Collingwood players tested positive

[Con Gorozidis]

If you are Josh Gibson and a 'man about town' who has a few lines of coke over summer and you already have 3 flags to your name = everyone loves you.

If you are a middle of the road Pies player who parties hard over summer and then you get beaten by 100 points in Rd 1 = you are in some strife.

[saintspremiers]

I assume drinking is fine. The only problem is that you can put on weight easily due to
the high calories in booze. Take a pill and that isn't an issue. Maybe that's part of the reason for drugs over grog.

[BackFromUSA]

I think there is a differentiation and a key concern between alcohol and drugs.

Firstly both are unnecessary for an AFL footballer wanting the best out of their body AND mind IMHO.

Differentiation: rightly or wrongly one is illegal

Concern: one is not standardised and performing enhancing ingredients could be included without the users knowledge and result in 2 to now 4 year bans!

[mullet]

Cant wait for the ANZAC day block buster between the performance enhancers and the illicit.

Should be a great day.

They are both in "cracking" form...... see what I did there

[The Fireman]

Illicit drugs or Insipid drugs ???

[Spinner]

At a high level the players have to agree to the testing of non performance drug testing hence why its confidential and the system is not tougher than the 3 strikes process.

Anything more stringent wouldn't get the system across the line and there would be no testing at all.

[Kate]

A poster on Big Footy has posted a table that has the Hawks on top with a whopping 21 positives. St Kilda mid table with 9.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/ ... 832/page-4

[magnifisaint]

If you are Josh Gibson and a 'man about town' who has a few lines of coke over summer and you already have 3 flags to your name = everyone loves you.

If you are a middle of the road Pies player who parties hard over summer and then you get beaten by 100 points in Rd 1 = you are in some strife.

How do you know Josh Gibson does Coke?

[sunsaint]

I think there is a differentiation and a key concern between alcohol and drugs.

Firstly both are unnecessary for an AFL footballer wanting the best out of their body AND mind IMHO.

Differentiation: rightly or wrongly one is illegal

Concern: one is not standardised and performing enhancing ingredients could be included without the users knowledge and result in 2 to now 4 year bans!

Yes and throughout history at times alcohol was illegal and heroin legal...
Im beginning to think the "only" people fit to judge are those that are drug tested at work and then take it a step furrher - are drug tested while on holidays.

[Grrrrr]

A poster on Big Footy has posted a table that has the Hawks on top with a whopping 21 positives. St Kilda mid table with 9.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/ ... 832/page-4

Port Adelaide, 11 players.

Discussed the issue of the Essendon drug saga with a mate (Port official) when he threw up that 11 Port players tested positive to drugs in an out of season hair test. Because the tests are anonymous the club has no way of finding out who the 11 are. This conversation took place at least 6 weeks ago.

[Con Gorozidis]

A poster on Big Footy has posted a table that has the Hawks on top with a whopping 21 positives. St Kilda mid table with 9.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/ ... 832/page-4

Port Adelaide, 11 players.

Discussed the issue of the Essendon drug saga with a mate (Port official) when he threw up that 11 Port players tested positive to drugs in an out of season hair test. Because the tests are anonymous the club has no way of finding out who the 11 are. This conversation took place at least 6 weeks ago.

Just to clarify. Is it number of players or number of +ves? For instance some players may have 2 positives?
Might be 7 Port players + 11 +ve tests?

[Grrrrr]

A poster on Big Footy has posted a table that has the Hawks on top with a whopping 21 positives. St Kilda mid table with 9.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/ ... 832/page-4

Port Adelaide, 11 players.

Discussed the issue of the Essendon drug saga with a mate (Port official) when he threw up that 11 Port players tested positive to drugs in an out of season hair test. Because the tests are anonymous the club has no way of finding out who the 11 are. This conversation took place at least 6 weeks ago.

Just to clarify. Is it number of players or number of +ves? For instance some players may have 2 positives?
Might be 7 Port players + 11 +ve tests?

I was told 11 players, not 11 tests results came back as positive. I'm not sure whether or not players were tested more than once in out of season testing?