Just saw that article. How sport could come to that, I don't know.
But as a Richmond fan, I'd be happy for Cotchin to get a Brownlow if what BLOWN8 said is true. Also, didn't Sam Mitchell get ruled ineligible in 2012?
Ah OK then.Not in 2012 he wasnt mate, 2011 when he was second to Swan he was ineligible but 2012 was all good.
“The players had all received education in anti-doping,” the panel ruled.
“No player appears to have made use of the WADA hotline or indeed any other hotline. No player asked the club doctor, the obvious first port of call, for advice about Thymosin, although all signed a consent form to its administration.
“The players’ lack of curiosity is fatal to the success of this particular plea.”
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However, the panel was comfortably satisfied only TB4, not other variants, would have had the effects Dank had intended.
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Hundreds of texts and emails between key players in the drama also indicated Dank, who also runs a private sports science practice, had been using TB4 at the time.
The CAS panel treated evidence from biochemist Shane Charter, pharmacist Nima Alavi and Dank himself with “appropriate caution” but declined to reject it outright, saying much of it was backed up by text messages and emails.
It said that given the high degree of secrecy, players must have known the regimen was controversial.
There were also consent forms signed by players which said they were to receive “Thymosin” injections.
It said “the complete failure” of players to fill out doping control forms detailing their injections “did not encourage confidence as to the limited or sporadic nature of what they were injected with”.
In other news, seems Pav has stepped down as Fremantle captain, with the role to be shared between Fyfe and Mundy.
“It would seem that somebody’s sucked these idiots into sending out photos and as a result they’ve got them and sold them to the media,” McGuire told Triple M today.
“Apparently they (the women) were offering them up to the TV stations who passed.”
McGuire said he didn’t believe it was a scandal for the club.
“It’s got nothing to do with Collingwood, ring their managers and the players’ association,” he said.
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