Crowley and Afl = joke
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Crowley and Afl = joke
The Afl have suspended Crowley for a year , back dated to september last year , so if freo make the GF he could play !
I thought if you took a proper banned substance like he did ( not a pretend one like saad) that you got at least two years .
I thought if you took a proper banned substance like he did ( not a pretend one like saad) that you got at least two years .
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
Hopefully WADA are loading up the guns on this one too....
12 months for a prohibited medicinal substance, but 18 months for an energy drink....
Very average decision.
12 months for a prohibited medicinal substance, but 18 months for an energy drink....
Very average decision.
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
It does appear odd doesn't it!St Chris wrote:Hopefully WADA are loading up the guns on this one too....
12 months for a prohibited medicinal substance, but 18 months for an energy drink....
Very average decision.
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
I'm am not convinced that just because he was caught on this test, he hadn't used the pain killer before. He would have been carrying this injury for a while to have hit that level of drug.
But regardless of how many times, how can he play through last years finals (With no one being aware of the test result) and be back to play in this reads finals.
And Saad got longer for a drink.????
ASADA appealed Saad and lost but if they don't appeal this or WADA appeals then every other player will do what they like in terms of pain killers.
Absolute rubbish and gutless decision.
But regardless of how many times, how can he play through last years finals (With no one being aware of the test result) and be back to play in this reads finals.
And Saad got longer for a drink.????
ASADA appealed Saad and lost but if they don't appeal this or WADA appeals then every other player will do what they like in terms of pain killers.
Absolute rubbish and gutless decision.
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I'd be surprised if he goes straight into the side, is he even allowed to train with the team till September?
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Must have a reason. Seems very light but WADA or ASADA will appeal so he will get the right penalty. Lets face it he isn't playing in the finals this year no matter what.
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
One set of rules for "favoured" expansion clubs.
Another for us.
The penalties are entirely INCONSISTENT.
Sound like a lottery, it would be a bit like a tribunal handing down a 4 week penalty and then another panel reviewing the same incident with the same criteria deciding the penalty should be zero ... wait a minute!
Another for us.
The penalties are entirely INCONSISTENT.
Sound like a lottery, it would be a bit like a tribunal handing down a 4 week penalty and then another panel reviewing the same incident with the same criteria deciding the penalty should be zero ... wait a minute!
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
Enrico_Misso wrote:One set of rules for "favoured" expansion clubs.
Another for us.
The penalties are entirely INCONSISTENT.
Sound like a lottery, it would be a bit like a tribunal handing down a 4 week penalty and then another panel reviewing the same incident with the same criteria deciding the penalty should be zero ... wait a minute!
Yep because they really need to help freo. Im pretty sure they are ok on their own. It seems a silly decision but it has nothing to do with your theory.
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
The reason is he " didn't mean to take it" !!
Ben Mc Devitt said so.
Please .........
Ben Mc Devitt said so.
Please .........
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
so here are the known knowns
stimulant vs pain killer
same lawyers for both players
more culpable fault in Saads' case as he was actually sponsored by the company
ASADA did not appeal penalities in either case
...yet people still complain about the AFL ?
stimulant vs pain killer
same lawyers for both players
more culpable fault in Saads' case as he was actually sponsored by the company
ASADA did not appeal penalities in either case
...yet people still complain about the AFL ?
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
Crowley practically thanked everyone but "The Academy" for his award -ah hem, you would have thought he'd won the Oscar instead of being rubbed out for 12 months.
Even Robbo, bless him, said he expected a two year suspension instead of 12 months and used Saad for the comparison.
Apparently one was breaching the WADA code and the other breached the ASADA code ( I think that was the justification)
So players pick the loophole and you'll be right.
And I still think there is every chance this was not a one off by Crowley. But it was the first time he got caught.
Even Robbo, bless him, said he expected a two year suspension instead of 12 months and used Saad for the comparison.
Apparently one was breaching the WADA code and the other breached the ASADA code ( I think that was the justification)
So players pick the loophole and you'll be right.
And I still think there is every chance this was not a one off by Crowley. But it was the first time he got caught.
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Pretty stupid decision. Totally unjustifiable given the context of Saad's ban
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
plugger66 wrote:Enrico_Misso wrote:One set of rules for "favoured" expansion clubs.
Another for us.
The penalties are entirely INCONSISTENT.
Sound like a lottery, it would be a bit like a tribunal handing down a 4 week penalty and then another panel reviewing the same incident with the same criteria deciding the penalty should be zero ... wait a minute!
Yep because they really need to help freo. Im pretty sure they are ok on their own. It seems a silly decision but it has nothing to do with your theory.
These unlucky rulings have been happening for a long time...could it be that no-one cares about saints so we get the extreme bad but for many other teams there is a bit of pressure on the adjudicators because of the outcry. Whatever I am sick of it and am really annoyed at the fools that won't accept that it happens. Won't put anyone offside if you don't cry poor-bugger-me. I, unlike others on here do not enjoy copping it up the arsse
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
Did anyone hear Slobbo on SEN talking about Crowley saying how unfair it was and how he should have got more?
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Con Gorozidis wrote:Did anyone hear Slobbo on SEN talking about Crowley saying how unfair it was and how he should have got more?
Beggars belief.
Why cant he have that opinion? Most on here have.
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Freebird wrote:Don't respond CG..he's unstable/all over the place. His life centres around shooting people down for having an opinion
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It wasn't a one off by Saad either!ozrulestrace wrote:Crowley practically thanked everyone but "The Academy" for his award -ah hem, you would have thought he'd won the Oscar instead of being rubbed out for 12 months.
Even Robbo, bless him, said he expected a two year suspension instead of 12 months and used Saad for the comparison.
Apparently one was breaching the WADA code and the other breached the ASADA code ( I think that was the justification)
So players pick the loophole and you'll be right.
And I still think there is every chance this was not a one off by Crowley. But it was the first time he got caught.
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
plugger66 wrote:Con Gorozidis wrote:Did anyone hear Slobbo on SEN talking about Crowley saying how unfair it was and how he should have got more?
Beggars belief.
Why cant he have that opinion? Most on here have.
I think Con is pointing out how Robbo seems to have have a lenient view for druggies of only one particular club.
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
i've never heard a bird use that word to describe her <edited by mods> before
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Re: Crowley and Afl = joke
Here it is. 2nd down. Robbo feigns indignation and outrage that Crowley took something 'that wasn't prescribed by the club Dr' and that he should have got two years.
http://www.sen.com.au/audio
http://www.sen.com.au/audio