBL.com.au
In accordance with the Australian National Anti-doping Policy 2021, Sydney Kings’ player Xavier Cooks was issued with a one-month period of ineligibility by Basketball Australia, which concluded on July 4, 2026.
This was issued as a result of an in-competition doping control test, and the metabolite of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was detected.
Cooks has apologised to the club and his teammates, and has been and will continue to be provided with appropriate wellbeing and educational support through this process.
Sigh
It really is an outrage.
No positive tests - 12 month suspension.
Very glad that he is being provided with appropriate wellbeing and educational support through this very long one month process.
This is the penalty Joel Smith should have received instead of SIA’s trumped up charges of trafficking.
If it was dope, I think that stays in your system for ages. Plus hardly performance engaging
Yep, a few jazz cigarette’s. Who cares. In no way compariable to the Essendon scenario (regardless of culpabiity or lack there of).
Possibly needs a joint to get through it all
Dank surfaces again.
If there’s a warrant outstanding for Dank’s arrest, does this mean he’s hiding in Aust or is living overseas??
The board alleges Mr Dank handed Mr Leong a “bundle of computer generated prescriptions” which the pharmacist then dispensed, including 52 quantities of the “relevant medication” to 12 patients, with some dispensed to a patient named as “Stephen Danks”.
It’s high time (chortle) the electric lettuce was taken off the banned list for anything.
Having a puff of Satan’s silverbeet is nobody’s business, in season or otherwise.
He’s hiding out in Andrew Demetriou’s garage (I mean dungeon)
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